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'''Chaudhry Abid Raza Gujjar''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|چوہدری عابد رضا}}}}; born 2 September 1972) He is a Pakistani politician. He became a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] in August 2018. He was also a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018.
Despite criticism when it comes to his links with family feuds or [[Islamist]] militancy, he has been noted for his clean brand of politics.

==Early life==
He was born on 2 September 1972 in [[Kotla Arab Ali Khan]], [[Kharian]], [[Gujrat District]].<ref name="pildat/dob">{{cite web|title=Detail Information|url=http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=107|accessdate=9 July 2017|date=21 April 2014|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421165251/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=107|archivedate=21 April 2014}}</ref> His father was elected chairman UC Kotla in the 60s, his family being well known in local politics.

==Career==
===Militant politics===
He has been handed down a death sentence through an anti-terror act in 1998, for murdering six peoples in an attempt to assassinate Ghulam Sarwar Bhooch, the nizam of Gujrat and a family rival, as well as having links with [[Lashkar-e-Jhangvi]] and [[Sipah-e-Sahaba]], while in 2003 he was accused of helping [[Amjad Farooqi]], an Islamist who planned to kill [[Musharraf]]. He denied all these allegations and connections with militant outfits, while he didn't get the death sentence because he spent five years in jail and was released after reconciling with the opposing party, as per [[Islamic law]].<ref>[https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/630316-lej-terror-suspect-contesting-on-pml-n-ticket "LeJ terror suspect contesting on PML-N ticket"] (6 May 2013), ''The News International''. Retrieved 22 April 2020.</ref>

===Mainstream politics===
Raza began his political career with [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP) where he served in the Provincial Assembly of Punjab until 2008. His family joined [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|PML-Q]] in 2003. He joined [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) in [[2008 Pakistani general election|2008]].<ref name="dawn/18march2013">{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/796171|title=Man having links with banned outfit may get PML-N ticket|first=Muhammad|last=Azeem|date=18 March 2013|publisher=}}</ref> [[Hamza Shahbaz Sharif]] is supposed to be the one who pushed his inclusion in the PML-N despite the controversies, "to appease the Kotlas."<ref>Muhammad Azeem (18 March 2013), [https://www.dawn.com/news/796171 "Man having links with banned outfit may get PML-N ticket"], ''Dawn News''. Retrieved 22 April 2020.</ref>

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-N from [[Constituency NA-107|Constituency NA-107 (Gujrat-IV)]] in [[2013 Pakistani general election|2013]].<ref>{{cite web|title=NA-107 Results|url=http://election2013.geo.tv/constituency/results/107/NA-107.html|website=Geo TV|accessdate=10 January 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110190939/http://election2013.geo.tv/constituency/results/107/NA-107.html|archivedate=10 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tough contest between N, PPP in NA-107|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/30-Mar-2013/tough-contest-between-n-ppp-in-na-107|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306133022/http://nation.com.pk/national/30-Mar-2013/tough-contest-between-n-ppp-in-na-107|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Democratic terror|url=http://nation.com.pk/columns/09-Sep-2014/democratic-terror|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306135019/http://nation.com.pk/columns/09-Sep-2014/democratic-terror|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Crushing defeats deal a severe blow to PPP|url=http://nation.com.pk/editors-picks/14-May-2013/crushing-defeats-deal-a-severe-blow-to-ppp|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306132928/http://nation.com.pk/editors-picks/14-May-2013/crushing-defeats-deal-a-severe-blow-to-ppp|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=SC restores death sentence of PML-N MNA|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/17-Jun-2016/sc-restores-death-sentence-of-pml-n-mna|accessdate=5 March 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306135547/http://nation.com.pk/national/17-Jun-2016/sc-restores-death-sentence-of-pml-n-mna|archivedate=6 March 2017}}</ref> He received 94,196 votes and defeated Chaudhry Muhammad Ilyas, a candidate of [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI).<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>

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency [[NA-71 (Gujrat-IV)]] in [[2018 Pakistani general election]]. He received 88,588 votes and defeated Muhammad Ilyas Chaudhry, a candidate of PTI.<ref>{{cite news |title=PML-N's Chaudhary Abid Raza wins NA-71 election |url=https://www.app.com.pk/pml-ns-chudhary-abid-raza-wins-na-71-election/ |accessdate=2 August 2018 |work=Associated Press Of Pakistan |date=26 July 2018}}</ref>

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[[Category:Deobandis]]
[[Category:People from Gujrat District]]
[[Category:People convicted on terrorism charges]]
[[Category: Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:Pakistani Islamists]]

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