Q:Facts:     - birth date: 28 august 1943    - branch: pak    - caption: khanzada as captain of pavo cavalry , 1969    - death date: 16 august 2015    - office: home minister of punjab environment protection minister of punjab    - term end: 16 august 2015 16 august 2015    - awards: 30px tamgha-e-basalat    - unit: 13th lancers    - serviceyears: 1967 -- 1994    - name: shuja khanzada    - death place: shadikhan , attock , punjab , pakistan    - birth place: shadikhan , punjab province , british india    - native name: شجاع خانزاده    - nationality: pakistani    - alma mater: islamia college    - appointer: shehbaz sharif shehbaz sharif    - battles: indo-pakistani war of 1971 siachen conflict    - term start: 14 october 2014 10 june 2013    - image: shuja khanzada.jpg    - religion: islam    - rank: 32px colonel   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of shuja khanzada .
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shuja khanzada -lrb- ; 28 august 1943 -- 16 august 2015 -rrb- was a pakistani politician and pakistan army colonel , who served as the home minister of punjab from 2014 until his assassination in 2015 .as an army officer , khanzada fought in the 1971 indo-pakistani war , before partaking in the siachen conflict in 1983 .retiring from the military , khanzada entered politics in 1996 .he was elected to the punjab provincial assembly thrice , in 2002 , 2008 , and 2013 ; the latter as a pml -lrb- n -rrb- candidate from his native constituency in attock .appointed home minister in 2014 , khanzada spearheaded the campaign against terrorism and sectarian militancy in punjab .on 16 august 2015 , khanzada was assassinated in a suicide attack at his political office in shadikhan , attock .the militant group lashkar-e-jhangvi -lrb- lej -rrb- claimed responsibility for the attack , in retaliation for the killing of lej chief malik ishaq during khanzada 's tenure .