Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan

Rana Mashood Ahmad Khan is a Pakistani politician and lawyer who had been the member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 2002 to May 2018 and from August 2018 to January 2023. He served as the deputy speaker of the Punjab Assembly from 2008 to 2013 and Secretary Lahore High Court Bar Association.

Rana Mashood Ahmad Khan
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office 15 August 2018 – 14 January 2023
Constituency	PP-152 Lahore-IX
In office 2002 – 31 May 2018
Personal details
Born	(1966-08-26) 26 August 1966 (age 58) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Political party	PMLN (2002-present)

Left to right Akhtar Aly Kureshy Advocate, Asrar-ul-Haq Mian President of Lahore High Court Bar Association, Mr. Ahsan Bhoon, Chief Justice Pakistan Justice Muhammad Bashir Jehangiri, Rana Mashood Ahmad Khan Secretary Lahore High Court Bar Association.

Early life and education

He was born on 26 August 1966 in Lahore.^[1]

He did his matriculation from Crescent Model School Lahore. He received the degree of LL. B. Bachelor of Laws in 1991 from Punjab Law College. He also has a degree of Bachelor of Arts, which he got from University of the Punjab.^[2]

Political career

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-149 (Lahore-XIII) in 2002 Pakistani general election.^[2] He received 13,300 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q).^[3]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-149 (Lahore-XIII) in 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 36,212 votes and defeated Pir Syed Nazim Hussain Shah, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party.^[4] He was elected as Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly in April 2008^[5][6] where he served until 2013.^[1]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-149 (Lahore-XIII) in 2013 Pakistani general election.^[7][8] In June 2013, he was inducted into the provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif and was made the provincial minister for school education with additional charge of higher education and youth affairs, sports, archaeology and tourism.^[9] He was given additional ministerial portfolio of law and parliamentary affairs in June 2014^[1] where he served under October 2014.^[10][11] In a cabinet reshuffle in November 2016, he was made the provincial minister for school education.^[12]

He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-152 (Lahore-IX) in 2018 Pakistani general election.^[13]

References

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7. "List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
8. "Notification - Results Punjab Assembly 2013 election" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
9. Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (11 June 2013). "21-member Punjab cabinet takes oath". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
10. Mahmood, Amjad (14 October 2014). "Punjab Cabinet reshuffle begins". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
11. "Rana Mashood removed as Punjab Law Minister - Samaa TV". www.samaa.tv. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
12. "Ministerial mismanagement". The Nation. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
13. "Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies". Samaa TV. Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 3 September 2018.