Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar () (born 1946 in Lahore) was the Defence Minister of Pakistan in the PM Yousaf Raza Gillani-led cabinet which ceased to be on the orders of the Supreme Court of Pakistan which disqualified the PM for ridiculing the judiciary and contempt of court on 19 June 2012 for constantly delaying the implementation of the judgments of the honorable SC. He is a central leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party from Gujrat District. He defeated Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain from Gujrat NA-105 in 1993 & 2008, the leader of PML-Q party, who was allied with President Pervez Musharraf, in Pakistan's 2008 elections.