Ali Asghar Manda | |
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Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | |
In office 2008 –31 May 2018 | |
Constituency | PP-165 Sheikhupura-IV |
Personal details | |
Born | Sheikhupura,Punjab,Pakistan | 8 September 1966
Political party | PTI (2018-present) |
Other political affiliations | PMLN (2013-2018) IND (2013) PMLN (2008-2002) PPP (1993) IJI (1988) |
Ali Asghar Manda is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab,from 2008 to May 2018.
Manda was born on 8 September 1966 in Sheikhupura. [1] He has a degree of Master of Arts in Political Science from the University of the Punjab which he obtained in 1993 and has a degree of Bachelor of Laws LL. B. which he obtained in 1996 from Quaid-e-Azam Law College in Lahore. [1]
Manda ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) from Constituency PP-135 (Sheikhupura-II) in the 1988 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 589 votes and lost the seat to Chaudhry Bashir Ahmed,a candidate of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). [2] In the 1993 Pakistani general election,he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-135 (Sheikhupura-II) in but was,again,unsuccessful. He received 62 votes and lost the seat to Chaudhry Bashir Ahmed,a candidate of PPP. [2] Later,he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-165 (Sheikhupura-IV) in the 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 71 votes and lost the seat to Jehanzaib Rao,a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). [3]
In 2008 Pakistani general election,Manda was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-165 (Sheikhupura-IV). He received 21,153 votes and defeated Javaid Nasarullah,an independent candidate. [4] He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-165 (Sheikhupura-IV) in 2013 Pakistani general election. [5] [6] He received 37,741 votes and defeated Sahabzada Mian Saeed Ahmad Sharqpuri,a candidate of PML-N. In the same election,he ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-132 (Sheikhupura-II-cum-Nankana Sahib) but was unsuccessful. He received 199 votes and lost the seat to Rana Tanveer Hussain. [7] He joined PML-N in May 2013. [8]
In December 2013,Manda was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Services &General Administration Department. [9] In April 2018,he quit PML-N. [10] In May 2018,he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). [11]