Chaudhry Tariq Bashir Cheema (Punjabi, Urdu: چوہدری طارق بشیر چیمہ) is a Pakistani politician who is serving as the Secretary General of the PML-Q since 2003.
[3] Cheema began his political career as an activist for the student wing of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in 1980 at the Government High School Shahi Wala.
[4] In 2004, DAWN reported that Cheema was a suspected member of Al-Zulfiqar which, according to the claim of the then Zia regime, was a terrorist organization formed by Murtaza and Shahnawaz Bhutto to avenge the execution of their late father.
He was released on the demand of militants involved in the 1981 Pakistan International Airlines hijacking as a trade-off to rescue the passengers of the plane.
[4] He first ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Democratic Alliance (PDA) from Constituency PP-221 (Bahawalpur-IV) in the 1990 general elections but was unsuccessful.
[4] He received 27,904 votes and lost the seat to Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal, a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI).
[4] He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PP-221 (Bahawalpur-IV) in 1997 general elections but was unsuccessful.
[18] On 18 August, Imran Khan formally announced his federal cabinet structure and Cheema was named as Minister for States and Frontier Regions.
A police report also alleged that a group of teachers was involved in selling narcotics and exploiting and blackmailing female staff and students.