Zaffar Iqbal Manhas Explained

Zafar Iqbal Manhas
Constituency:	Shopian^[1]
Office:	Vice-president of J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL)^[2]
Birth Date:	16 August 1957 (63 years)
Birth Place:	Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Otherparty:	Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (until 2020)

Zafar Iqbal Manhas is an Indian writer, poet, social activist and a Pahari politician from Jammu and Kashmir.

Life

He was an MLC of the Shopian district of Kashmir division.^[3] He was a senior member of the Peoples Democratic Party until joining the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party in March 2020^[4] He is also vice-president of the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages.^[5] He is vocal about the plight of Kashmiris especially displaced Kashmiri Pandits.^[6]

References

1. News: MP Laway, MLC Manhas, others call on Governor . greaterkashmir.com . greaterkashmir.com . 2018-10-06.
2. News: PDP leader Manhas appointed as vice-president of JKAACL . greaterkashmir.com . greaterkashmir.com . 2017-05-16.
3. 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 .
4. Web site: Altaf Bukhari launches Jammu and Kashmir Apni party, 31 leaders from PDP, NC, Congress to join. 8 March 2020 .
5. Web site: Zafar Iqbal Manhas is vice president JK Academy . risingkashmir.com . RisingKashmir.in . 2017-08-17.
6. 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.