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
Tassaduq Hussain Jillani August 2013, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry appointed Jillani to act as Chief Election Commissioner with immediate effect till the appointment of a new Commissioner. He succeeded former Justice Fakhruddin Ebrahim, who resigned from the office on 30 July 2013. His appointment as chief election commissioner was secured through the by-election clauses of the Constitution. After appointing the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif approved the nomination papers of Senior Justice Jillani to be elevated as Chief Justice, upon the constitutional retirement of the Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry which due for 12 December 2013. Per Prime