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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =Salman Haneef
| honorific-suffix =
|image =
| office = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start = 1 June 2013
|term_end = 31 May 2018
|constituency = [[Constituency NA-138|NA-138 (Kasur-I)]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|2|1|df=y}}
| birth_place =
|nationality = Pakistani
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
}}

'''Salman Haneef Chaudhry''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|سلمان حنیف چوہدری}}}}; born 1 February 1981) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]], from June 2013 to May 2018.

==Early life==
He was born on 1 February 1981.<ref name="pildat/dob">{{cite web|title=Detail Information|url=http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=138|accessdate=9 July 2017|date=21 April 2014|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421150925/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=138|archivedate=21 April 2014}}</ref>

==Political career==

He was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] from [[Constituency NA-138|Constituency NA-138 (Kasur-I)]] in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Students charge at gung-ho politician|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1150375|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=12 December 2014|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306132517/https://www.dawn.com/news/1150375|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N snatches 13 Kasur seats|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/14-May-2013/pml-n-snatches-13-kasur-seats|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306135642/http://nation.com.pk/national/14-May-2013/pml-n-snatches-13-kasur-seats|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N lines up NA candidates in Punjab|url=http://nation.com.pk/elections-2013/20-Apr-2013/pml-n-lines-up-na-candidates-in-punjab|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306034027/http://nation.com.pk/elections-2013/20-Apr-2013/pml-n-lines-up-na-candidates-in-punjab|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref> He received 75,694 votes and defeated an independent candidate, [[Tufail Ahmad Khan|Sardar Tufail Ahmad Khan]].<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>

==Controversies==
In December 2014, it was reported that Chaudhry manhandled and beaten the headmaster of a local school in Kasur. It was reported that Chaudhry had demanded a passage from the school ground for the land of his relative and did not want a portion of the wall to be raised. Some students pelted Haneef with bricks and scared him away by brandishing sticks.<ref>{{cite news|title=Students charge at gung-ho politician|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1150375|accessdate=20 September 2016|publisher=Dawn|date=12 December 2014|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214102426/http://www.dawn.com/news/1150375|archivedate=14 February 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians]]
[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:1981 births]]

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