Zafar Iqbal Manhas | |
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Vice-president of J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) [1] | |
Constituency | Shopian [2] |
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Born | 16 August 1957 (63 years) Shopian,Jammu and Kashmir,India |
Political party | Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party |
Other political affiliations | Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (until 2020) |
Zafar Iqbal Manhas is an Indian writer,poet,social activist and a Pahari politician from Jammu and Kashmir.
He was an MLC of the Shopian district of Kashmir division. [3] He was a senior member of the Peoples Democratic Party until joining the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party in March 2020 [4] He is also vice-president of the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art,Culture and Languages. [5] He is vocal about the plight of Kashmiris especially displaced Kashmiri Pandits. [6]
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