<sod>Cheema has three children two son and a daughter. Adil, his son, was two years old when Cheema was abducted.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/opinion/12Cheema.html?_r=1&ref=opinion |title=Dying to Tell the Story |author=Umar Cheema |date=11 June 2011 |work= |publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' |accessdate=17 January 2012}}</ref><eod>
<sod>Cheema is a father of a son and a daughter. Adil, his son, was two years old when Cheema was abducted.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/opinion/12Cheema.html?_r=1&ref=opinion |title=Dying to Tell the Story |author=Umar Cheema |date=11 June 2011 |work= |publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' |accessdate=17 January 2012}}</ref><eod>