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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = '''Chaudhry Muhammad Afzal Sahi'''<br>{{Nastaliq|'''چودهری محمد افضل ساهى'''}}
|image = Chaudhary Muhammad Afzal Sahi.jpg
|imagesize = 250px
|office = [[Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab|Speaker of Punjab Assembly]]
|term_start = 27 November 2002
|term_end = 11 April 2008
|predecessor = [[Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi]]
|successor = [[Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan]]
|birth_date = {{birth date|1949|11|1|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Sahianwala]], [[Faisalabad District]]
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
|Constituency = [[Faisalabad]]
|alma_mater = [[University of Punjab]]
|religion = [[Islam]]
}}

'''Chaudhary Muhammad Afzal Sahi''' (born 1 November 1949) is a member of the [[Sahi clan|Sahi]] [[Jat]] family at [[Faisalabad]] and is a Pakistani politician.

He is the son of Chaudhry Nawab Khan Sahi, a famous landlord of [[Sahianwala]]. He got his early education from [[Government High School Salarwala|Government High School for Boys]], [[Salarwala]] and then from Government College. He carried on with his education in [[Lahore]] and graduated from [[University of the Punjab]] ([[Lahore]]) in 1971.

==Political career==
After completing his education, Sahi stepped into politics in 1973.

=== District Government Faisalabad ===
He served as Member District Council Faisalabad for three consecutive terms from 1979 to 1991.

=== Provincial Assembly of Punjab ===

In 1985 he participated in the non-party basis Punjab Assembly elections, the first elections to be held during Zia-UL-Haq's Martial Law.Although earlier results indicated that Sahi was defeated by 88 votes, the majority of the population was of the view that the elections were rigged.Mr. Sahi filed an election petition against these results which went in his favour. In February 1988 He was asked to take oath as member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] but the then government never allowed him to take oath until the assembly dissolved 30 May 1988.
He remained undefeated from his constituency from 1985 till 2008.
He served as a member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] in 1985-1988, 1988–90, 1990–93,
1993-96, 1997–99 and 2002-2008. He functioned as Parliamentary Secretary for Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife during 1990-93 and as Minister for Communications & Works in Punjab during 1997-99. He was elected for the sixth consecutive term as a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in the 2002 General Elections, and was elected as the [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.dailytimes.com.pk/national/23-May-2007/iranian-envoy-calls-on-speaker-afzal-sahi |title=Iranian envoy calls on speaker Afzal Sahi |date=23 May 2007 |work=[[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]] |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6fqgT042k?url=http://archives.dailytimes.com.pk/national/23-May-2007/iranian-envoy-calls-on-speaker-afzal-sahi |archivedate=8 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He remained on this post from 2002 to 11 April 2008. During this period he also functioned as governor of Punjab several times.
He is highly regarded in the political arena as a seasoned politician and plays an important part in the politics of Punjab.
Sahi is currently serving his seventh term as member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] beginning from 29 May 2013.

== Family ==
Afzal Sahi's elder brother, [[Lt. Col. (Retd.) Ghulam Rasul Sahi]], is also a veteran politician.He served as member [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly from 2002-2007]]. He has returned for his second term as member [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] in 2013 after securing 130,300 votes, the highest number of votes in Faisalabad Division.
His son Zafar Zulqarnain Sahi served as member of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, he was elected from PP-52 in the February 2008 elections. Sahi's younger brother, Maj.General Akram Sahi is serving Pakistan Army as a Major General.Now his son Ch Junaid Afzal Sahi is chairman Uc 10 Faisalabad and candidate for Chairman District Council Faisalabad

==References==
{{Reflist}}
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{{s-bef|before=[[Khalid Maqbool]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Governor of Punjab, Pakistan|Governor of Punjab]]<br><small>Acting</small>|years=2002–2008}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Khalid Maqbool]]}}
{{succession box |title=[[Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab|Speaker of Punjab Assembly]]|
years=2002 – 2008|
before=[[Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi]]|
after=[[Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan]]}}
{{succession box |title=[[Minister for Communication and Works]]|
years=1997 – 1999|
before=[[Zulfiqar Ali Khosa]]|
after=[[Choudhry Zaheeruddin]]}}
{{s-end}}

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[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians]]
[[Category:1949 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Mayors of Faisalabad]]
[[Category:Politicians from Faisalabad]]
[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:University of the Punjab alumni]]

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