Chaudhry Abdul Wakeel Khan hailed from
Kamoke in the
Gujranwala District of Punjab, Pakistan. In the
1988 general election, he contested as an
independent candidate from constituency PP-83 (Gujranwala-VII) and was elected as an MPA. He received 16,815 votes and defeated Sardar Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan, a
PPP candidate. In the
1990 general election, he contested as an
IJI candidate from PP-83 and was again elected as an MPA. He received 38,778 votes and defeated his opponent Sardar Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan, then representing the
PDA, by a large margin. He held the seat until 1992, following which his son
Chaudhry Shamshad Ahmad Khan contested in elections from this constituency. During his time in politics, Abdul Wakeel developed a close working relationship with
Nawaz Sharif. ==Personal life==