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
Suspension of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry by the President is not only unjust and inappropriate but also unconstitutional and therefore illegal. The president's orders came in the afternoon, and within minutes took the country by storm. Many in the legal fraternity were shocked by the way the country's top adjudicator had been treated. Within hours, public in general and lawyers specifically rallied around him. Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's reaction was not known as since his "suspension" or being made "non-functional" he had remained incommunicado. After his meeting with President Musharraf, he remained inside the presidential office for a few hours, and was later prevented from going