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Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi (Zahoor Elahi) was born on 1921 in Gujrat, Punjab, British India, is a Pakistani politician (1917–1981). Discover Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?

Popular As Zahoor Elahi
Occupation Politician
Age 60 years old
Zodiac Sign
Born 1921, 1921
Birthday 1921
Birthplace Gujrat, Punjab, British India
Date of death 25 September, 1981
Died Place N/A
Nationality India

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Children 3, including Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, (son) Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain (son)

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1939

He was raised in Gujrat but left his hometown in 1939 to pursue further studies.

1940

He received his degree in textile engineering from Amritsar in 1940.

Upon his return from Amritsar, Chaudry Manzoor Elahi teamed with Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi to develop a family owned textile business in Gujrat.

1947

After independence in 1947, the two brothers established two textile units under the names of Gujrat Silk Mills and Pakistan Textile Mills.

1950

He entered local politics in the 1950s.

During Ayub Khan's rule, the governor of West Pakistan, Nawab of Kalabagh Amir Mohammad Khan, was an opponent of Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi.

As the Secretary-General of the Convention Muslim League, he came to oppose Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

In his conflict with Bhutto, Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi was imprisoned and his family property confiscated by the Government.

In 1950, the business was expanded to Lahore where they established Parvez Textile Mills, specializing in weaving, finishing and dyeing.

1951

In 1951–52, Chaudhry Manzoor Elahi went to Japan to import textile machinery for the Gujrat and Lahore units.

Armed with his textile education and business skills, Chaudry Manzoor Elahi's textile units continued to flourish under his leadership.

The family continued to dedicate their energies to their business and set up Modern Flour Mills in Lahore and Rawalpindi.

1956

In 1956, Chaudry Zahoor Elahi decided to enter politics while Chaudhry Manzoor Elahi was running the family business.

1958

Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi was elected Chairman of the Gujrat District Board in 1958.

The same year, Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi was also elected as a director of the National Bank of Pakistan.

He kept returning to the National Bank board of directors for the next twelve years.

In 1958, General Ayub Khan imposed martial law.

He enforced the Elected Bodies Disqualification Order (EBDO) which was used to disqualify politicians for next five years.

The politicians facing EBDO were given two options; they were either to retire voluntarily from politics or to face Government's punitive action.

Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi was the only politician, who challenged the draconian EBDO law.

Despite being cleared by the EBDO Tribunal of all charges, Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi was victimized by the martial law regime and was sentenced to six months imprisonment.

1962

Despite this, Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi was elected Member of the National Assembly in 1962 and he consequently became Secretary General of the Pakistan Muslim League's Parliamentary Party of United Pakistan.

Around this time, the family also purchased English daily Pakistan Times, published from West Pakistan.

1970

Elahi was elected to the National Assembly in 1970.

He was among the few members of the Pakistan Muslim League to get elected in those elections.

1971

Following the fall of East Pakistan in 1971, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto emerged as the new ruler of the remaining Pakistan.

On coming to power, Bhutto nationalized all major industries including flour mills.

Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi was among the nine opposition parliamentary leaders who were forcibly thrown out of the Parliament House on Bhutto's orders.

From ludicrous and politically motivated police cases such as an alleged buffalo theft case to the far-fetched case of alleged supply of Iraqi arms to rebels in Balochistan, he was constantly targeted and implicated in several fabricated cases during Bhutto's rule.

But this could not silence Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi.

He was arrested for delivering an anti-government speech in Hotel Inter Continental, Karachi and a special tribunal sentenced him to imprisonment for five years.

He remained imprisoned in different jails but mostly remained at the Karachi jail.

1977

The Pakistan National Alliance (PNA) gained momentum following 1977.

1981

Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi (,1917 – 25 September 1981) was a Pakistani politician who rose to prominence from the small town of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.

Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi began his career in the police force as a constable but gave it up soon after the creation of Pakistan and ventured into business in association with his elder brother Ch Manzoor Elahi, who was a textile engineer by profession.

The two brothers jointly purchased and operated a textile mill after the independence of Pakistan in Gujrat.

Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi was a Jat of the Warriach clan.

Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi was assassinated in Lahore in 1981 by Razaq Jharna, a member of Al-Zulfikar, a terrorist organisation led by Murtaza Bhutto.

Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi's father was Chaudhry Sardar Khan Warraich.

Chaudhry Manzoor Elahi, father of Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, was the elder brother of Chaudhry Zahoor Elahi.