Mela received his early education from Lawrence College Ghora Gali and Lahore American School. Higher education includes a B.B.A from the University of Evansville, Indiana (United States of America) and an M.B.A degree from the same university.
He hails from "Mela" village of Kot Momin tehsil, in Sargodha District and was an agriculturist by profession. In 2015 he joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He has also served as the chairman of the standing committee for housing and worked under the PML-Q regime of 2002-2007, and as Federal Minister of State for the Ministry of Human Resource Development (2012-2013).
Mela was named the Federal Minister of State of Human Resource development (previously termed Ministry of Labour and Manpower) in June 2012, under the prime ministership of Raja Pervez Ashraf.
Mela died on 27 June 2015 in the United States of cardiac arrest. He went to the United States of America for surgery as his heart was enlarging due to a vena cava blockage and chronic smoking, soon after a successful heart surgery, he was shifted to the ventilator for a few hours for a better oxygen supply, but his lungs failed to perform ample function.
He was a member of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) and held the post of senior vice president of the party.
