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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=February 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Ahsan Iqbal
| image = Ahsan Iqbal - 2014 (cropped).jpg
| image_size = 250px|
| office = 35th [[Interior Minister of Pakistan|Minister for Interior]]
| term_start = 4 August 2017
| term_end = 31 May 2018
| president = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| primeminister = [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
| deputy = [[Muhammad Talal Chaudhry]]
| predecessor = [[Nisar Ali Khan]]
| successor = Muhammad Azam Khan {{small|(acting)}}
| office1 = [[Ministry of Planning and Development (Pakistan)|Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms]]
| term_start1 = 16 September 2017
| term_end1 = 31 May 2018
| president1 = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| primeminister1 = [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
| predecessor1 = Himself
| successor1 = [[Shamshad Akhtar]]
| term_start2 = 7 June 2013
| term_end2 = 28 July 2017
| president2 = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| primeminister2 = [[Nawaz Sharif]]
| predecessor2 = [[Naveed Qamar]]
| successor2 = Himself
| office3 = [[Planning Commission (Pakistan)|Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan]]
| term_start3 = 8 June 2013
| term_end3 = 28 July 2017
| predecessor3 = Dr. Nadeem Ul Haque
| successor3 = [[Sartaj Aziz]]
| office4 = [[Minister for Education (Pakistan)|Minister for Education]]
| term_start4 = 31 March 2008
| term_end4 = 13 May 2008
| predecessor4 = [[Javed Ashraf Qazi]]
| successor4 =
| office5 = [[Ministry of Minorities (Pakistan)|Minister for Minorities]]
| term_start5 = 31 March 2008
| term_end5 = 13 May 2008
| office6 = [[Planning Commission (Pakistan)|Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan]]
| term_start6 = 13 August 1998
| term_end6 = 12 October 1999
| predecessor6 = [[Hafeez A. Pasha|Hafeez Pasha]]
| successor6 = Dr. Shahid Amjad Chaudhry
| office7 = Federal Minister for Planning , Development and Reforms
| term_start7 = 19 April 2022
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|3|28|df=y}}<ref name="pildat/dob" />
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]
| nationality = {{flag|Pakistan|name=Pakistani}}
| relatives = [[Nisar Fatima]] {{small|(mother)}}
| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore|University of Engineering and Technology]]<br>[[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania]]
| primeminister7 = [[Shahbaz Sharif]]
| president7 = [[Arif Alvi]]
| preceded7 = [[Asad Umar]]
}}

'''Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhary''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq| احسن اقبال چوہدری}}}}; born 28 March 1959) is a [[Pakistani]] [[engineer]] and politician who is serving as the Secretary General of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]. He is a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] since August 2018. Previously, he was a member of the [[National Assembly]] from 1993 to 1999 and from 2008 to May 2018.

He served as [[Interior Minister of Pakistan|Minister for Interior]] and [[Ministry of Planning and Development (Pakistan)|Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms]] in the [[Abbasi cabinet]] from 2017 to May 2018. A leader of the [[Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)]], he served as the [[Ministry of Planning and Development (Pakistan)|Minister of Planning and Development of Pakistan]] and the Deputy Chairman of [[Planning Commission (Pakistan)|Planning Commission of Pakistan]] in the [[Third Sharif ministry|third Sharif's ministry]] and briefly held the portfolio of [[Ministry of Minorities (Pakistan)|Minister of Minorities]] and [[Minister for Education (Pakistan)|Minister of Education of Pakistan]] in the [[Gillani ministry]] in 2008. He served as the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan from 1998 to 1999 during the Sharif's second ministry.He currently serves as federal minister for planning and development since 19 April 2022.

==Family and education==

According to [[PILDAT]], Chaudhary was born on 28 March 1959.<ref name="pildat/dob">{{cite web|title=Detail Information|url=http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=117|access-date=9 July 2017|date=23 March 2011|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323125942/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=117|archive-date=23 March 2011}}</ref> According to [[the News International]], he was born on 28 September 1958.<ref>{{cite news|title=If elections are held on time…|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/404658|access-date=4 December 2017|work=thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref>

His mother, [[Nisar Fatima]] was the member of the National Assembly of Pakistan on reserved seats for women in [[1985 Pakistani general election]].<ref name="dawn/june2013">{{cite news|last1=Ghumman|first1=Khawar|title=Experience and loyalty count in the PML-N kitchen cabinet|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1016645|access-date=27 October 2016|work=DAWN.COM|publisher=Dawn|date=7 June 2013|ref=dawn/june2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029084423/http://www.dawn.com/news/1016645|archive-date=29 October 2016}}</ref><ref name="Dawn newspapers">{{cite news|last1=Dawn.Com|title=Ahsal Iqbal, Dawn prfile|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1024449/ahsan-iqbal|access-date=17 September 2014|agency=Dawn newspapers|publisher=Dawn newspapers|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908005229/http://www.dawn.com/news/1024449/ahsan-iqbal|archive-date=8 September 2014}}</ref>

Chaudhary received his early education from the [[PAF College Sargodha]].<ref>https://www.sargodhian.com/achiever/details/11</ref> He attended the [[University of Engineering and Technology (Lahore)|University of Engineering and Technology]], Lahore to study mechanical engineering in 1976 from where he graduated with [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in 1981.<ref name="Dawn newspapers"/>

In 1984, Chaudhary attended the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania]] from where he did [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] in 1986.<ref name="Dawn newspapers"/> [[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] reported that he also attended [[Government College Lahore]], [[Georgetown University]] and [[Harvard University]].<ref name="Dawn newspapers"/>

== Political career ==
Chaudhary started politics as president of the student union of University of Engineering and Technology. He was then associated with Islami Jamiat Tulaba, student wing of the right wing Jamat-i-Islami.<ref name="dawn/june2013" />

In [[1993 Pakistani general election]], he became member of the National Assembly for the first time after winning constituency NA-117 of [[Narowal]]. In 1993, he served as Policy and Public Affairs Assistant to then [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]].<ref name="Dawn newspapers" />

He was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly for the second time in [[1997 Pakistani general election]].<ref name="Dawn newspapers"/> when his party PML-N won clear majority in National Assembly for the first time in the history of Pakistan, Chaudhary played his role in several key government positions. He was appointed as the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of Pakistan with the title of Minister of State, chairman [[Pakistan Engineering Council]] and was also a chairman for the National Steering Committees on Information Technology and IQM and Productivity. Chaudhary continued on the positions allotted to him till the [[1999 Pakistani coup d'état]] in which then Chief of Army Staff, [[Pervez Musharraf]], overthrew elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his existing elected government.<ref name="Dawn newspapers"/> [[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] reported that on Chaudhary's initiative Pakistan's first national IT policy was formulated.<ref name="Dawn newspapers" />

In [[2002 Pakistani general election]], he lost the National Assembly seat.<ref name="Dawn newspapers" /> During the Musharraf rule, Chaudhary taught management at the [[Mohammad Ali Jinnah University]] in Islamabad from 2000 to 2007.<ref name="Dawn newspapers" /> Chaudhary is considered a loyalist of Nawaz Sharif who kept the PML-N alive during the Musharraf rule.<ref name="Dawn newspapers" /><ref name="Dawn/2013" />

In [[2008 Pakistani general election]], Chaudhary was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly for the third time. He briefly served as the Minister for Education of Pakistan<ref name="aaj/7june2013" /> with an additional portfolio of Minister of Minorities' Affairs in the [[Gillani ministry]].<ref name="dawn/6may2018">{{cite news|title=Who is Ahsan Iqbal?|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1405999/who-is-ahsan-iqbal|access-date=6 May 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=6 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="dawn/14may2008">{{cite news|title=Gilani to sit on resignations till Asif's return: Decision final: Nisar|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/302713/gilani-to-sit-on-resignations-till-asif|access-date=29 October 2016|work=Dawn|publisher=Dawn|date=14 May 2008|ref=dawn/14may2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029173857/http://www.dawn.com/news/302713/gilani-to-sit-on-resignations-till-asif|archive-date=29 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Asghar|first1=Raja|title=Swearing-in today to mark belated birth of cabinet|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/295977/swearing-in-today-to-mark-belated-birth-of-cabinet|access-date=29 October 2016|work=DAWN.COM|publisher=Dawn|date=31 March 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029175553/http://www.dawn.com/news/295977/swearing-in-today-to-mark-belated-birth-of-cabinet|archive-date=29 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Reporter|first1=The Newspaper's|title=Minorities rights to be safeguarded, says Gilani|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/412912/minorities-rights-to-be-safeguarded-says-gilani|access-date=17 October 2016|publisher=Dawn|date=15 April 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018231144/http://www.dawn.com/news/412912/minorities-rights-to-be-safeguarded-says-gilani|archive-date=18 October 2016}}</ref> But after PML-N decided to sit on opposition benches due to a disagreement with PPP related to the [[Lawyers' Movement|reinstatement of the judges]] dismissed by former President Pervez Musharraf in 2007, he resigned six weeks into the newly formed PPP-led coalition government.<ref name="Dawn newspapers"/><ref name="dawn/6may2018" />

In 2011, Chaudhary was elected as Deputy Secretary General of PML-N.<ref name="Dawn newspapers" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Nawaz Sharif elected unopposed PML-N president|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/647332/nawaz-sharif-elected-unopposed-pml-n-president|access-date=29 October 2016|work=DAWN.COM|publisher=Dawn|date=27 July 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042004/http://www.dawn.com/news/647332/nawaz-sharif-elected-unopposed-pml-n-president|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>

In [[2013 Pakistani general election]], Chaudhary was made part of PML-N's central parliamentary board tasked with selecting candidates for the election.<ref name="Dawn/2013">{{cite news|last1=Mahmood|first1=Amjad|title='Loyalists dominate' N parliamentary board|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/798021/loyalists-dominate-n-parliamentary-board|access-date=17 October 2016|publisher=Dawn|date=26 March 2013|ref=Dawn/2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029084624/http://www.dawn.com/news/798021/loyalists-dominate-n-parliamentary-board|archive-date=29 October 2016}}</ref> Chaudhary was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly for the fourth time in 2013 general election.<ref name="aaj/7june2013" /><ref name="Tribune/11May2013">{{cite news|title=Another win: PML-N's Ahsan Iqbal clobbers PTI's Abrarul Haq – The Express Tribune|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/547810/another-win-pml-ns-ahsan-iqbal-clobbers-ptis-abrarul-haq/|access-date=30 October 2016|work=The Express Tribune|date=11 May 2013|ref=Tribune/11May2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030201520/http://tribune.com.pk/story/547810/another-win-pml-ns-ahsan-iqbal-clobbers-ptis-abrarul-haq/|archive-date=30 October 2016}}</ref> He was appointed as the Minister of Planning and Development<ref name="aaj/7june2013">{{cite news|last1=Jamil|first1=Farah|title=26 member Cabinet to take oath today|url=http://aaj.tv/2013/06/26-member-cabinet-to-take-oath-today/|access-date=7 August 2017|work=Aaj News|date=7 June 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121082150/http://aaj.tv/2013/06/26-member-cabinet-to-take-oath-today/|archive-date=21 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sharif's 25-member cabinet takes oath|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1016686|access-date=30 October 2016|publisher=Dawn|date=7 June 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029083515/http://www.dawn.com/news/1016686|archive-date=29 October 2016}}</ref><ref name="New York Times">{{cite news|last1=Masood|first1=Salman|title=U.S. Drone Strike Kills at Least 7 in Pakistan as New Prime Minister Announces Cabinet|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/08/world/asia/us-drone-strikes-pakistan-as-sharif-names-cabinet.html?_r=0|access-date=17 September 2014|agency=The New York Times|date=7 June 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611055227/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/08/world/asia/us-drone-strikes-pakistan-as-sharif-names-cabinet.html?_r=0|archive-date=11 June 2013}}</ref><ref name="Tribune/8june2013">{{cite news|title=Federal cabinet unveiled: Enter the ministers – The Express Tribune|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/560553/federal-cabinet-unveiled-enter-the-ministers/|access-date=30 October 2016|work=The Express Tribune|date=8 June 2013|ref=Tribune/8june2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029083547/http://tribune.com.pk/story/560553/federal-cabinet-unveiled-enter-the-ministers/|archive-date=29 October 2016}}</ref> as well the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kiani|first1=Khaleeq|title=Planning Commission to be made think tank|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1017384|access-date=7 August 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=11 June 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728201238/https://www.dawn.com/news/1017384|archive-date=28 July 2017}}</ref>

In February 2016, Chaudhary was appointed as the [[United Nations Development Programme]]'s 'champion minister' from the Asia Pacific region in recognition of his efforts to promote the [[Sustainable Development Goals]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Reporter|first1=The Newspaper's|title=Ahsan Iqbal appointed UNDP's 'champion minister'|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1241958|access-date=30 October 2016|work=DAWN.COM|publisher=Dawn|date=26 February 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030140638/http://www.dawn.com/news/1241958|archive-date=30 October 2016}}</ref>

In July 2017, the federal cabinet, which included Chaudhary was disbanded following the resignation of Prime Minister [[Nawaz Sharif]] after the [[Panama Papers case (Pakistan)|Panama Papers case]] decision.<ref>{{cite news|title=PM Nawaz Sharif steps down; federal cabinet stands dissolved|url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pm-nawaz-gives-up-his-post-federal-cabinet-stands-dissolved/|access-date=28 July 2017|work=Daily Pakistan Global|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728114411/https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pm-nawaz-gives-up-his-post-federal-cabinet-stands-dissolved/|archive-date=28 July 2017}}</ref> Following the election of [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]] as Prime Minister of Pakistan, Chaudhary was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi and was appointed Minister for Interior for the first time.<ref>{{cite news|title=PM Abbasi's cabinet takes oath|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1349562/pm-abbasis-cabinet-takes-oath|access-date=4 August 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=4 August 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804213932/https://www.dawn.com/news/1349562/pm-abbasis-cabinet-takes-oath|archive-date=4 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pakistan Swears in New Federal Cabinet|url=http://newsweekpakistan.com/pakistan-swears-in-new-federal-cabinet/|access-date=4 August 2017|work=Newsweek Pakistan|date=4 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804174632/http://newsweekpakistan.com/pakistan-swears-in-new-federal-cabinet/|archive-date=4 August 2017}}</ref> On 16 September 2017, he was given the additional charge of [[Ministry of Planning and Development (Pakistan)|Ministry of Planning and Development]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ahsan gets planning commission portfolio|url=http://nation.com.pk/islamabad/16-Sep-2017/ahsan-gets-planning-commission-portfolio|access-date=16 September 2017|work=The Nation|date=16 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Allying Chinese concerns: Iqbal will also head planning ministry – The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1507826/allying-chinese-concerns-iqbal-will-also-head-planning-ministry/|access-date=16 September 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=16 September 2017}}</ref> In November 2017, he was criticised by the [[Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan]] [[Raza Rabbani]] for not taking [[Senate of Pakistan|Senate]] in confidence with regards to the crackdown against the [[2017 Tehreek-e-Labaik protest]] which led to resignation of [[Law Minister of Pakistan|Minister for Law and Justice]], [[Zahid Hamid]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Imran Mukhtar|title=Accord with protesters threat to democracy|url=http://nation.com.pk/28-Nov-2017/accord-with-protesters-threat-to-democracy|access-date=28 November 2017|work=The Nation|date=28 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Raza Rabbani displeased over PM's departure to Saudi Arabia amid protests|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/11/27/raza-rabbani-displeased-over-pms-departure-to-saudi-arabia-amid-protests/|access-date=28 November 2017|work=Pakistan Today|date=28 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Mumtaz Alvi|title=PM in Jeddah, no one around to answer questions: Rabbani|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/249944-pm-in-jeddah-no-one-around-to-answer-questions-rabbani|access-date=28 November 2017|work=The News|date=28 November 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Guramani|first1=Nadir|title=What forced govt to sign agreement with Faizabad protesters, asks Rabbani|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1373209|access-date=28 November 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=27 November 2017}}</ref> Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Chaudhry ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Interior and Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reform.<ref>{{cite web |title=Notification |url=http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf |publisher=Cabinet division |access-date=1 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180601180526/http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf |archive-date=1 June 2018}}</ref>

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency [[NA-78 (Narowal-II)]] in [[2018 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ahsan Iqbal of PML-N wins NA-78 election |url=https://www.app.com.pk/ahsan-iqbal-of-pml-n-wins-na-78-election/ |access-date=2 August 2018 |work=Associated Press of Pakistan |date=26 July 2018}}</ref> He received 159,651 votes and defeated [[Abrar-ul-Haq]].<ref>{{cite web |title=NA-78 Result – Election Results 2018 – Narowal 2 – NA-78 Candidates – NA-78 Constituency Details – thenews.com.pk |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/election/constituency/NA-78 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |access-date=2 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

He was arrested on 23 December 2019 by [[National Accountability Bureau|NAB]] , over Narowal sports complex corruption charges.,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/amp/587668-nab-arrests-pml-n-leader-ahsan-iqbal|title = NAB arrests PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal|date = 23 December 2019}}</ref> Released after 90 days in custody, after NAB failed to come up with a case against him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/678581-nab-fails-to-file-reference-against-ahsan-iqbal|title=NAB fails to file reference against Ahsan Iqbal}}</ref>

==Assassination attempt==
In May 2018, Chaudhary was shot and wounded at a political rally in his home constituency Narowal in an apparent assassination attempt. He was airlifted from Narowal to Lahore for surgery where he was said to be in stable condition.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Qarar|first1=Shaqeel|title=Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal injured in assassination attempt during Narowal corner meeting|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1405998|access-date=6 May 2018|publisher=Dawn News|date=6 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="nytimes/6may2018">{{cite news|title=Pakistan Interior Minister, Champion of Minorities, Is Shot|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/06/world/asia/pakistan-assassination-attempt.html|access-date=11 May 2018|work=The New York Times|date=6 May 2018}}</ref> The attacker, found to be linked with [[Tehreek-e-Labaik]], was arrested from the spot<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bukhari|first1=Mubasher|title=Pakistani interior minister shot by man linked to new religious...|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-attack/pakistans-interior-minister-wounded-in-gun-attack-officials-idUSKBN1I70J8|access-date=11 May 2018|work=U.S.}}</ref><ref name="dawn/7may2018">{{cite news|title=Attack on interior minister: Shooter 'showed affiliation' with Tehreek-i-Labbaik, DC Narowal says|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1406173|access-date=12 May 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=7 May 2018}}</ref> who in his police statement confessed that he tried to assassinate Chaudhry {{Clarify|date=July 2020|text=due to the issue of Khatam-e-Nubuwwat.}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Police arrest accomplice of Ahsan Iqbal attacker|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/313802-police-arrest-accomplice-of-ahsan-iqbal-attacker|access-date=12 May 2018|language=en}}</ref>

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