Hamid Nasir Chattha

Hamid Nasir Chattha
حامد ناصر چٹھہ
12th Speaker of the National Assembly
In office 31 May 1986 – 3 December 1988
Deputy	Wazir Ahmed Jogezai
Preceded by	Fakhar Imam
Succeeded by	Malik Meraj Khalid
Federal Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office 10 April 1985 – 28 January 1986
Prime Minister	Muhammad Khan Junejo
Preceded by	Martial Law (Zia-ul-Haq)
Succeeded by	Shujaat Hussain
Minister of Planning & Development
In office 9 November 1990 – 18 April 1993
Succeeded by	Syed Babar Ali (caretaker)
Provincial Minister of Punjab for Health & Education
In office 1981–1985
Personal details
Born	(1944-11-15) 15 November 1944 (age 80) Lahore, Punjab, British India (now Punjab, Pakistan)
Political party	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2016–present)
Other political affiliations	Pakistan Muslim League (N)(2012–2016) Pakistan Peoples Muslim League(2009-2012) Pakistan Muslim League (Q)(2006–2009) Pakistan Muslim League (J)(1988–2006) Pakistan Muslim League(1962–1988) Muslim League(Before 1962)
Children	Muhammad Ahmed Chattha (son)
Alma mater	Government College University, Lahore Inns of Court School of Law

Chaudhry Hamid Nasir Chattha (Urdu: حامد ناصر چٹھہ) is a politician from Wazirabad, Punjab, Pakistan. He was born on 15 November 1944, in Lahore. Hamid Nasir Chattha was elected as a Member of Punjab Assembly,^[1][2] after losing in 2008 National Assembly elections to Justice (Retd.) Iftikhar Ahmed Cheema. He was previously elected as an MNA in 1985, 1990, 1993, and 2002 from his constituency of Gujranwala.

Early life and family

Hamid Nasir Chatha is the son of Ch. Salah-ud-Din Chatha. He has two sons, Fayyaz Chatha and Ahmad Chatha.^[3]

Education and career

Hamid Nasir Chattha attended Aitchison College in Lahore. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in political science from Government College Lahore in 1966 followed by Bar-at-Law from Lincoln's Inn, London. He was not able to complete his Bar at Law exam because of his father's death.^[4]

Later career

Between 1981 and 1985 Hamid Nasir Chattha served as Provincial Minister of Punjab holding the portfolio of Health and Education. Hamid Nasir won one of the biggest majorities in the Punjab in the 1985 party less elections. He then went on to serve as Speaker of the National Assembly from 1986 to 1988.

As a federal minister, he held the portfolio of Information and Broadcasting and Science and Technology during 1985–1986 and later the portfolio of Planning during 1990–1993. He was the chairman of the special committee of Kashmir with the status of federal minister.

He broke with the PML and IJI coalition led by Nawaz Sharif on 17 April 1993, a day before the government was dismissed by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan. He went on to join the PML-J, originally founded by the late Mohammed Khan Junejo. His party has had two chief ministers of the Punjab and one foreign minister when his party was a coalition partner with PPP-P.

Hamid Nasir Chattha, a former Pakistani politician, retired from active politics in 2013. After a successful career in Politics, he decided to step away from the political arena.

See also

• Politics of Pakistan
• Manzoor Wattoo

References

1. "Pak determined for Kashmiris right of self-determination: Chattha". PakTribune. 26 April 2005. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
2. "Hamid Nasir Chattha". Pakistan Herald. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
3. "All-Jatt contest in Wazirabad". Dawn. Pakistan. 12 August 2005. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
4. "PML J - Hamid Nasir Chatta's Profile". elections.com.pk. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.

Political offices
Preceded by Fakhar Imam	Speaker of the National Assembly 1986–1988	Succeeded by Malik Meraj Khalid