Hamid Nasir Chattha

Chaudhry Hamid Nasir Chattha (Urdu: حامد ناصر چٹھہ‎) is a politician from Wazirabad, Punjab, Pakistan. He was born on November 15, 1944 in Lahore. Hamid Nasir Chattha is currently a Member of Punjab Assembly,[1][2] Pakistan after losing in 2008 National Assembly elections. He was previously elected as an MNA in 1985, 1990, 1993, and 2002 from his constituency of Gujranwala. Married, he is the father of two sons and two daughters.

Hamid Nasir Chattha
حامد ناصر چٹھہ
12th Speaker of the National Assembly
In office
31 May 1986 – 3 December 1988
DeputyWazir Ahmed Jogezai
Preceded byFakhar Imam
Succeeded byMalik Meraj Khalid
Federal Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office
10 April 1985 – 28 January 1986
Prime MinisterMuhammad Khan Junejo
Preceded byMartial Law (Zia-ul-Haq)
Succeeded byShujaat Hussain
Minister of Planning & Development
In office
9 November 1990 – 18 April 1993
Succeeded bySyed Babar Ali (caretaker)
Provincial Minister of Punjab for Health & Education
In office
1981–1985
Personal details
Born (1944-11-15) 15 November 1944
Lahore, British Raj
(now Pakistan)
Political partyMuslim League (Before 1962)
Pakistan Muslim League (1962–1988)
Pakistan Muslim League (J) (1988–2006)
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (2006–2009)
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2016–present)
Alma materGovernment College University, Lahore
Inns of Court School of Law

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 1981–1985 Hamid Nasir Chattha served as Provincial Minister of Punjab holding the portfolio of Health and Education. 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. 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 won one of the biggest majorities in the Punjab in the 1985 party less elections.

He joined PTI in 2016 and is considered a leftist leader within the PTI.

See also

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. 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 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
Political offices
Preceded by
Fakhar Imam		 Speaker of the National Assembly
1986–1988		 Succeeded by
Malik Meraj Khalid


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