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 that some lawyers are in contact with the government. He also confessed that the lawyers' bodies are much organised on the chief justice issue. Strict security measures have been taken in Islamabad on the hearing of presidential reference against non-functional Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry here on Friday. Additional contingents of law enforcement forces were deployed in Islamabad whereas FC put on stand- by position. Strict surveillance also carried out at entry and exit routes of the city. A separate traffic plan has been prepared to maintain traffic flow in the capital, however, traffic jam was reported in different areas