Chaudhry Bilal Ijaz (Urdu/Punjabi: چوہدری بلال اعجاز; born 8 October 1970) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024 and previously served in this position from 2002 to 2007.
[6][8][9] His brother-in-law, Chaudhry Shamshad Ahmad Khan, was a four-time MPA who twice served as a minister in the Punjab cabinet.
[9] His father was re-elected as an MNA of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from NA-79 in the preceding 1997 general election, but died while in office.
[7] In the 2002 general election, Ijaz contested for a National Assembly seat from his reconstituted local constituency, NA-100 (Gujranwala-VI; now part of NA-84), as a Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) candidate.
[4] He was a member of the National Assembly's standing committees on Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth Affairs; Housing and Works; Minorities; and Planning and Development.
[9][14][16] In the lead-up to the 2013 general election, Ijaz was tipped as a strong candidate in NA-100 alongside his main political opponents, Azhar Qayyum Nahra of the PML-N and Chaudry Tussadiq Masud Khan of the PPP.
[6][14] Furthermore, the two endorsed their political allies for the local Punjab Provincial Assembly constituencies of PP-101 and PP-102; Nahra backed Riaz Amanat Ali Virk and Chaudhry Rafaqat Hussain Gujjar for these seats, while Ijaz backed Khalid Parvez Virk and Irfan Bashir Gujjar respectively.
[6][14] Ijaz's lobby, which called itself the ittihad ("unity") group, claimed to have enlisted the support of various other local clans and likeminded leaders such as Hamid Nasir Chattha.
[22] Although the PTI won the election and was able to form both the federal and Punjab provincial governments, Ijaz was unsuccessful in his constituency.