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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tariq Bashir Cheema
| honorific-suffix =
| image = Tariq Cheema.jpg

| office = [[Ministry of Housing and Works (Pakistan)|Federal Minister for Housing and Works]]
| term_start = 6 September 2018
| term_end =
| president = [[Arif Alvi]]
| primeminister = [[Imran Khan]]
| deputy = [[Shabbir Ali Qureshi]]

| office1 = [[Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (Pakistan)|Federal Minister for States and Frontier Regions]]
| president1 = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| primeminister1 = [[Imran Khan]]
| term_start1 = 20 August 2018
| term_end1 = 6 September 2018
| predecessor1 = Roshan Khursheed Bharucha (caretaker)
| successor1 = [[Shehryar Khan Afridi]] (Minister of State)

| office2 = Chairman Standing Committee on [[Ministry of Science and Technology (Pakistan)|Science and Technology]]
| term_start2 = 2013
| term_end2 = 2018

| office3 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
| term_start3 = 13 August 2018
| term_end3 =
| constituency3 = [[NA-172 (Bahawalpur-III)]]
| term_start4 = 1 June 2013
| term_end4 = 31 May 2018
| constituency4 = [[Constituency NA-187|NA-187 (Bahawalpur-V)]]

| office5 = [[Bahawalpur|Mayor of Bahawalpur]]
| term_start5 = 2005
| term_end5 = 2010
| term_start6 = 2001
| term_end6 = 2005

| office7 = [[Punjab Food Department (Pakistan)|Provincial Minister of Punjab for Food]]
| term_start7 = 1993
| term_end7 = 1996

| office8 = [[Punjab Agriculture Department|Provincial Minister of Punjab for Agriculture]]
| term_start8 = 1993
| term_end8 = 1996

| office9 = Member of [[Provincial Assembly of Punjab]]
| term_start9 = 1993
| term_end9 = 1996
| constituency9 = [[PP-221 (Bahawalpur-IV)]]
| nationality = Pakistani
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|11|11}}<ref>[http://openparliament.pk/app/tables/files/CH.TARIQ_BASHIR_CHEEMA.PDF Letter of Authority]</ref>
| alma_mater = [[University of the Punjab]]
| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]]
| otherparty = [[Pakistan People's Party]] {{small|1980 - 2002}}
| relations = [[Tahir Bashir Cheema]] (brother)
}}

'''Chaudhry Tariq Bashir Cheema''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|چوہدری طارق بشیر چیمہ}}}}) is a [[Pakistani]] politician who is the Secretary General of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|PML-Q]]. He is serving as the [[Ministry of Housing and Works (Pakistan)|Federal Minister for Housing and Works]], in office since 6 September 2018. He has been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]], since June 2013.

==Education==
He hold a bachelor's degree.<ref>{{cite news |title=PhD, MSc degree holders in Federal and Provincial cabinets of PTI government |url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/454556-PhD,-MSc-degree-holders-in-Federal-and-Provincial-cabinets-of-Imran-Khan |accessdate=1 September 2018 |work=Dunya News}}</ref>

==Political career==
Cheema began his political career as an activist for the student wing of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP) in 1980 at the [[University of the Punjab]].<ref name="dawn/11mar2004">{{cite news|title=Why Cheema ditched PPP|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/353499|accessdate=13 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=11 March 2004|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413153940/https://www.dawn.com/news/353499|archivedate=13 April 2017}}</ref>

In 2004, ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|DAWN]]'' reported that Cheema was a suspected member of [[Al-Zulfiqar]] which, according to the claim of the then Zia regime, was a terrorist organization formed by Murtaza and Shahnawaz Bhutto to avenge the execution of their late father. He was sent to Lahore Central Jail for being accused in various cases. He was released on the demand of militants involved in the [[1981 Pakistan International Airlines hijacking]] as a trade-off to rescue the passengers of the plane. He later moved to [[Afghanistan]].<ref name="dawn/11mar2004" />

''DAWN'' also reported that Cheema later returned to Pakistan for a brief time but again left Pakistan as there were a number of cases against him on terrorism charges.<ref name="dawn/11mar2004" /> Cheema remained outside Pakistan until 1989 and he returned when all the cases against him were withdrawn by the then government of the PPP. After his return, he took part in Bahawalpur politics on the platform of the PPP.<ref name="dawn/11mar2004" />

He first ran for the seat of the [[Provincial Assembly of Punjab]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Democratic Alliance]] (PDA) from Constituency PP-221 (Bahawalpur-IV) in the [[1990 Pakistani general election|1990 general elections]] but was unsuccessful.<ref name="dawn/11mar2004" /> He received 27,904 votes and lost the seat to Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal, a candidate of [[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad]] (IJI).<ref name="ecp/pa88-97">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly election result 1988-97|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/Punjab.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=17 May 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830191836/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/Punjab.pdf|archivedate=30 August 2017}}</ref>

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PP-221 (Bahawalpur-IV) in [[1993 Pakistani general election|1993 general elections]]. He received 45,684 votes and defeated Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal, a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N).<ref name="ecp/pa88-97" /> During his tenure as Member of the Punjab Assembly, he served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Food and Agriculture.<ref name="dawn/11mar2004" />

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PP-221 (Bahawalpur-IV) in [[1997 Pakistani general election|1997 general elections]] but was unsuccessful.<ref name="dawn/11mar2004" /> He received 32,727 votes and lost the seat to Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal, a candidate of PML-N.<ref name="ecp/pa88-97" />

In 2001, he became the District Nazim (District Mayor) of Bahawalpur after defeating the Abbasi Nawab family of Bahawalpur<ref name="dawn/11mar2004" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Langah’s PPP ticket stirs controversy|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/75371/langah-s-ppp-ticket-stirs-controversy|accessdate=8 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=31 December 2002|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409021708/https://www.dawn.com/news/75371/langah-s-ppp-ticket-stirs-controversy|archivedate=9 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="thenews/3jan2017" /> and was elected for a second straight time in 2005.<ref>{{cite news|title=New district nazims — group affiliation|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/160129|accessdate=13 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=8 October 2005|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414081429/https://www.dawn.com/news/160129|archivedate=14 April 2017}}</ref>

In 2003, he was removed from the post of divisional president of PPP on the orders of Benazir Bhutto after Cheema was found supporting the PML-Q candidate instead of PPP.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tariq Cheema replaced|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/77047|accessdate=15 April 2017|publisher=Dawn|date=11 January 2003|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415201153/https://www.dawn.com/news/77047|archivedate=15 April 2017}}</ref> In 2004, he left PPP to join [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] (PML-Q) due to the growing differences between him and the PPP.<ref>{{cite news|title=3 PPP lawmakers quit party|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/392430/3-ppp-lawmakers-quit-party|accessdate=15 April 2017|work=Dawn|date=11 March 2004|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415201302/https://www.dawn.com/news/392430/3-ppp-lawmakers-quit-party|archivedate=15 April 2017}}</ref>

He was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of PML-Q from [[Constituency NA-187|Constituency NA-187 (Bahawalpur-V)]] in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Q winners thankful to Nawab Abbasi|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/15-May-2013/q-winners-thankful-to-nawab-abbasi|accessdate=6 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306210632/http://nation.com.pk/national/15-May-2013/q-winners-thankful-to-nawab-abbasi|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Q intra-party polls after Eid|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/03-Jun-2016/q-intra-party-polls-after-eid|accessdate=6 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306210231/http://nation.com.pk/national/03-Jun-2016/q-intra-party-polls-after-eid|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=All parties claim BNAP support to woo voters|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/10-Nov-2015/all-parties-claim-bnap-support-to-woo-voters|accessdate=6 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306210407/http://nation.com.pk/national/10-Nov-2015/all-parties-claim-bnap-support-to-woo-voters|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Chaudhrys set to revive PML-Q from 31st|url=http://nation.com.pk/lahore/25-Dec-2014/chaudhrys-set-to-revive-pml-q-from-31st|accessdate=6 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306210453/http://nation.com.pk/lahore/25-Dec-2014/chaudhrys-set-to-revive-pml-q-from-31st|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref> He received 92,972 votes and defeated [[Saud Majeed]]. In the same election, he also ran for the seat of the National Assembly from [[Constituency NA-186|Constituency NA-186 (Bahawalpur-IV)]] as a candidate of PML-Q but was unsuccessful. He received 61,403 votes and lost the seat to [[Riaz Hussain Pirzada]].<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 April 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> During his tenure as Member of the National Assembly, he became the chairperson of National Assembly's Standing Committee on Science and Technology.<ref name="thenews/3jan2017" /><ref name="dailytimes/3jan2017">{{cite news|title=DailyTimes {{!}} Tariq Bashir in, Mushahid Hussain ‘out’|url=http://dailytimes.com.pk/punjab/03-Jan-17/tariq-bashir-in-mushahid-hussain-out|accessdate=13 April 2017|work=dailytimes.com.pk|date=3 January 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413155610/http://dailytimes.com.pk/punjab/03-Jan-17/tariq-bashir-in-mushahid-hussain-out|archivedate=13 April 2017}}</ref>

In 2016, [[Punjab Police (Pakistan)|Punjab Police]] booked Cheema along with others on the charge of violating Section 144.<ref>{{cite news|title=PML-Q MNA, others booked under Section 144|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/161688-PML-Q-MNA-others-booked-under-Section-144+TheNewsInternational-National+|accessdate=13 April 2017|publisher=The News|date=1 November 2016|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414162306/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/161688-PML-Q-MNA-others-booked-under-Section-144%2BTheNewsInternational-National%2B|archivedate=14 April 2017}}</ref> In 2017, he was appointed as the Secretary General of PML-Q.<ref name="thenews/3jan2017">{{cite news|title=Bashir Cheema new PML-Q Secretary General|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/176419-Bashir-Cheema-new-PML-Q-Secretary-General|accessdate=13 April 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|date=3 January 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413234840/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/176419-Bashir-Cheema-new-PML-Q-Secretary-General|archivedate=13 April 2017}}</ref>

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency [[NA-172 (Bahawalpur-III)]] in [[2018 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Chaudhry Tariq Bashir Cheema of PML-Q wins NA-172 election |url=https://www.app.com.pk/chaudhry-tariq-bashir-cheema-of-pml-q-wins-na-172-election/ |accessdate=3 August 2018 |work=Associated Press Of Pakistan |date=26 July 2018}}</ref>

On 18 August, [[Imran Khan]] formally announced his federal cabinet structure and Cheema was named as [[Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (Pakistan)|Minister for States and Frontier Regions]].<ref>{{cite news |title=PM Imran Khan finalises names of 21-member cabinet |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1427792/pm-imran-khan-finalises-names-of-21-member-cabinet |accessdate=18 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=18 August 2018}}</ref> On 20 August 2018, he was sworn in as Federal Minister for States and Frontier Regions in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan.<ref>{{cite news |title=16 ministers from PM Imran Khan's cabinet sworn in |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1428169/16-ministers-from-pm-imran-khans-cabinet-sworn-in |accessdate=20 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=20 August 2018}}</ref> He expressed reservations over being given the ministerial portfolio of Ministry of States and Frontier Regions. On 6 September 2018, his ministerial portfolio was changed from [[Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (Pakistan)|Federal Minister for States and Frontier Regions]] to [[Ministry of Housing and Works (Pakistan)|Federal Minister for Housing and Works]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Federal minister Tariq Bashir Cheema’s portfolio changed |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/210167-federal-minister-tariq-bashir-cheemas-portfolio-changed |accessdate=7 September 2018 |work=Geo News |date=7 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=PM Imran re-designates PML-Q Federal Minister Bashir Cheema |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/06/pm-imran-re-designates-pml-q-federal-minister-bashir-cheema/ |accessdate=6 September 2018 |work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk |date=6 September 2018}}</ref>

==Family==
Cheema belongs to a political family from [[Bahawalpur]].<ref name="thenews/3jan2017"/> He is the elder brother of [[Tahir Bashir Cheema]], who is an MNA from Bahawalnagar.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lobbying for ruling party ticket: Papers for NA-190 accepted|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/354270/newspaper/newspaper/column|accessdate=13 April 2017|publisher=DAWN|date=20 March 2004|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414082055/https://www.dawn.com/news/354270/newspaper/newspaper/column|archivedate=14 April 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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