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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Chaudhry Ghias Ahmed Mela
| image =
| imagesize =
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1961|09|17}}
| birth_place = [[Sargodha]], Pakistan
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2015|06|27|1961|09|17}}
| death_place = [[Dallas, Texas]], United States of America
| office = [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]], Pakistan
| term_start = June 2012
| term_end=27 June 2015
| party = [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]]<ref>thepioneer.com.pk/ex-mna-and-federal-minister-ghias-mela-passed-away/</ref>
}}
'''Chaudhary Ghias Ahmed Mela''' (17 September 1961 – 27 June 2015) was a Pakistani politician and three-time member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] (1997–1999, 2002–2007, 2008–2013) from [[Sargodha]]. He hails from 'Mela' village of [[Kot Momin]] [[tehsil]], in [[Sargodha District]] and was an [[agriculturist]] by profession. He was a member of the [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] (PML-Q) and held the post of senior vice president of the party. Later in 2015, he joined the [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]].

He had also served as the chairman of the standing committee for housing and worked under the PML-Q regime of 2002–2007, and as Federal Minister of State for the Ministry of Human Resource Development (2012–2013).

== Education ==

Mela received his early education from [[Lawrence College Ghora Gali]] and [[Lahore American School]]. Higher education includes a B.B.A from the [[University of Evansville]], [[Indiana]] (U.S.A) and an M.B.A degree from the same university.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://elections.com.pk/candidatedetails.php?id=479 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425052025/http://elections.com.pk/candidatedetails.php?id=479 |archive-date=2012-04-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Minister of State for Human Resource Development ==

Mela was named the Federal Minister of State of Human Resource development (previously termed Ministry of Labour and Manpower) in June 2012, under the prime ministership of [[Raja Pervez Ashraf]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=162175 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413123746/http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=162175 |archive-date=2014-04-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Death ==
Mela died on 27 June 2015 in the United States of [[cardiac arrest]].<ref name=pioneer-died /> He went to the US for surgery as his heart was enlarging due to a [[vena cava]] blockage and chronic smoking, soon after successful heart surgery, he was shifted to the ventilator for few hours for a better oxygen supply, but his lungs failed to perform ample function. His funeral was held in Kot Khuda Baksh Mela village on 1 July 2015, and he was buried in the graveyard of his forefathers.

Mela was married, and has two sons and a daughter.<ref name=pioneer-died>{{cite news |title=EX – MNA and Federal Minister Ghias Mela passed away |url=http://thepioneer.com.pk/ex-mna-and-federal-minister-ghias-mela-passed-away/ |accessdate=5 July 2015 |work=[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]] |date=29 June 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*http://gulfnews.com/news/world/pakistan/ashraf-s-cabinet-expansion-includes-15-more-ministers-1.1040865
*http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C06%5C26%5Cstory_26-6-2012_pg1_4
*http://www.pakvoice.org/politics/punjab/sargodha/na-65/
*http://www.brecorder.com/pakistan/general-news/64339.html
*http://www.na.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=110
*http://globalleadershipproject.org/content/chaudhry-ghia-ahmed-mela{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/herald/herald34.htm

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mela, Ghias}}
[[Category:2015 deaths]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (Q) politicians]]
[[Category:People from Sargodha District]]
[[Category:University of Evansville alumni]]
[[Category:1961 births]]

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