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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tariq Fazal Chaudhry
| honorific-suffix =
| image = USAID Mobile Bus Libraries Handover Ceremony - 2017 (37572084055) (cropped).jpg
| alt = Tariq Fazal Chaudhry at the USAID's Mobile Bus Libraries Handover Ceremony in 2017
| caption = Chaudhry at [[United States Agency for International Development|USAID]]'s Mobile Bus Libraries Handover Ceremony in 2017
| office = [[Cabinet Secretariat of Pakistan|Federal Minister for Capital Administration and Development]]
|term_start = 27 April 2018
|term_end = 31 May 2018
|primeminister= [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
|president = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
|preceded = Himself (Minister of State)
| successor = [[Ali Nawaz Awan]] (Special Assistant)
| office1 = [[Cabinet Secretariat of Pakistan|Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development]]
|term_start1 = 4 August 2017
|term_end1 = 27 April 2018
|primeminister1 = [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
|president1 = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
|predecessor1 = Himself (Minister of State)
| term_start2 = November 2015
| term_end2 = 28 July 2017
| predecessor2 = [[Usman Ibrahim]]
| primeminister2 = [[Nawaz Sharif]]
|president2 = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| office3 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
|term_start3 = 17 March 2008
| term_end3 = 31 May 2018
|constituency3=[[Constituency NA-49|NA-49 (Islamabad-II)]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|6|7|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]]
| nationality = Pakistani
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
}}

'''Tariq Fazal Chaudhry''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|طارق فضل چوہدری}}}}; born 7 June 1969) is a Pakistani politician who served as [[Cabinet Secretariat of Pakistan|Federal Minister for Capital Administration and Development]], in [[Abbasi cabinet]] from August 2017 to May 2018. Previously he served as the [[Cabinet Secretariat of Pakistan|Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development]] from November 2015 to July 2017 in the [[third Sharif ministry]] and from August 2017 to April 2018 in the [[Abbasi ministry]]. He had been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from March 2008 to May 2018.

==Early life and education==
Chaudhry was born on 7 June 1969 in [[Islamabad]], Pakistan.<ref name="pildat/dob">{{cite web|title=Detail Information|url=http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=49|accessdate=9 July 2017|date=23 March 2011|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323130550/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=49|archivedate=23 March 2011}}</ref> He graduated from [[Rawalpindi Medical University]].<ref name="dawn/3aug2002">{{cite news|last1=Sharif|first1=Arshad|title=Prospective candidates for two capital seats|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/50933|accessdate=31 May 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=3 August 2002|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911194037/https://www.dawn.com/news/50933|archivedate=11 September 2017}}</ref>

==Political career==
Chaudhry ran for the seat of [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from [[Constituency NA-49|Constituency NA-49 (Islamabad-II)]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) in [[2002 Pakistani general election]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Electioneering nears dramatic finale in Capital|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/60800/electioneering-nears-dramatic-finale-in-capital|accessdate=31 May 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=8 October 2002|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911194037/https://www.dawn.com/news/60800/electioneering-nears-dramatic-finale-in-capital|archivedate=11 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="dawn/3aug2002" /> but was unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wasim|first1=Amir|title=PML(N) faces rift over party ticket in capital|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/279911/pml-n-faces-rift-over-party-ticket-in-capital|accessdate=31 May 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=12 December 2007|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112144446/http://www.dawn.com/news/279911/pml-n-faces-rift-over-party-ticket-in-capital|archivedate=12 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Wasim|first1=Amir|title=Islamabad — everybody’s city|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/281136|accessdate=31 May 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=20 December 2007|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911194037/https://www.dawn.com/news/281136|archivedate=11 September 2017}}</ref> He received 16,832 votes and lost the seat to [[Nayyar Hussain Bukhari]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=25 April 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141507/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|archivedate=26 January 2018}}</ref>

Chaudhry was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-49 (Islamabad-II) in [[2008 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N rules capital|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/290000/newspaper/newspaper/column|accessdate=24 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=19 February 2008|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325202159/https://www.dawn.com/news/290000/newspaper/newspaper/column|archivedate=25 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N sweeps in Pindi, Islamabad|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/290154|accessdate=24 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=20 February 2008|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730151154/https://www.dawn.com/news/290154|archivedate=30 July 2017}}</ref> He received 45,482 votes and defeated Nayyar Hussain Bukhari.<ref>{{cite web|title=2008 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=25 April 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105060230/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|archivedate=5 January 2018}}</ref>

Chaudhry was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-49 (Islamabad-II) in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N wins from Islamabad's NA-49 and Jhang's NA-86|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1027005|accessdate=3 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=12 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304035650/https://www.dawn.com/news/1027005|archivedate=4 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Islamabad MNAs: the paralysed politicians?|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1015554|accessdate=3 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=2 June 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304035609/https://www.dawn.com/news/1015554|archivedate=4 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Islamabad’s unexpected electoral choices|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1011112|accessdate=3 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=13 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304035751/https://www.dawn.com/news/1011112|archivedate=4 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="dawn/8jan2016">{{cite news|title=PML-N leaders blame party men for defeat in LG elections|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1231557|work=DAWN.COM|date=8 January 2016|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304040019/https://www.dawn.com/news/1231557|archivedate=4 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N takes commanding position|url=http://nation.com.pk/islamabad/28-Jan-2016/pml-n-takes-commanding-position|accessdate=24 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325202045/http://nation.com.pk/islamabad/28-Jan-2016/pml-n-takes-commanding-position|archivedate=25 March 2017}}</ref> He received 94,106 votes and defeated a candidate of [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]].<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=25 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>

In November 2015, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of the [[third Sharif ministry]] and was appointed as the Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tariq Fazal sworn in as minister of state|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1221860|accessdate=3 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=24 November 2015|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304040042/https://www.dawn.com/news/1221860|archivedate=4 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tariq Fazal new CADD minister|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1221172|accessdate=3 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=21 November 2015|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304035923/https://www.dawn.com/news/1221172|archivedate=4 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="dawn/8jan2016" /> He had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the resignation of Prime Minister [[Nawaz Sharif]] after [[Panama Papers case (Pakistan)|Panama Papers case]] decision.<ref>{{cite news|title=PM Nawaz Sharif steps down; federal cabinet stands dissolved|url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pm-nawaz-gives-up-his-post-federal-cabinet-stands-dissolved/|accessdate=28 July 2017|work=Daily Pakistan Global|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728114411/https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pm-nawaz-gives-up-his-post-federal-cabinet-stands-dissolved/|archivedate=28 July 2017}}</ref>

He has been the president of Islamabad wing of Pakistan Muslim League (N) in 2016.<ref name="dawn/8jan2016" />

Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of [[Abbasi ministry|Abbasi]].<ref name="app/4aug2017">{{cite news|title=A 43-member new cabinet sworn in|url=https://www.app.com.pk/a-43-member-new-cabinet-sworn-in/|accessdate=4 August 2017|work=Associated Press Of Pakistan|date=4 August 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804174456/https://www.app.com.pk/a-43-member-new-cabinet-sworn-in/|archivedate=4 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="pakistantoday/4aug2017">{{cite news|title=PM Khaqan Abbasi’s 43-member cabinet takes oath today|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/08/04/new-federal-cabinet-ministers-take-oath-today/|accessdate=4 August 2017|publisher=Pakistan Today|date=4 August 2017}}</ref> He retained the cabinet portfolio of Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Raza|first1=Syed Irfan|title=PM Abbasi’s bloated cabinet sworn in|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1349710/pm-abbasis-bloated-cabinet-sworn-in|accessdate=5 August 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=5 August 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805040859/https://www.dawn.com/news/1349710/pm-abbasis-bloated-cabinet-sworn-in|archivedate=5 August 2017}}</ref> In December 2017, he named as property tax defaulter.<ref>{{cite news|title=Six parliamentarians found ‘defaulters’ of property tax - Daily Times|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/167436/six-parliamentarians-found-defaulters-property-tax/|accessdate=26 December 2017|work=Daily Times|date=26 December 2017}}</ref> In April 2018, he was elevated as federal minister<ref>{{cite news|title=Govt expands cabinet months before elections - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1696773/1-govt-expands-cabinet-months-elections/|accessdate=27 April 2018|work=The Express Tribune|date=27 April 2018}}</ref> and was appointed as [[Cabinet Secretariat of Pakistan|Federal Minister for Capital Administration and Development]] in the cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.<ref>{{cite web|title=Notification April 2018|url=http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/federal-Minister-27-04-2018.pdf|publisher=Cabinet division|accessdate=30 April 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430171817/http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/federal-Minister-27-04-2018.pdf|archivedate=30 April 2018}}</ref> Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Chaudhry ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Capital Administration and Development.<ref>{{cite web |title=Notification |url=http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf |publisher=Cabinet division |accessdate=1 June 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180601180526/http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf |archivedate=1 June 2018}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}
{{Sharif III Cabinet}}
{{Abbasi Cabinet}}

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