Ahad Cheema

Ahad Cheema
Federal Minister of Economic Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 March 2024
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterShehbaz Sharif
Member of Senate of Pakistan
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 April 2024
Advisor to PM in Establishment Division
In office
10 August 2023 – 26 December 2023
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterAnwaar ul Haq Kakar
Army ChiefQamar Javed Bajwa
Asim Munir

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]

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