Sardar Usman Buzdar (Barthi) Taunsa Sharif Punjab

Sardar Usman Buzdar


Sardar Usman Ahmad Khan Buzdar ( سردار عثمان احمد خان بزدار‎) is a Pakistani politician who is the current Chief Minister of Punjab, in office since 20 August 2018. He has been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since August 2018


In 2001, he joined Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q).In August 2001, he was elected District Nazim of Taunsa Sharifwhere he served until 2008.During his tenure as Nazim, he was accused of making 300 bogus appointments. An application was filed against him in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in September 2016, however NAB failed to carry out investigation Buzdar's brother denied the accusation claiming NAB was unable to find evidences against Buzdar after which the case was closed.
He quit PML-Q after  and joined a forward bloc According to another report, he remained politically affiliated with PML-Q until 2011
He joined  (PML-N) prior to  and ran for the seat of the as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-241 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II), but was unsuccessful. He received 22,875 votes and lost the seat to
He joined Janoobi Punjab Suba Mahaz prior to the Janoobi Punjab Suba Mahaz merged with (PTI) in May 2018 Buzdar joined PTI and was allocated PTI ticket to contest the 2018 general election from Constituency PP-286 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II)
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PP-286 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II) in the 2018 general election. He received 26,897 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Sardar Muhammad Akram Khan
On 17 August 2018, Imran Khan nominated him as PTI's candidate for the office of Chief Minister of Punjab. His nomination surprised many in the PTI and received criticism.[ Imran Khan claimed Buzdar "is the only MPA with no electricity at his home and he knows how the poor live." Following which Buzdar's turned out to be a wealthy person possessing agricultural land and houses in several cities. On 18 August 2018, Imran Khan reiterated his support for Buzdar after news of murder charges on Buzdar were circulated in the local media. Buzdar dismissed the murder allegations calling it "propaganda". On 19 August 2018, he was elected as the Chief Minister of Punjab. He received 186 votes against his opponent Hamza Shahbaz Sharif who secured 159 votes. He was sworn in as Chief Minister of Punjab on 20 August 2018.

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