Ahad cheema biography meaning

Pakistani bureaucrat

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]

Early life and education

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