17/12/2025
Veteran politician, former Punjab chief minister and senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo passed away after a prolonged illness here on Tuesday. He was 86.
His funeral prayers will be held after Zuhr on Wednesday (December 17) in his native village of Wasawaywala, Depalpur Tehsil, Okara.
He is survived by three sons and four daughters from two marriages.
Mian Manzoor Wattoo was regarded as one of Punjab’s most seasoned and astute politicians, with a political career spanning more than four decades. He began his public life during the Basic Democracies (BD) system in the era of Gen Ayub Khan, later serving as chairman of Okara district council before entering mainstream parliamentary politics.
At the provincial level, his political career formally took off when he was elected as a Member of the Punjab Assembly in 1985 and elected as its speaker. Over the years, he served as Speaker thrice, a distinction achieved by very few legislators.
