Ahad Cheema
Pakistani bureaucrat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ahad Khan Cheema is a retired Pakistani bureaucrat who is the current Federal Minister of Economic Affairs, appointed on 11 March 2024.[1][2][3] Previously, he has served as a chief executive officer (CEO) of the Quaid-e-Azam Thermal Power Company and director-general of the Lahore Development Authority.[4] In 2018, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested Cheema on charges related to irregularities in the Ashiana Housing Scheme project during his time as chairman of the LDA.[5] The investigation also involved former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's principal secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad and Shehbaz Sharif.[5] Cheema was released on bail in 2021 after spending three years in jail and was acquitted of all charges by the NAB in 2023.[5] He took retirement from civil service in January 2023.[6]
Ahad Cheema | |
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Federal Minister of Economic Affairs | |
Assumed office 11 March 2024 | |
President | Asif Ali Zardari |
Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
Member of Senate of Pakistan | |
Assumed office 4 April 2024 | |
Advisor to PM in Establishment Division | |
In office 10 August 2023 ā 26 December 2023 | |
President | Arif Alvi |
Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |