Akmal Saif Chatha is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani provinces, Pakistani province of Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, which is located in Lahore, the provincial capital. It was established under ...

, from 2003 to 2007 and again from May 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

He was born on 8 November 1973 in

Alipur Chatha Ali Pur Chattha is a Tehsil and union council of Ali Pur Chattha Tehsil, Wazirabad District, Punjab, Pakistan. Ali Pur Chattha (formerly Akalgarh) is a tehsil of Wazirabad District in the Gujrat Division of Pakistan. It is situated nearly 3 ...

. He graduated in 1992 from

Forman Christian College Forman Christian College is an private liberal arts university in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was founded in 1864 and is administered by the Presbyterian Church. The university follows an American-style curriculum. Founded in 1864 by American ...

and holds a degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Political career

He was elected to the

as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (J) The Pakistan Muslim League (J) (Urdu: پاکستان مسلم لیگ ج) is a political party in Pakistan established in 1988. It is one of the factions of the original Pakistan Muslim League, named "J" after Muhammad Khan Junejo. It was created i ...

(PML-J) from Constituency PP-103 (Gujranwala-XIII) in by-polls held in January 2013. He received 333,43 votes and defeated an independent candidate Shaukat Hayat Chattha. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Teh ...

from Constituency PP-103 (Gujranwala-XIII) in

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) led by Nawaz Sharif, t ...

. He received 41,453 votes and defeated Muhammad Ahmed Chatha, a candidate of PML-J. In December 2013, he was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for environment.

References

Living people Punjab MPAs 2013–2018 1973 births Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Punjab MPAs 2002–2007 {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub