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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =Muhammad Arif Chaudhry
| honorific-suffix =
| office =Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start = 1 June 2013
|term_end = 2015
|constituency = [[Constituency NA-144|NA-144 (Okara-II)]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|1|1|df=y}}
|nationality = Pakistani
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
}}

'''Muhammad Arif Chaudhry''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|محمد عارف چوہدری}}}}; born 1 January 1959) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from June 2013 to 2015.

==Early life==
He was born on 1 January 1959 in [[Arain]] family.<ref>{{cite web|title=Detail Information|url=http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=144|accessdate=9 July 2017|date=19 April 2014|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419140655/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=144|archivedate=19 April 2014}}</ref>

==Political career==
He was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) from [[Constituency NA-144|Constituency NA-144 (Okara-II)]] in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref name="pakistantoday/9oct2015">{{cite news|title=Independent may leave major parties in the dust in Okara by-poll|url=http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/10/09/independent-may-leave-major-parties-in-the-dust-in-okara-by-poll/|accessdate=19 March 2017|publisher=Pakistan Today|date=9 October 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320143508/http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/10/09/independent-may-leave-major-parties-in-the-dust-in-okara-by-poll/|archivedate=20 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="dawn/22aug2015">{{cite news|title=PML-N MNA disqualified|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1202053|accessdate=19 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=22 August 2015|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320053953/https://www.dawn.com/news/1202053|archivedate=20 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="thenews/22aug2015">{{cite news|title=PML-N MNA disqualified over fake degree|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/57928-pml-n-mna-disqualified-over-fake-degree|accessdate=19 March 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|date=22 August 2015|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320052130/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/57928-pml-n-mna-disqualified-over-fake-degree|archivedate=20 March 2017}}</ref> He received 105,162 votes and defeated Shafeeqa Baghum Rao Sikindar Iqbal, a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP).<ref>{{cite web|title=2013 election result|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=12 May 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|archivedate=1 February 2018}}</ref>

In 2015, he was denotified as member of the National Assembly after he was disqualified to continue in office because of fake degree case.<ref name="pakistantoday/9oct2015" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Candidates contesting NA-144 by-polls denied party tickets|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1209882|accessdate=19 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=30 September 2015|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320143229/https://www.dawn.com/news/1209882|archivedate=20 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="dawn/22aug2015" /><ref name="thenews/22aug2015" />

==References==
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[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians]]
[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:People from Okara, Pakistan]]
[[Category:1959 births]]

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