Mian Javed Latif

Mian Javed Latif (Urdu: میاں جاوید لطیف; born 22 February 1964) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 2008 to May 2018 and a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 1997 to 1999.

Mian Javed Latif
میاں جاوید لطیف
Federal Minister of Pakistan
In office 22 April 2022 – 10 August 2023
Prime Minister	Shehbaz Sharif
Chairman Standing Committee on Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage
In office September 2018 – 22 April 2022
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023
Constituency	NA-121 (Sheikhupura-III)
In office 17 March 2008 – 31 May 2018
Constituency	NA-133 (Sheikhupura-III)
Personal details
Born	(1964-02-22) 22 February 1964 (age 61) Sheikhupura, Punjab, Pakistan
Political party	AP (2025-present)
Other political affiliations	PMLN (1997-2025) PPP (1993-1997)

Early life

He was born on 22 February 1964.^[1]

Political career

Latif ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-137 (Sheikhupura-IV) in the 1993 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 26 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).^[2]

Latif was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-138 (Sheikhupura-V) in the 1997 Pakistani general election. He received 14,125 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Javed Bhatti.^[2]

Latif was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-133 (Sheikhupura-II) in the 2008 Pakistani general election.^[3][4] He received 44,786 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Chaudhry Muhammad Saeed Virk, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q). (PML-Q).^[5]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-133 (Sheikhupura-II) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} He received 68,909 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Chaudhry Muhammad Saeed Virk.^[11]

In 2017, a scuffle broke out between Latif and Murad Saeed outside the National Assembly building. Latif reportedly verbally abused female family member of Murad Saeed.^[12][13][14] Latif later apologized for his remarks against the women family member of Saeed.^[15]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-121 (Sheikhupura-III) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.^[16]