Zaffar Iqbal Manhas Explained

Zafar Iqbal Manhas
Office:	Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council
Term Start:	2015
Term End:	2021
Term Start2:	2017^[1]
Birth Date:	16 August 1957 (63 years)
Birth Place:	Jammu and Kashmir, India
Otherparty:	Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (until 2020)

Zafar Iqbal Manhas is an Indian writer and politician who served as member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council from 2015 to 2021.

Life

He was an MLC of the Shopian district of Kashmir division.^[2] He was a senior member of the Peoples Democratic Party until joining the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party in March 2020^[3] He is also vice-president of the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages.^[4] He is vocal about the plight of Kashmiris especially displaced Kashmiri Pandits.^[5]

References

1. Web site: Zafar Manhas is art academy vice-president . The Tribune . 17 May 2017 . 29 Sep 2024.
2. Web site: Members of The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council . jklegislativecouncil.nic.in . Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council . 2017-08-17 . 5 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170705120444/http://jklegislativecouncil.nic.in/members_update.pdf . dead .
3. Web site: Altaf Bukhari launches Jammu and Kashmir Apni party, 31 leaders from PDP, NC, Congress to join. 8 March 2020 .
4. Web site: Zafar Iqbal Manhas is vice president JK Academy . risingkashmir.com . RisingKashmir.in . 2017-08-17.
5. Web site: Srinagar's Kashmiri Politician, Zafar Iqbal Manhas talk about Kashmir Issues in Bilataklluf @TAG TV - YouTube . M.youtube.com . 2018-08-31 . 2022-05-20.