Two of her sons are affiliated with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and have had strong political influence in the area which they claimed to be the result of Khawar Farid Maneka's strong devotion to Hazrat Baba Farid Ganj Shakr. Her only daughter is married to Asim Maneka, the son of Mian Aslam Hayat Maneka who served once as Director General of the Intelligence Bureau. He is very active in politics in his native town Pakpattan Sharif along with his brother Farooq Maneka. Her elder son Khawar Farid Maneka is a senior government servant while his younger brother Ahmed Raza Maneka contested 2013 elections but could not make his way to Parliament. Ghulam Muhammad Maneka had also once served as a federal minister in the cabinet of the then prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 90s. The then prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani went to Khawar Farid Maneka’s residence in Lahore to condole the sad demise of his later father. Her husband Ghulam Muhammad Maneka died in 2012. Her father Muhammad Ahmad Khan was chief justice of Bhopal High Court before the partition. Ms Maneka was from Pathan family from Jalinder, India and migrated to Pakistan in 1947.
Almost all political heavyweights in the land of Ganjshakar were disqualified from the general elections due to the graduation condition. Sultan’s husband remained federal minister several times but could not contest his last elections once the then military dictator General (R) Pervaiz Musharraf conditioned bachelor degree for legislatures in 2002. A number of members of her family are active not only in regional but also in national politics. Sultan hailed from the respectable Manekas’ clan, which is thought to be politically influential 1950's. She remained hospitalised in the ICU for about 25 days before her death on last Wednesday.
Ms Maneka was survived by four sons - Khawar Farid Maneka, Ahmad Raza Maneka, Farooq Ahmad Maneka and Moazzam Mahmood Maneka - one daughter and a number of grandchildren.