Iftikhar Cheema Iftikhar Cheema Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema (; born 1 January 1939) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from 2008 to January 2016 and again from April 2016 to May 2018. He is a retired Justice. He was born on 1 January 1939.<ref name="pildat/dob"></ref> He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-101 (Gujranwala-VII) in Pakistani general election, 2008. He received 71,792 votes and defeated Hamid Nasir Chattha. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from
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