Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain
Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2013.Early life
He was born in 1960.Political career
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-104 as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 82,126 votes and defeated Nawabzada Ghazanfar Ali Gul. In the same election, he also ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-105 as an independent candidate but was unsuccessful. He received 1,061 votes and lost the seat to Shujaat Hussain.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-104 as a candidate of PML-Q in 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 96,379 votes and defeated Nawabzada Ghazanfar Ali Gul. On 3 May 2011, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and was appointed as Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis where he served until 15 May 2011. On 16 May, he was made Federal Minister for Labour and Manpower where he served until 30 June 2011. From 1 July to 29 July, he remained in the federal cabinet with the status of a federal minister without any portfolio. On 30 July, he was appointed as Federal Minister for Human Resource Development where he continued to serve until June 2012. In June 2012, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and was appointed as Federal Minister for Human Resource Development where he served until May 2013.
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly from Constituency NA-104 as a candidate of PML-Q in 2013 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 81,231 votes and lost the seat to Nawabzada Mazhar Ali.
