Ghulam Sarwar Cheema

In the 1988 Pakistani general election, Cheema was elected to the National Assembly from NA-74 (Gujranwala-I) as a candidate of the Pakistan People's Party. Later reporting noted that he had defeated Hamid Nasir Chattha in that contest.^[2][3]

During Benazir Bhutto's first government, he served as minister of state for defence.^[4][1]

In the 1997 Pakistani general election, Cheema was again elected to the National Assembly from NA-74 (Gujranwala-I), this time as a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N).^[5][6]

In the early 2000s, Cheema became active as a member of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q).^[7][8] In 2011, he joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.^[9][10]

Cheema came from a political family in the Wazirabad area. His father, Major Ghulam Haider Cheema, had earlier represented the same constituency in the National Assembly.^[11][6] He was the father of Adnan Sarwar Cheema, who later contested elections from the same area.^[12][13]

Cheema died before the 2013 Pakistani general election.^[12][14]