Manzoor Wattoo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Manzoor Wattoo

Pakistani politician

Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1939

Place of Birth: Fazilka, Punjab, India

Profession: politician

Nationality: Pakistan

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo (Urdu: ????? ???? ????), is a Pakistani politician.
Wattoo was first elected, in 1985, the Speaker of Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, which, by population, is the largest province of Pakistan.
Thrice elected for 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.
Wattoo formed the Pakistan Muslim League (Jinnah) in 1995 when he parted away from 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 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 2013 elections where cricketer-turned-politician - Imran Khan's centre-left party - the PTI had, challenged Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz, and had developed a following.
He tendered his resignation soon after the elections, but he was asked to continue by PPP's Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari upon recommendation of PPP's Punjab Executive Committee.