Manzoor Wattoo

Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo
Minister for Industry and Production
In office
2008–2013
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterYousaf Raza Gillani
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
Succeeded byGhulam Murtaza Jatoi
11th Chief Minister of Punjab
In office
3 November 1996 – 16 November 1996
GovernorRaja Saroop Khan
Khalilur Rehman
Preceded byArif Nakai
Succeeded byMian Muhammad Afzal Hayat (caretaker)
In office
20 October 1993 – 13 September 1995
GovernorIqbal Khan
Chaudhry Altaf Hussain
Preceded byGhulam Haider Wyne
Succeeded byArif Nakai
Personal details
Born (1939-08-14) 14 August 1939 (age 85)
Fazilka, Punjab, British India
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Peoples Party (2020-present)[1]
Other political
affiliations
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2018-2020)[2]
Pakistan Peoples Party (2008-2018)
Pakistan Muslim League Q (2002-2008)
Pakistan Muslim League (Jinnah) (1995-2002)
Pakistan Muslim League (Junejo) (1993-1995)
Pakistan Muslim League (1985-1993)
ChildrenKhurram Jahangir Wattoo (son)

Moazzam Jahanzeb Wattoo (son)

Zeeshan Wattoo (son)
Alma materGovernment Islamia College, Civil Lines, Lahore
OccupationPolitician

Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo (Urdu: منظور احمد وٹو; born 14 August 1939) is a Pakistani politician. Wattoo was first elected, in 1985, the Speaker of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.[3] Thrice elected to the same office, he secured the office of the Chief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan in 1993 on the ticket of Pakistan Muslim League (J), after a series of tug of war between the federal and provincial government Wattoo twice had to leave office between his term only to leave office permanently on 16 November 1996.[4]

Wattoo formed the Pakistan Muslim League (Jinnah) in 1995 when he parted away with his prior party (then PML), but the party-PML (Jinnah), was unable to hold significant influence in national politics.

In May 2008, Wattoo along with his associates left Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-e-Azam) and joined Pakistan Peoples Party[5] and served as the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions, he also led Pakistan Peoples Party's provisional chapter of Punjab only to witness a complete failure in Punjab in the 2013 elections. In that election cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan's PTI had challenged Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) winning a few dozen seats.

He tendered his resignation soon after the elections,[6] but he was asked to continue by PPP's Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari upon recommendation of PPP's Punjab Executive Committee.[7]

  1. ^ "Wattoo meets Zardari; says never left PPP". Dawn (newspaper). 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Manzoor Wattoo formally joins PTI". Dawn (newspaper). 24 September 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  3. ^ [1] Bureau of Statistics, 1998 Census
  4. ^ [2] Provincial Assembly of Punjab, 1993-1996
  5. ^ Wattoo, associates join PPP Dawn (newspaper), Published 30 May 2008, Retrieved 21 February 2023
  6. ^ After election debacle, Wattoo resigns as PPP's central Punjab president Dawn (newspaper), Published 14 May 2013, Retrieved 21 February 2023
  7. ^ "PPP Punjab Executive Committee Asks Mian Manzoor Wattoo To Withdraw Resignation". Pakistan Peoples' Party Punjab website. 18 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2023.