Mohammad Afzal Cheema

Pakistani politician

Mohammad Afzal Cheema (Urdu: محمد افضل چیمہ; 1913 – 4 August 2008[1]) was a Pakistani politician and judge. Cheema was the only Pakistani to reach the top positions in all branches of state.[2] He was the acting President of Pakistan from 1962 to 1963.

Mohammad Afzal Cheema
Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
In office
1975–1979
Appointed byFazal Ilahi Chaudhry
4th Senior Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
11 June 1962 – 22 January 1965
Preceded byCecil Edward Gibbon
Succeeded byAbdul Qasim
Personal details
Born1913
Punjab Province (British India)
Died2008
Alma materUniversity of the Punjab

References change

  1. https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/128189-the-man-who-wrote-the-1973-constitution[permanent dead link]
  2. "Punjab Legislative Assembly - Second Assembly (May 7, 1951 to October 14, 1955)". Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2020.