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{{short description|Pakistani politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-suffix =
| name = Muhammad Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhary
| office = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start = 1 June 2013
| term_end = 2014
|constituency = [[Constituency NA-108|NA-108 (M.B.Din-I)]]
|term_start1 = 2002
|term_end1 = 2007
|constituency1 = NA-108 (M.B.Din-I)
|nationality = Pakistani
}}

'''Muhammad Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhary''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|محمد اعجاز احمد چودھری}}}}) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from 2002 to 2007 and again from June 2013 to 2014.

==Political career==
He was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] (PML-Q) from [[Constituency NA-108|Constituency NA-108 (M.B.Din-I)]] in [[2002 Pakistani general election]].<ref name="nation/6jan2013">{{cite news|title=Unpredictable political scenario of Mandi Bahauddin|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/06-Jan-2013/unpredictable-political-scenario-of-mandi-bahauddin|accessdate=19 March 2017|work=The Nation|date=6 January 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802003137/http://nation.com.pk/national/06-Jan-2013/unpredictable-political-scenario-of-mandi-bahauddin|archivedate=2 August 2017}}</ref> He received 70,060 votes and defeated Zafarullah Tarar, a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP).<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=23 May 2018}}</ref>

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) from Constituency NA-108 (M.B.Din-I) in [[2008 Pakistani general election]], however remained unsuccessful and lost the seat to [[Muhammad Tariq Tarar]].<ref name="nation/6jan2013" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Another PPP MNA turns out to be a fake degree holder|url=http://nation.com.pk/politics/14-Apr-2010/Another-PPP-MNA-turns-out-to-be-a-fake-degree-holder|accessdate=19 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320054556/http://nation.com.pk/politics/14-Apr-2010/Another-PPP-MNA-turns-out-to-be-a-fake-degree-holder|archivedate=20 March 2017}}</ref> He received 67,769 votes and lost the seat to [[Muhammad Tariq Tarar]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2008 election result|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=23 May 2018}}</ref>

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-108 (M.B.Din-I) in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Mandi voters reject tribal politics|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/19-May-2013/mandi-voters-reject-tribal-politics|accessdate=19 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320054558/http://nation.com.pk/national/19-May-2013/mandi-voters-reject-tribal-politics|archivedate=20 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N winning seats but losing voters|url=http://nation.com.pk/lahore/11-Sep-2016/pml-n-winning-seats-but-losing-voters|accessdate=19 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320143205/http://nation.com.pk/lahore/11-Sep-2016/pml-n-winning-seats-but-losing-voters|archivedate=20 March 2017}}</ref> He received 85,009 votes and defeated [[Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar]].<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>

He was disqualified to continue in office because of fake degree case and human smuggle charges and thus unseated.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ijaz Chaudary disqualified on human smuggling charges: SC|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/14-Apr-2015/pti-ijaz-chaudary-disqualified-on-human-smuggling-charges-sc|accessdate=21 August 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822052359/http://nation.com.pk/national/14-Apr-2015/pti-ijaz-chaudary-disqualified-on-human-smuggling-charges-sc|archivedate=22 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=SC disqualifies PTI Ijaz in fake degree case|url=http://dailytimes.com.pk/national/14-Apr-2015/sc-disqualifies-pti-ijaz-in-fake-degree-case|accessdate=21 August 2017|publisher=Daily Times|date=9 July 2015|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709013345/http://dailytimes.com.pk/national/14-Apr-2015/sc-disqualifies-pti-ijaz-in-fake-degree-case|archivedate=9 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Polling for NA-108 by-election underway in Mandi Bahauddin|url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/283256-Polling-for-NA108-byelection-underway-in-Mandi-B|accessdate=13 September 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829054729/http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/283256-Polling-for-NA108-byelection-underway-in-Mandi-B|archivedate=29 August 2016}}</ref> In 2017, he was sentenced to three-year imprisonment in fake degree case.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-lawmaker jailed in fake degree case|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1315524/ex-lawmaker-jailed-in-fake-degree-case|accessdate=18 February 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=18 February 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218072708/http://www.dawn.com/news/1315524/ex-lawmaker-jailed-in-fake-degree-case|archivedate=18 February 2017}}</ref>

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