Chaudhry Abid Raza

Chaudhry Abid Raza Gujjar (; born 2 September 1972 in Kotla Arab Ali khan ) is a Pakistani politician. He became a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan in August 2018. He was also a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018.
Despite criticism when it comes to his links with family feuds or Islamist militancy, he has been noted for his clean brand of politics.
Early life.
He was born on 2 September 1972 in Kotla Arab Ali Khan, Tehsil Kharian District Gujrat.<ref name="pildat/dob"></ref> His father was elected chairman UC Kotla in the 60s, his family being well known in local politics.
Career.
Militant politics.
He has been handed down a death sentence through an anti-terror act in 1998, for murdering six peoples in an attempt to assassinate Ghulam Sarwar Bhooch, the nizam of Gujrat and a family rival, as well as having links with Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Sipah-e-Sahaba, while in 2003 he was accused of helping Amjad Farooqi, an Islamist who planned to kill Musharraf. He refuted all these allegations and connections with militant outfits, saying that he's a "diehard Sunni Deobandi", but not an extremist, while he didn't get the death sentence because he spent five years in jail and was released after reconciling with the opposing party, as per Islamic law.
Mainstream politics.
Raza began his political career with Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) where he served in the Provincial Assembly of Punjab until 2008. His family joined PML-Q in 2003. He joined Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) in 2008.<ref name="dawn/18march2013"></ref> Hamza Shahbaz Sharif is supposed to be the one who pushed his inclusion in the PML-N despite the controversies, "to appease the Kotlas."
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-107 (Gujrat-IV) in 2013. He received 94,196 votes and defeated Chaudhry Muhammad Ilyas, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-71 (Gujrat-IV) in 2018 Pakistani general election. He received 88,588 votes and defeated Muhammad Ilyas Chaudhry, a candidate of PTI.
Personal life.
Raza is married and has three sons and a daughter. His brother Chaudhry Shabbir Ahmed was elected Member of the Punjab Assembly in the 2013 election, his other brother Chaudhry Muhammad Ali Tanveer was elected as Chairman District Council Gujrat in 2017. And His another brother chaudhry Naeem raza Kotla was elected Member of the Punjab Assembly in 2003 election.