Mumtaz Daultana

Mian Mumtaz Daulatana (20 February 1916 – 30 January 1995) was a Pakistani politician and independence activist who served as the second chief minister of West Punjab from 1951 to 1953. He also served as the minister of defence in the federal government from October to December 1957.

Early life Daultana was born in Luddan in 1916, the son of Nawab Ahmad Yar Khan Daultana, a wealthy Punjabi landowner. He belonged to the Daultana clan of the Johiya tribe.

Daultana studied history at Government College, Lahore, graduating in 1933. Thereafter he moved to the United Kingdom and completed a Master of Arts at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

Career Pakistan movement Daultana joined the Punjab Muslim League in 1942 despite being from a leading Unionist family. In 1944 he assisted in drafting the League's manifesto, promising civil liberties, elimination of official interference in elections and a progressive economic policy.

Chief Minister of West Punjab Following the creation of Pakistan, the Muslim League assumed control of the new West Punjab province. Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot, as Chief Minister of West Punjab appointed Daultana to his cabinet alongside other scions of leading rural families Mian Iftikharuddin and Shaukat Hayat Khan. Daultana's cabinet, which contained just one migratee politician, was characterised as a cabinet of landlords. As Chief Minister he soon banned the Urdu daily newspaper Nawa-i-Waqt which had been a supporter of Mamdot and introduced agrarian reforms within the Punjab. In 1951 they issued demands that Ahmadis be declared non-Muslims for legal purposes, that Sir Zafarullah Khan the Ahmadi Minister of Foreign Affairs resign and that Ahmadi's be banned from holding political office. He was succeeded by Sir Feroz Khan Noon.

Later activities He was also Defence Minister of Pakistan in the short-lived government of Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar in 1957. He served as Pakistan's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1972 to 1979.

Tehmina Daultana former minister and Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) MNA (Member of National Assembly of Pakistan) is his niece.