Javed Ali Manwa

Javaid Ali Manwa is a Pakistani politician from Gilgit Baltistan, who has been a member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly since November 2020. He has been the Minister for Finance during first part of tenure in the Assembly, till the Cabinet dissolved owing to disqualification of the Chief Minister GB by the court.

Javaid Ali Manwa
Member of the Gilgit Baltistan Assembly Incumbent
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 November 2020
Preceded by	Rizwan Ali
Constituency	GBA-5 (Nagar-II)
Minister for Finance Gilgit-Baltistan
In office December 2020 – July 2023
Preceded by	Haji Akber Taban
Succeeded by	Engr.Muhammad Ismail
Personal details
Born	Nagar Khas District Nagar
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Contested Election 2020 as an Independent candidate and later joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (until 2023)

Mr. Manwa went for the opposition benches, after the PTI forward block led coalition government field in on July 13, 2023.

Mr. Manwa holds the portfolio of Chairman Standing Committee on Home and Prisons department along with additional portfolios of Services and GAD along with Law reforms and Parliamentary Affairs.

Political career

Manwa contested the 2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election on 15 November 2020 from GBA-5 (Nagar-I) as an Independent candidate. He won the election by the margin of 720 votes over the runner up Rizwan Ali of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen. He garnered 2,570 votes while Ali received 1,850 votes.^[1] After winning the election, Manwa joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.^[2]

On 6 July 2023, he announced his resignation from the basic membership of the PTI, alluding to the 2023 Pakistani protests as the reason.^[3]