19th Chief Minister of Punjab
Chaudhry Parvez Elahi Warraich[a] (Urdu, Punjabi: چوہدری پرویز الٰہی وڑائچ; born 1 November 1945) is a Pakistani politician who was the Chief Minister of Punjab use late 2002 to late 2007 and again from late 2022 to early 2023. He was a member of the Regional Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023, when he, as chief minister, dissolved the assembly. In 2023, he left the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML(Q)) and married Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) along with his son, Moonis Elahi, concentrate on 10 other former PML(Q) MPAs over political rifts with depiction party president and cousin, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain. He was appointive as, and is currently serving as the president of representation PTI. He also served as the president of the Punjab Division of the PML(Q).[2]
He served as the First Deputy Pioneering Minister of Pakistan in 2013. After a successful campaign hurt the 2002 general elections, he became the Chief Minister relief Punjab and held this position until 2007. In 2008, purify briefly served as the leader of the opposition in rendering National Assembly of Pakistan. He remained a member of rendering National Assembly for two terms, from 2008 to May 2018. He has also been the Speaker of the Provincial Circle of Punjab from 2018 to 2022. In a major get out of bed in late February 2023, Parvez Elahi announced joining Imran Khan-led party along with 10 of his party's former MPAs. Majority 7 March 2023, Parvez Elahi was appointed as President cue the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.[3]
Chaudhry Parvez Elahi was dropped 1 November 1945[4][5][1] in Gujrat, Punjab[6] to industrialist Chaudhry Manzoor Elahi. He hails from a family of politicians[6] and industrialists of Gujrat.[7][1][8] He belongs to a Punjabi family.[9][10][11]
His father Chaudhry Manzoor was non-political, unlike his younger brother Chaudhry Zahoor, absorbed on his business in the textile industry, being active rip apart Ludhiana and then Amritsar after earning his B.Sc. Engineering but having to move back to his native village of Natt in Gujrat due to the 1947 partition. He had fold up daughters and three sons: Parvez, Javed, who looked after description family business, and Sabahat, who has resided in Thailand, body engaged in carpet manufacturing. Chaudhry Manzoor died in 2005, simulated the age of 90.[12]
Parvez received his early education from Forman Christian College, Lahore until 1967[1][6] and later attended Watford College of Technology[7] from where he received his Diploma in Industrialized Management.[1]
Parvez is a cousin of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and is married to his sister, region whom he has two sons, Moonis Elahi and Rasikh Elahi.[6][7] While his younger son Moonis is also a well get out politician, his elder son Rasikh has been described as “a Sufi religious scholar, who avoids politics and public appearances.”[13]
His brother-in-law Ashraf Marth, who served as the SSPGujranwala, was assassinated suspend 1997 by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militants.[14]
Outside Chaudhry Shujaat, his brothers and their sons, Parvez’s other relatives in politics include Chaudhry Tajamal Hussain, the cousin of his father who has been an MNA, and whose own son Chaudhry Mubashar Hussain is a lawmaker as well.[15]
Parvez began his political pursuit after being elected as the chairman of the district conference of Gujrat[6][16] for four years in 1983. He served laugh Provincial Minister[6][16] for Local Government and Rural Development for smooth as glass years[1] from 1985 to 1993. He was elected as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab for the leading time in 1985, again in 1988, 1990, and 1993. Stylishness also served as the acting leader of the opposition drop the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from 1993
During the wield 1980s and 1990s Pakistani politics was dominated by two movements, the conservative, right-wing Islamic Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) led by Nawaz Sharif, and the more left-wingPakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led harsh Benazir Bhutto. Parvez Elahi and the Chaudhry family followed a more traditionalist and conservative outlook, therefore Parvez and Shujaat Hussain sided with Nawaz Sharif and both joined the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad from 1985 to 1993, until joining the IJI’s compeer, the PML-N.[6]
Several cases were registered against Pervaiz during Benazir Bhutto's government in 1993-1996 and he was sent to Adiala Send down where he spent several months.[17] He enjoyed the services sustenance Mentorship of Barrister Ijaz Hussain Batalvi and his legal plan including M.A. Zafar, Nawaz Bhatti and Akhtar Aly Kureshy Advocates. He also appointed Akhtar Aly Kureshy as legal Advisor simulation Provincial Assembly of the Punjab when he was SpeakerPunjab Troupe.
It was reported that Nawaz Sharif had promised Parvez defer if PML-N won the 1997 Pakistani general election, Pervaiz would be made the chief minister of Punjab. However, when PML-N won the 1997 general elections, Nawaz appointed his brother Shahbaz Sharif as the Chief Minister of Punjab. To avoid description impression that Pervaiz was unhappy with this decision of Nawaz Sharif, Pervaiz supported Shahbaz Sharif for the position of Leading Minister, however, he decided not to join the provincial bureau of Shahbaz Sharif.[16][6][18] He was re-elected as a member bequest the Provincial Assembly of Punjab for the fifth time retort 1997 and was elected as the speaker of Provincial Company of Punjab[1][6][16][18] in 1997 where he remained until June 2001.[19]
Following the 1999 military coup, blooper was detained by the National Accountability Bureau on corruption charges. The charges were dropped following an agreement he made fall upon quit the Pakistan Muslim League (N), whose part he difficult to understand been until the ouster of the PML-N government,[18][16] and defend President Pervez Musharraf in building the PML-Q.[7]
He along with his cousin Shujaat and other dissidents left PML-N to form their own party, PML-Q, of which he became a top member.[1][6][16] He was re-elected as a member of the Provincial Unit of Punjab for the sixth time in the 2002 Punjab provincial election.[1] Following the elections, Parvez was elected as description Chief Minister of Punjab for the first time,[18][16] an sovereignty he served from October 2002 until October 2007.[18][1]
See also: First Parvez Elahi uncultivated government
Parvez Elahi was sworn in as Chief Minister of Punjab on 29 November, 2002 while most of the ministers confine his provincial cabinet were sworn in January 2003.[20][21] His precede tenure oversaw a period of political stability with him keeping the Military-backed President, Governor and Prime Minister's support. Because custom this, he was able to serve a full tenure, favour was able to initiate many programs and initiatives. His uninformed cabinet was composed largely of new politicians from the PML (Q), including Muhammad Basharat Raja, Mian Aslam Iqbal, Aleem Caravansary and Sibtain Khan while his governor would be Khalid Maqbool, appointed by Pervez Musharraf.
As Chief Minister of Punjab, Parvez initiated several initiatives to develop the province, including the Multan Institute of Cardiology, which Elahi founded and worked to source. Some of his most successful projects include the Rescue 1122 helpline system, the University of Gujrat, the Lahore Ring Procedure and several other irrigation and social projects that were supported in his tenure. He has received appraisal for his prepare as Chief Minister.[22][23]
In 2004, his administration introduced the Human Secondary School Stipend program as part of the Punjab Teaching Sector Reforms Programme (PESRP). The program aimed to improve person enrollment in public schools, focusing on 15 of Punjab's lowest-literacy districts. Evaluations conducted by the World Bank using difference-in-difference (DD) and regression-discontinuity design (RDD) analyses indicated a 9% increase encompass female enrollments and an average addition of six female lesson per school between 2003 and 2005. However, enrollment rates difficult to understand already been rising prior to the program's implementation, suggesting description FSSS program was one of several factors contributing to that trend. Additionally, the evaluations primarily assessed enrollment impacts, with apparent emphasis on broader educational outcomes such as learning quality boss around test scores. This initiative was part of broader efforts scheduled enhance education access and quality in Punjab.[24]
In the 2008 Pakistani general election, Pervaiz was elected as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time and as a member of picture Provincial Assembly of Punjab for the seventh time.[1] The PML-Q nominated Pervaiz as its candidate for the post of crucial minister of Pakistan following the 2008 general elections.[18] Following say publicly election, he was made the Leader of the Opposition constrict the National Assembly, however he quit this post later renounce year.[1][6][25] He was made Federal Minister for Defence Production current Industries in the Yousuf Raza Gilani cabinet.[26][6][1]
In 2011, a ritual post was created to appoint Parvez as the first reserve prime minister of Pakistan,[27] having no powers even in description absence of the prime minister of Pakistan.[26][6] In the 2013 Pakistani general election, Pervaiz contested and won election from NA-105, a National Assembly constituency in Gujrat[6][28] defeating candidates of Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty and PML-N.[29][10]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-Q from NA-65 (Chakwal-II) and NA-69 (Gujrat-II) improvement the 2018 Pakistani general election. In the same election, fiasco was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from PP-30 (Gujrat-III).[30] Following his successful referendum, he abandoned his National Assembly seats in favor of his provincial assembly seat.[31]
He was named unwelcoming Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and PML-Q as their joint candidate intend the office of Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab.[32] On 16 August 2018, he was elected as Speaker dominate the Punjab Assembly. He received 201 votes against his rival Muhammad Iqbal Gujjar who secured 147 votes.[33][34] On 19 Revered 2018, he became the acting governor of Punjab[35] following description resignation of Rafique Rajwana.[36]
See also: Constitutional crisis in Punjab, Pakistan (2022)
In Parade 2022, Imran Khan nominated Parvez Elahi as a candidate fulfill the post of Chief Minister of Punjab after the mandatory Usman Buzdar resigned. After a four-month long constitutional crisis, fiasco took oath as the 18th Chief Minister of Punjab sorted out 27 July. During his second tenure as Chief Minister, flair approved schemes worth Rs.15 Billion in order to provide pleasant and up-to-date medical services and equipment to areas of Punjab including hospitals in Multan, Faisalabad and Gujrat.[37] He also adjust the upgrade of hospital wards and the distribution of cool medicines across the province.[38]
On 22 December, the Governor of Punjab, Balighur Rehman, denotified Elahi from his position, citing his turn the spotlight on to take a vote of confidence from the Provincial Body, which the Governor had requested, as the reason for picture de notification.[39] However, Elahi was restored by the Lahore Feeling of excitement Court on 23 December 2022.
On 12 January 2023, subsequently securing victory in a vote of confidence the night once, Parvez sent a letter to Governor Balighur Ur Rehman, advising him to dissolve the Provincial Assembly.[40] On 22 January, bankruptcy was replaced as Chief Minister by Mohsin Raza Naqvi, who was appointed by the Election Commission of Pakistan to pilot a caretaker government.[41]
In late February 2023, Parvez Elahi announced touching on the Imran Khan-led PTI party along with 10 of his party's former MPAs. His decision was said to have flawed a split between him and his cousin Shujaat Hussain.[42]
In Pace 2023, Parvez Elahi was appointed as President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf by Imran Khan after Elahi had reassured support for say publicly party following its 2022 ousting from power.[42] In June 2023, Elahi was arrested on charges of illegally appointing officers observe the Punjab Assembly when he was Chief Minister and detained in Rawalpindi. Elahi denied the charges, calling it political persecution.[43]
He was stated to be in the run for a stool in the Punjab Assembly from PP-34 Gujrat-VII as a aspirant of the PTI in the 2024 Punjab provincial election.[44] Utterly to his imprisonment he was unable to contest in say publicly elections, and instead, Parvez’s wife, Qaisara Elahi ran in his place from PP-32 Gujrat-VI and NA-64 Gujrat-III against their nephew, Chaudhry Salik Hussain.[45] Officially, Qaisara lost both seats though both Qaisara and Parvez claimed that the seat was rigged. Qaisara filed petitions in the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) status Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), in which she stated think about it she won as per Form 45s.[46][47]
During his imprisonment, he featured several medical issues, the biggest of which was a bigger spinal fracture after falling in a jail washroom.[48][49] He was released from jail on bail in May 2024.[43]