Chaudhry Hamid Nasir Chattha is a politician

Politician

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 from Gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

, Punjab

Punjab (Pakistan)

Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

, Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. He was born on November 15, 1944 at Lahore

Lahore

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. Hamid Nasir Chattha is currently a Member of Punjab Assembly, Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 after losing in 2008 National Assembly elections

Pakistani general election, 2008

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. He was previously elected as an MNA in 1985, 1990, 1993, and 2002 from his constituency of Gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

. Married, he is the father of two sons and two daughters.

Early career

Hamid Nasir Chattha attended school in gujranwala

Gujranwala

Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...

. He received his bachelors and masters degree in political science from Government College Lahore in 1966 followed by Bar-at-Law from Lincoln's Inn

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, London

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. He was not able to complete his Bar at Law exam because of his father's death.

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

Speaker of National Assembly

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 from 1986-1988.

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

Kashmir

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 with the status of federal minister. He is one of the most influential politicians of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 respected by friends and foes. His party has had two chief ministers of the Punjab and one foreign minister when his party was a coalition partner with PPP. Hamid Nasir won one of the biggest majorities in the Punjab in the 1985 party less elections.

See also

• Politics of Pakistan
  Politics of Pakistan
  Politics of Pakistan have taken place in the framework of a federal republic, where the system of government has at times been parliamentary, presidential, or semi-presidential. In the current parliamentary system, the President of Pakistan is the largely ceremonial head of state, the Prime...
  
  
• Fayyaz Chattha
• Ahmad Chattha
• Manzoor Wattoo‎