Chaudhry Salik Hussain | |
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| Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony | |
| Assumed office 4 April 2024 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development | |
| In office 11 March 2024 – 27 February 2025 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Sarfraz Bugti Aun Chaudhry |
| Member of theNational Assembly of Pakistan | |
| Assumed office 29 February 2024 | |
| Constituency | NA-64 Gujrat-III |
| In office 29 October 2018 – 10 October 2023 | |
| Constituency | NA-65 (Chakwal-II) |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | PML(Q) (2018-present) |
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| Relatives | Shafay Hussain (brother) |
Chaudhry Salik Hussain is a Pakistani politician who is the currentFederalMinister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development., in office since March 2024 and Minister for Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony since 4 April 2024. He has been a member of theNational Assembly of Pakistan since October 2018.
He was elected to theNational Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate ofPakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from ConstituencyNA-65 (Chakwal-II) in by-election held on 14 October 2018.[2][3]
On 22 April 2022, he was sworn in as the Federal Minister in thecabinet of Prime MinisterShehbaz Sharif. He served without a portfolio for nearly three weeks before being appointed as the Federal Minister for theBoard of Investment. He was reportedly tasked with overseeing Chinese and other foreign direct investments and implementing special measures in this regard.[4]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-Q from ConstituencyNA-64 Gujrat-III in2024 Pakistani general election.[5] He received 105,205 votes and defeatedIndependent politician] candidate (PTI) SupportedPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Qaisara Ealhi, who secured 80,946 votes.[6]
On 11 March, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime MinisterShehbaz Sharif and was appointed as Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development.[7] On 4 April, he was given the additional ministerial portfolio ofReligious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony.[8]
On 8 April, during a joint press conference, Qaisera Elahi, the wife ofPervez Elahi, and Sumaira Elahi, sister of Shujaat Hussain, accused Salik and his brother Shafay of dividing the family into two factions for power. Elahi stated, “Shujaat Hussain’s sons call themselves the heirs of Zahoor Elahi but his politics had never been like this.” She further mentioned that both siblings utilized their father Shujaat as a "tissue paper", adding that they fractured the family with the assistance of Interior MinisterMohsin Naqvi.[9] Fractures within the family began to emerge during theNo-confidence motion against Imran Khan in April 2022.[10]
In 2020, when theNational Accountability Bureau (NAB) accused PML-Q leadersChaudhry Shujaat Hussain andChaudhry Pervez Elahi of money laundering and accumulating illegal assets, Salik and his brotherShafay Hussain were also implicated in the inquiry for providing loans totaling Rs1.5 billion to various companies owned by them.[11] According to the investigation, bank accounts belonging to Shafey and Salik received foreign remittances totaling Rs 58.7 billion since 2004 and the five individuals who were part of the investigation denied sending any remittances, which indicated that the accused likely used fake identities to funnel unexplained funds from foreign countries to Pakistan.[12]
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