Asif Saeed Manais

He was born on 1 December 1976 in Vehari District, Punjab to former speaker of the Punjab Assembly Saeed Ahmed Manais.^[1]

He graduated in 1997 from Government College, Lahore and has a degree of Bachelor of Arts.^[1]

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Jinnah) from Constituency PP-238 (Vehari-VII) in the 2002 Pakistani general election.^[2] He received 41,278 votes and defeated Inayat Hussain Khan Khakwani, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).^[3]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-238 (Vehari-VII) in the 2008 Pakistani general election.^[4] He received 40,431 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Ghuzanfar Abbas Ghallu. He also ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-169 (Vehari-III) and from Constituency NA-170 (Vehari-IV) but was unsuccessful. He received 150 votes from Constituency NA-169 (Vehari-III) and lost the seat to Tehmina Daultana, and received 766 votes and lost the seat to Mehmood Hayat Khan.^[5]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-238 (Vehari-VII) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.^[6] He received 46,474 votes and defeated Muhammad Ali Raza Khan Khakwani, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).^[7] In June 2013, he was inducted into the provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Special Education.^[8] In June 2013, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Special Education.^[9] He remained Minister for Special Education until the cabinet reshuffle in November 2016 when he was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for livestock and dairy development.^[10]