Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar

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Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar (Urdu: چوہدری احمد مختار ) is the current Minister for Defence (Pakistan) in the PM Yousaf Raza Gillani-led cabinet.[1] He is a central leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party from Gujrat District. He defeated Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain from Gujrat NA-105 in 1993 & 2008, the leader of PML-Q party, who was allied with President Pervez Musharraf, in Pakistan's 2008 elections. He stated on 4th of April 2008 that Pres. Musharraf is the National Asset, this statement has bring him in controversies as the people voted PPP, PML N and other allied parties only because they opposed Musharraf.

Chaudhry Mukhtar is an industrialist and former Commerce Minister in the 1993-1996 Benazir Bhutto government. He was considered to be the most likely candidate to be the next Prime Minister of Pakistan, along with Makhdoom Amin Fahim, Yousaf Raza Gillani and Shah Mehmood Qureshi, but was later denied, when Yousaf Raza Gillani was announced as the new PM on March 22, 2008.[2] He became the Defence Minister in the coalition government of PPP, PML-N, ANP and JUI-F formed after 2008 elections on 31 March, 2008.[3]

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  1. ^ Sajjad Malik, "24-member federal cabinet takes oath" Daily Times, April 01, 2008
  2. ^ Amin Fahim says he is candidate for PM Daily Times, March 10, 2008
  3. ^ Amir Wasim, "Parties finally clinch deal on key ministries" Dawn Newspaper, March 29, 2008