Mian Javed Latif (; born 22 February 1964) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of 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 August 2018 till August 2023. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 2008 to May 2018 and 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 1997 to 1999.

Early life

He was born on 22 February 1964.

Political career

Latif ran for the seat of the

as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-137 (Sheikhupura-IV) 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 ...

but was unsuccessful. He received 26 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded ...

(PPP). Latif was 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 ...

(PML-N) from Constituency PP-138 (Sheikhupura-V) in

1997 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 3 February 1997 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections were a fierce contest between Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led by pre-election Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan Mus ...

. He received 14,125 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Javed Bhatti. Latif was elected to the

as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-133 (Sheikhupura-II) 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 received 44,786 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Chaudhry Muhammad Saeed Virk, 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). He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-133 (Sheikhupura-II) 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 68,909 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Chaudhry Muhammad Saeed Virk. In 2017, a scuffle broke out between Latif and

Murad Saeed Murad Saeed ( ur, ; born 17 August 1995) is a Pakistani politician who served as Federal Minister for Communications and Federal Minister for Postal Services from December 2018 to April 2022. Previously, he served as Minister of State for C ...

outside the National Assembly building. Latif reportedly verbally abused female family member of Murad Saeed. Latif later apologized for his remarks against the women family member of Saeed. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-121 (Sheikhupura-III) in

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the members of 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

References

Living people Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Punjabi people Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 1964 births Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Punjab MPAs 1997–1999 Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub