Zaffar Iqbal Manhas

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

Zafar Iqbal Manhas
Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council
In office 2015–2021[1]
Vice president Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages
Incumbent
Assumed office 2017[2]
Personal details
Born	16 August 1957 (63 years) Jammu and Kashmir, India[citation needed]
Political party	Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party
Other political affiliations	Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (until 2020)

Life

He was an MLC of the Shopian district of Kashmir division.^[1] 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]