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{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ali Asghar Manda
| honorific-suffix =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|9|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Sheikhupura]]
| office = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]
| term_start = 2008
| term_end = 31 May 2018
|constituency=
|nationality = Pakistani
|party =
}}

'''Ali Asghar Manda''' is a [[Pakistani]] politician who was a Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]], from 2008 to May 2018.

==Early life and education==
Manda was born on 8 September 1966 in [[Sheikhupura]].<ref name="pap">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1014|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=15 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614123632/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1014|archivedate=14 June 2017}}</ref> He has a [[Academic degree|degree]] of [[Master of Arts]] in Political Science from [[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.<ref name="pap" />

==Political career==

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 [[1988 Pakistani general election]] but was unsuccessful. He received 589 votes and lost the seat to Chaudhry Bashir Ahmed, a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP).<ref name="ecp/pa-88-97">{{cite web|title=Election result Punjab Assembly 1988-97|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/Punjab.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=19 February 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830191836/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/Punjab.pdf|archivedate=30 August 2017}}</ref> In [[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.<ref name="ecp/pa-88-97" /> Later, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-165 (Sheikhupura-IV) in [[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).<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=28 February 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141507/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|archivedate=26 January 2018}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|title=2008 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=28 February 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105060230/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|archivedate=5 January 2018}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Reporter|first1=The Newspaper's Staff|title=43 newly elected legislators join PML-N|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1013019|accessdate=19 January 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=23 May 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326051248/https://www.dawn.com/news/1013019|archivedate=26 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/429935|accessdate=18 January 2018|work=The News|date=13 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116081102/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/429935|archivedate=16 January 2018}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2013 election result |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf |publisher=ECP |accessdate=4 July 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526173608/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf |archivedate=26 May 2018 }}</ref> He joined PML-N in May 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=33 independent MPAs, 12 MNAs join PML-N|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/630765-33-independent-mpas,-12-mnas-join-pml-n|accessdate=15 January 2018|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912135141/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/630765-33-independent-mpas,-12-mnas-join-pml-n|archivedate=12 September 2017}}</ref>

In December 2013, Manda was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Services & General Administration Department.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reporter |first1=The Newspaper's Staff |title=35 parliamentary secys appointed |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1072208 |accessdate=13 September 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=13 December 2013}}</ref> In April 2018, he quit PML-N.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two PML-N lawmakers quit party - Daily Times |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/225882/two-pml-n-lawmakers-quit-party/ |accessdate=9 June 2018 |work=Daily Times |date=9 April 2018}}</ref> In May 2018, he joined [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI).<ref>{{cite news |title=PML-N MPA Ali Asghar Manda joins PTI |url=https://nation.com.pk/30-May-2018/597983 |accessdate=9 June 2018 |work=The Nation |date=30 May 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab)]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2008–2013]]

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->Extraordinary Writ: Adding short description: "Pakistani politician" (Shortdesc helper)