Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi

Zahoor Elahi
Member of National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1972–1977
In office
1962–1965
Personal details
Born
Zahoor Elahi

1917 (1917)
Gujrat, Punjab, British India
DiedSeptember 25, 1981(1981-09-25) (aged 63–64)
Manner of deathAssassination
Political partyPakistan Muslim League
Children3, including
Relativessee Chaudhry family
OccupationPolitician

Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi (Urdu: چوہدری ظہور الٰہی,1917 – 25 September 1981) was a Pakistani politician from the small town of Gujrat, Punjab, British India (currently, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan).

Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi began his career in the police force as a constable but gave it up soon after the creation of Pakistan, and ventured into business in association with his elder brother Ch Manzoor Elahi, a textile engineer. The two brothers jointly purchased and operated a textile mill in Gujrat after the independence of Pakistan. Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi was a Jat of the Warraich clan.

He entered local politics in the 1950s. During Ayub Khan's rule, the governor of West Pakistan, Nawab of Kalabagh Amir Mohammad Khan, was an opponent of Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi. As the Secretary-General of the Convention Muslim League, he came to oppose Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. In his conflict with Bhutto, Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi was imprisoned and his family property confiscated by the Government. Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi was assassinated in Lahore in 1981 by Razaq Jharna, a member of Al-Zulfikar, a terrorist organization led by Murtaza Bhutto.[1]

  1. ^ Paracha, Nadeem (17 September 2015). "Revisiting the al-Zulfikar saga". Dawn. Dawn Group. Retrieved 4 June 2020.