1. Chaudhry Parvez Elahi Warraich is a Pakistani politician who was the Chief Minister of Punjab from late 2002 to late 2007 and again from late 2022 to early 2023.
35 Facts About Parvez Elahi
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Parvez Elahi was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023, when he, as chief minister, dissolved the assembly.
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Parvez Elahi was appointed as, and is currently serving as the president of the PTI.
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Parvez Elahi served as the president of the Punjab Division of the PML.
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Parvez Elahi served as the First Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2013.
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Parvez Elahi remained a member of the National Assembly for two terms, from 2008 to May 2018.
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Parvez Elahi has been the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from 2018 to 2022.
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On 7 March 2023, Parvez Elahi was appointed as President of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
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Chaudhry Parvez Elahi was born 1 November 1945 in Gujrat, Punjab to industrialist Chaudhry Manzoor Elahi.
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Parvez Elahi belongs to a Punjabi family of Jat origin.
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Parvez Elahi had two daughters and three sons: Parvez, Javed, who looked after the family business, and Sabahat, who has resided in Thailand, being engaged in carpet manufacturing.
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Parvez Elahi received his early education from Forman Christian College, Lahore until 1967 and later attended Watford College of Technology from where he received his Diploma in Industrial Management.
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Outside Chaudhry Shujaat, his brothers and their sons, Parvez Elahi'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 politician as well.
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Parvez Elahi began his political career after being elected as the chairman of the district council of Gujrat for four years in 1983.
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Parvez Elahi served as Provincial Minister for Local Government and Rural Development for eight years from 1985 to 1993.
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Parvez Elahi was elected as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab for the first time in 1985, again in 1988,1990, and 1993.
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Parvez Elahi served as the acting leader of the opposition in the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from 1993.
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Parvez Elahi appointed Akhtar Aly Kureshy as legal Advisor to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab when he was Speaker Punjab Assembly.
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Parvez Elahi was re-elected as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab for the fifth time in 1997 and was elected as the speaker of Provincial Assembly of Punjab in 1997 where he remained until June 2001.
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Parvez Elahi was re-elected as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab for the sixth time in the 2002 Punjab provincial election.
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Parvez Elahi was sworn in as Chief Minister of Punjab on 29 November, 2002 while most of the ministers in his provincial cabinet were sworn in January 2003.
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Parvez Elahi has received appraisal for his work as Chief Minister.
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Parvez Elahi was made Federal Minister for Defence Production and Industries in the Yousuf Raza Gilani cabinet.
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Parvez Elahi was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-Q from NA-65 and NA-69 in the 2018 Pakistani general election.
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Parvez Elahi was named by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and PML-Q as their joint candidate for the office of Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab.
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Parvez Elahi received 201 votes against his opponent Muhammad Iqbal Gujjar who secured 147 votes.
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Parvez Elahi approved the upgrade of hospital wards and the distribution of free medicines across the province.
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However, Parvez Elahi was restored by the Lahore High Court on 23 December 2022.
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On 12 January 2023, after securing victory in a vote of confidence the night before, Parvez Elahi sent a letter to Governor Balighur Ur Rehman, advising him to dissolve the Provincial Assembly.
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In late February 2023, Parvez Elahi announced joining the Imran Khan-led PTI party along with 10 of his party's former MPAs.
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Parvez Elahi's decision was said to have marked a split between him and his cousin Shujaat Hussain.
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In March 2023, Parvez Elahi was appointed as President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf by Imran Khan after Elahi had reassured support for the party following its 2022 ousting from power.
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In June 2023, Parvez Elahi was arrested on charges of illegally appointing officers in the Punjab Assembly when he was Chief Minister and detained in Rawalpindi.
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Parvez Elahi was stated to be in the run for a seat in the Punjab Assembly from PP-34 Gujrat-VII as a candidate of the PTI in the 2024 Punjab provincial election.
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Parvez Elahi was released from jail on bail in May 2024.