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Mian Atta Muhammad Manika ( pa, ) is a Pakistani Punjabi 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 2002 to May 2018. He is the husband of Parveen Akhtar.

Early life and education

He was born on 10 October 1945. He has the degree of Master of Arts which he received from Government College University,

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

in 1966.

Political career

He was elected to the

as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (J) from Constituency PP-159 Okara in

1993 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 6 October 1993 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections took place after both the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Ghulam Ishaq Khan resigned to resolve a power struggle. Prior ...

. Manika was elected to the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

from Constituency NA-113 Okara-IV in 1989 where he remained until 1990. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ur, ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League") is a Conservative nationalist political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 parliamentary election, it has a re ...

(PML-Q) from Constituency PP-227 (Pakpattan-I) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-227 (Pakpattan-I) in

2008 Pakistani general election 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...

. 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-227 (Pakpattan-I) 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 ...

. In June 2013, he was inducted into the provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Social Welfare and Baitul Maal, where he served until November 2013. In November 2013, he was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Auqaf and Religious Affairs where he served until November 2016. In a cabinet reshuffle in November 2016, he was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Revenue.

References

Living people Punjabi people Punjab MPAs 2013–2018 1945 births Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab) Punjab MPAs 2002–2007 Punjab MPAs 2008–2013 Punjab MPAs 1993–1996 Pakistani MNAs 1988–1990 Pakistan Muslim League (J) politicians Maneka family Government College University, Lahore alumni Pakistan Muslim League (N) MNAs {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub