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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Azhar Qayyum Nahra
| honorific-suffix =
|image =
| office = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
|term_start = 13 August 2018
|term_end =
|constituency = [[NA-84 (Gujranwala-VI)]]
| term_start1 = 1 June 2013
| term_end1 = 31 May 2018
|constituency1 =[[Constituency NA-100|NA-100 (Gujranwala-VI)]]
|nationality = Pakistani
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|1|1|df=y}}
| birth_place =
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
}}

'''Chaudhry Azhar Qayyum Nahra''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|اظہر قیوم نہرہ}}}}; born 1 January 1977) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]], since August 2018. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018.

==Early life==
He was born on 1 January 1977.<ref name="pildat/dob">{{cite web|title=Azhar Qayyum Nahra|url=http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=100|url-status=dead|website=PILDAT|publisher=Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development And Transparency|accessdate=26 April 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419142416/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=100|archivedate=19 April 2014}}</ref>

==Political career==
He ran for the seat of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) from [[Constituency NA-100|Constituency NA-100 (Gujranwala-VI)]] in by-elections held in 2010, but was unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite news|title=Results of by-polls shock PPP, PML-N|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/955292/results-of-by-polls-shock-ppp-pml-n|accessdate=5 April 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=6 August 2010|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406022513/https://www.dawn.com/news/955292/results-of-by-polls-shock-ppp-pml-n|archivedate=6 April 2017}}</ref> He received 61,818 votes and lost the seat to [[Chaudry Tussadiq Masud Khan]]. The seat was fallen vacant due to the resignation of Muddasir Qayyum Nahra.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Report|first1=Dawn|title=By-poll shock for PPP, PML-N|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/551372|accessdate=13 May 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=6 August 2010|archive-date=14 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514141329/https://www.dawn.com/news/551372|url-status=live}}</ref>

He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-100 (Gujranwala-VI) in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title='N' bags NA-68; NA-155 goes to Independent|url=http://nation.com.pk/politics/06-Aug-2010/N-bags-NA68-NA155-goes-to-Independent|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306033501/http://nation.com.pk/politics/06-Aug-2010/N-bags-NA68-NA155-goes-to-Independent|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='Sleepless, restless' nominees go all out to woo public|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/08-May-2013/-sleepless-restless-nominees-go-all-out-to-woo-public|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306033504/http://nation.com.pk/national/08-May-2013/-sleepless-restless-nominees-go-all-out-to-woo-public|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=NA-100 fighters return to woo public|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/16-Apr-2013/na-100-fighters-return-to-woo-public|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428071222/http://nation.com.pk/national/16-Apr-2013/na-100-fighters-return-to-woo-public|archivedate=28 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Hobnob for alliances in top gear|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/25-Mar-2013/hobnob-for-alliances-in-top-gear|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306033403/http://nation.com.pk/national/25-Mar-2013/hobnob-for-alliances-in-top-gear|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N backed candidate wins NA-100 poll in Gujranwala|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1026996|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=12 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306034049/https://www.dawn.com/news/1026996|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref> He received 89,826 votes and defeated an independent candidate, [[Chaudhry Bilal Ijaz]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2013 election result|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=12 May 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|archivedate=1 February 2018}}</ref> During his tenure as Member of the National Assembly, he served as the Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Water and Power.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pledge to overcome energy crisis reaffirmed|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/09-Mar-2017/pledge-to-overcome-energy-crisis-reaffirmed|accessdate=23 August 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823163922/http://nation.com.pk/national/09-Mar-2017/pledge-to-overcome-energy-crisis-reaffirmed|archivedate=23 August 2017}}</ref> In October 2017, he was made Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Postal Services.<ref>{{cite web|last=Zahid Shah|first=Muhammad|date=6 October 2017|title=TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN. EXTRA-ORDINARY PART-III|url=http://www.mopa.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/Notification%20-%20change%20of%20portfolio.pdf|url-status=dead|accessdate=9 November 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109091951/http://www.mopa.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/Notification%20-%20change%20of%20portfolio.pdf|archivedate=9 November 2017}}</ref>

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency [[NA-84 (Gujranwala-VI)]] in [[2018 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Azhar Qayyum Nehra of PTI wins NA-84 election |url=https://www.app.com.pk/azhar-qayyum-nehra-of-pti-wins-na-84-election/ |accessdate=3 August 2018 |work=Associated Press Of Pakistan |date=26 July 2018 |archive-date=3 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803133708/https://www.app.com.pk/azhar-qayyum-nehra-of-pti-wins-na-84-election/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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