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Mian Atta Muhammad Manika () is a Pakistani Punjabi politician who was a Member of the

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, also known as the Punjab Assembly, is the supreme legislative body of Punjab, a province of Pakistan. It convenes at the Assembly Building in Lahore, the capital of Punjab. It is a unicameral legislature o ...

, 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 ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

in 1966.

Political career

He was elected to the

as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (J) The Pakistan Muslim League (J) 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 in 1986 as the sole Pakistan Muslim Leag ...

from Constituency PP-159 Okara in the

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. Prio ...

. Manika was elected to the

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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) ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League" (officially registered as the Pakistan Muslim League) is a political party in Pakistan. As of the 2024 parliamentary e ...

(PML-Q) from Constituency PP-227 (Pakpattan-I) in the

2002 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 10 October 2002 to elect the 12th National Assembly and four Provincial Assemblies. The elections were held under the military government of Pervez Musharraf. The two mainstream parties, Pakistan ...

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

2008 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008 to elect members of the 13th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. On 3 November 2007 President Pervez Musharraf enacted a state of emergency; elections were initia ...

. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of

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from Constituency PP-227 (Pakpattan-I) in the

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the List of members of the 14th National Assembly of Pakistan, 14th National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly and the four Subdivisions of Pakistan, Pr ...

. In June 2013, he was inducted into the provincial cabinet of Chief Minister

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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 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-MuslimN-MPA-stub