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	== Career ==		== Career ==
	In the general elections of 1990, Khan was elected as [[National Assembly of Pakistan\|Member of National Assembly of Pakistan]] (MNA) from [http://www.electionpakistani.com/ge1990/NA-87.htm NA-87 Sialkot-III], which is divided into two constituencies NA-111 Sialkot and NA-112 Sialkot. He stood for [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan\|Jammat-e Islami-Pakistan]] at that time, but after being elected, he requested his party Jammet-e-Islami detach him from party responsibilities. His three-year term ran from 1990-1993. As a member of National Assembly and Ruling Alliance, Khan represented Pakistan in Iran and 6th [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation\|OIC Summit Conference]] in Dakar, Senegal (9–11 December 1991). He was one of the least controversial and honest members of Pakistan National Assembly. During his tenure, he strived to eradicate corruption from Government Departments, especially Police. When [[Ghulam Ishaq Khan]] dissolved the National Assembly in 1993, city police of Daska launched a [[celebratory gunfire]] to hail the decision. Upon asking the reason of aerial firing by the Assistant Commissioner of Daska, policemen replied ~~“Thank~~ God we finally got rid of the old ~~man”~~([[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]]: '''شکر اے بابے توں جان چھوٹی''' ). It was like a sigh of relief for the Daska Police that the strict surveillance of Nazir Ahmed Khan had come to its end.<ref>[http://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/former-members/9th%20National%20Assembly.pdf 9TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FROM 1990 TO 1993 LIST OF MEMBERS & ADDRESSES]</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://jang.com.pk/important_events/oic2003/6th.htm \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=April ~~30,~~ 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040407142648/http://jang.com.pk/important_events/oic2003/6th.htm \|archivedate=April 7, 2004 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.ifrc.org/docs/idrl/I643EN.pdf DAKAR DECLARATION SIXTH ISLAMIC SUMMIT CONFERENCE (SESSION OF AL-QUDS AL-SHARIF, CONCORD AND UNITY)]</ref>		In the general elections of 1990, Khan was elected as [[National Assembly of Pakistan\|Member of National Assembly of Pakistan]] (MNA) from [http://www.electionpakistani.com/ge1990/NA-87.htm NA-87 Sialkot-III], which is divided into two constituencies NA-111 Sialkot and NA-112 Sialkot. He stood for [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan\|Jammat-e Islami-Pakistan]] at that time, but after being elected, he requested his party Jammet-e-Islami detach him from party responsibilities. His three-year term ran from 1990-1993. As a member of National Assembly and Ruling Alliance, Khan represented Pakistan in Iran and 6th [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation\|OIC Summit Conference]] in Dakar, Senegal (9–11 December 1991). He was one of the least controversial and honest members of Pakistan National Assembly. During his tenure, he strived to eradicate corruption from Government Departments, especially Police. When [[Ghulam Ishaq Khan]] dissolved the National Assembly in 1993, city police of Daska launched a [[celebratory gunfire]] to hail the decision. Upon asking the reason of aerial firing by the Assistant Commissioner of Daska, policemen replied "Thank God we finally got rid of the old man"([[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]]: '''شکر اے بابے توں جان چھوٹی''' ). It was like a sigh of relief for the Daska Police that the strict surveillance of Nazir Ahmed Khan had come to its end.<ref>[http://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/former-members/9th%20National%20Assembly.pdf 9TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FROM 1990 TO 1993 LIST OF MEMBERS & ADDRESSES]</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://jang.com.pk/important_events/oic2003/6th.htm \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=30 April 2015 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040407142648/http://jang.com.pk/important_events/oic2003/6th.htm \|archivedate=7 April 2004 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.ifrc.org/docs/idrl/I643EN.pdf DAKAR DECLARATION SIXTH ISLAMIC SUMMIT CONFERENCE (SESSION OF AL-QUDS AL-SHARIF, CONCORD AND UNITY)]</ref>

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'''Chaudhry Nazir Ahmed Khan''' ({{lang-ur|{{URDU|چوہدری نذیراحمد خاں}}}}) (October 1923 – 9 August 2021) was a Pakistani politician. He was a member of the [[All India Muslim League]], who served as a [[Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan|Member of the National Assembly]] of Pakistan (1990-1993). During the pre- and post-partition of the subcontinent, Nazir Ahmed Khan played a significant role in political parties such as the [[All India Muslim League]] (Pre-Partition) and [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan]].

== Early life ==
Nazir Ahmed Khan was born in 1923 to a [[Muslim Rajput]] family in the Tehsil [[Batala]] of District [[Gurdaspur]]. His great-grandfather accepted [[Islam]] and changed his name from Kesar Singh to Kesar Khan. Kesar Khan was the direct descendant of famous Rajput warriors, [[Rajput resistance to Muslim conquests|Jaimal and Fatta]], known for their legends. One legend was their resistance to Mughal Emperor [[Akbar]], when Akbar's army besieged the [[Chittorgarh Fort|fort of Chittor]]. After the [[Partition of India]], Nazir Ahmed Khan's family migrated to [[Sialkot]] Pakistan. He later permanently settled in [[Bhopalwala]], a small town of Sialkot district.

Nazir Ahmed Khan held a Bachelor of Education, a Diploma in Civil Engineering and later completed his master's degree in [[Political Science]]. In 1940, when [[All-India Muslim League|All India Muslim League]] adopted [[Lahore Resolution]] ([[Urdu]]: لاہور قرارداد ), popularized as Pakistan Resolution or Resolution of Pakistan, Khan was a student in [[Govt. M.A.O College Lahore|M.A.O. College]] of Amritsar, where poet [[Faiz Ahmad Faiz|Faiz Ahmed Faiz]] was his professor of English. During the years 1944 - 1948, Khan worked as a subengineer in the Public Works Department. From 1949 - 1962, he served as School Teacher and then College Lecturer in Tehsil [[Daska]] of [[Sialkot District]].

== Career ==
In the general elections of 1990, Khan was elected as [[National Assembly of Pakistan|Member of National Assembly of Pakistan]] (MNA) from [http://www.electionpakistani.com/ge1990/NA-87.htm NA-87 Sialkot-III], which is divided into two constituencies NA-111 Sialkot and NA-112 Sialkot. He stood for [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan|Jammat-e Islami-Pakistan]] at that time, but after being elected, he requested his party Jammet-e-Islami detach him from party responsibilities. His three-year term ran from 1990-1993. As a member of National Assembly and Ruling Alliance, Khan represented Pakistan in Iran and 6th [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation|OIC Summit Conference]] in Dakar, Senegal (9–11 December 1991). He was one of the least controversial and honest members of Pakistan National Assembly. During his tenure, he strived to eradicate corruption from Government Departments, especially Police. When [[Ghulam Ishaq Khan]] dissolved the National Assembly in 1993, city police of Daska launched a [[celebratory gunfire]] to hail the decision. Upon asking the reason of aerial firing by the Assistant Commissioner of Daska, policemen replied “Thank God we finally got rid of the old man”([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: '''شکر اے بابے توں جان چھوٹی''' ). It was like a sigh of relief for the Daska Police that the strict surveillance of Nazir Ahmed Khan had come to its end.<ref>[http://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/former-members/9th%20National%20Assembly.pdf 9TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FROM 1990 TO 1993 LIST OF MEMBERS & ADDRESSES]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jang.com.pk/important_events/oic2003/6th.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=April 30, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040407142648/http://jang.com.pk/important_events/oic2003/6th.htm |archivedate=April 7, 2004 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.ifrc.org/docs/idrl/I643EN.pdf DAKAR DECLARATION SIXTH ISLAMIC SUMMIT CONFERENCE (SESSION OF AL-QUDS AL-SHARIF, CONCORD AND UNITY)]</ref>

== Independence movement ==
Before partition Khan was a member of All India Muslim League Batala, and of Central Advisory Committee of Batala. When [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] was travelling to Lahore with his team for the three-day general session, the occasion later marked as [[Lahore Resolution]] or Pakistan Resolution, Khan was one of the students who greeted him at Amritsar Railway Station. In 1946, when All India Muslim League started rallies against the Government of [[Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana|Khizar Hayat Tiwana]] (Prime Minister of Punjab Province), Khan actively participated in these rallies. Each day during the rallies, a group of Muslim League's youth surrendered to the authorities. The decision of volunteer arrest was made by Muslim League and Syed Bahauddin Ahmed Gillani (President of City Muslim League). In the final rally, Khan led the group of youth who surrendered to the authorities. He continued his struggle with Muslim League until the creation of Pakistan.

== Jammat-e-Islami-Pakistan ==
Khan became a member of Jamaat-e-Islami in 1952 and served his party in multiple positions. He remained a member of Central Advisory Committee of Jammat-e-Islami for 42 years (1958-2000). He was Ameer (President) of Jammat-e-Islami District Sialkot, Ameer of Jammat-e-Islami Division Gujranwala and Naib Ameer (Vice President) of Jammat-e-Islami Punjab Province. With other prominent leaders, he faced [[Political prisoner|politically motivated imprisonment]] for almost one year, where he wrote his book ''Wardaat-e-Zindan'' ([[Urdu]]: '''''واردات ذنداں''''').

== Death ==
Khan died after suffering a heart attack on 9 August 2021, at the age of 97.

==References==
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