Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi
Zahoor Elahi | |
|---|---|
| Member of National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 1972–1977 | |
| Constituency | NW-35 (Gujrat-I) |
| In office 8 June 1962 – 1964 | |
| Constituency | NW-23 (Gujrat-I) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Zahoor Elahi 1917 |
| Died | September 25, 1981 (aged 63–64) |
| Manner of death | Assassination |
| Party | Pakistan Muslim League |
| Children | 3, including
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| Relatives | see Chaudhry family |
| Occupation | Politician |
Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi (Urdu: چوہدری ظہور الٰہی, 1917 – 25 September 1981) was a Pakistani politician from Gujrat, Punjab, British India (which became Gujrat, Pakistan).
A Jat of the Warraich clan, Elahi began his career as a police constable. After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, he retired from the police force and joined his elder brother, Chaudhry Manzoor Elahi, in a textile engineering venture. The brothers jointly purchased and operated a textile mill in Gujrat.
Elahi entered local politics in the 1950s. During Ayub Khan's rule, he became a political opponent of the Nawab of Kalabagh, Amir Mohammad Khan, the governor of West Pakistan. As the Secretary-General of the Convention Muslim League, he opposed Bhutto and was imprisoned, During their conflict, his family property was also confiscated by the government.
Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi was assassinated in Lahore in 1981 by Razaq Jharna, a member of Al-Zulfikar, an organization led by Murtaza Bhutto.