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Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan

Pakistani politician

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Pakistani politician

Field	Value
name	Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan
office	Chairman Standing Committee on Housing, Urban Development and Public Health Engineering
term_start	25 February 2019
term_end	14 January 2023
office1	Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
term_start1	11 April 2008
term_end1	16 August 2018
predecessor1	Chaudhry Muhammad Afzal Sahi
successor1	Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi
office3	Acting Governor of Punjab
term_start3	29 January 2015
term_end3	7 May 2015
predecessor3	Mohammad Sarwar
successor3	Malik Muhammad Rafique Rajwana
term_start4	4 January 2011
term_end4	13 January 2011
predecessor4	Salmaan Taseer
successor4	Latif Khosa
office5	Provincial Minister of Punjab for Livestock and Dairy Development
term_start5	1997
term_end5	1999
1blankname5	Chief Minister
1namedata5	Shehbaz Sharif
office6	Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
term_start6	15 August 2018
term_end6	14 January 2023
constituency6	PP-181 Kasur-VIII
term_start7	1 June 2013
term_end7	31 May 2018
constituency7	PP-184 (Kasur-X)
term_start8	9 April 2008
term_end8	20 March 2013
constituency8	PP-184 (Kasur-X)
term_start9	1997
term_end9	1999
constituency9	PP-149 (Kasur)
term_start10	1993
term_end10	1996
constituency10	PP-149 (Kasur)
office11	Chairman District Council of Kasur (Mayor)
term_start11	1990
term_end11	1993
term_start12	1987
term_end12	1990
office13	Vice-Chairman District Council of Kasur (Deputy-Mayor)
term_start13	1983
term_end13	1987
office14	Chairman Markaz Council and Union Council of Phool Nagar
term_start14	1979
term_end14	1983
party	PMLN (1993-present)
birth_date
birth_place	Kasur, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan)
nationality	Pakistani
relations	Phool Muhammad Khan (father)
Rana Muhammad Hayat (cousin)
Rana Muhammad Ishaq (cousin)
children	7
deputy1	Sardar Sher Ali Gorchani

| honorific-suffix = Rana Muhammad Hayat (cousin) Rana Muhammad Ishaq (cousin)

Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan is a Pakistani politician who is the current Provincial Minister of Law of Punjab. He had also been the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 2008 to May 2018. He had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 1993 to 1999, again from 2008 to May 2018 and again from August 2018 till January 2023. He has served as acting Governor of Punjab numerous times between 2008 and 2015. On 13th October 2025, he took oath as Provincial Minister of Law of Punjab.

Early life and education

Khan was born on 20 April 1945 in Karnal district, India to Phool Muhammad Khan in a Muslim Rajput family.

He received his early education from Bhai Pheru (now Phool Nagar). He graduated from Govt. Islamia College Civil Lines in 1968 from where he obtained a degree of Bachelor of Arts. After completing his LL.B from Punjab University Law College (PULC).

Khan is an advocate by profession. He served as Secretary of the Chunian Tehsil Bar Association from 1975 to 1976.

Political career

Khan began his political career as Chairman of the Union Council, Phool Nagar from 1979 to 1983. He remained Vice Chairman of District Council, Kasur from 1983 to 1987 and as Chairman District Council Kasur from 1987 to 1993. His nephew Rana Sikandar Hayat also became Chairman District Council Kasur in 2016.

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-149 (Kasur) in the 1993 Pakistani general election. He received 31,457 votes and defeated Malik Mehr Din, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (J) (PML-J).

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-149 (Kasur) in the 1997 Pakistani general election. He received 35,049 votes and defeated a candidate of PML-J. During his tenure as Member of Punjab Assembly, he served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Livestock and Dairy Development. He also remained Provincial Minister of Punjab for Forest, Wildlife, Fisheries and Tourism between 1997 and 1999.

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-184 (Kasur-X) in the 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 20488 votes and lost the seat to Rana Sarfraz Ahmed Khan, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q).

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-184 (Kasur-X) in the 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 27,689 votes and defeated Rana Sarfraz Ahmed Khan, a candidate of PML-Q. In April 2008, he was elected as the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab where he continued to serve until 2013.

In October 2008, he became acting Governor of Punjab. In 2011, he became acting Governor of Punjab following the assassination of Salman Taseer.

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-184 (Kasur-X) in the 2013 Pakistani general election. In June 2013, he was re-elected as the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab after securing 297 votes.

In 2015, Khan was appointed acting Governor of Punjab following the resignation of Mohammad Sarwar.

In November 2017, he became the first speaker of the Punjab Assembly to serve two complete assemblies full term from 2008 to 2018 and also became the longest-serving speaker of the Punjab Assembly in the office for more than nine years, consecutively.

He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-181 (Kasur-VIII) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.

On 16 August 2018, he was replaced by Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi as speaker of the Punjab Assembly.

Tenures

References

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(5 January 2011). "Rana Iqbal takes over as acting governor". Dawn.
"Notification – Results Punjab Assembly 2013 election". ECP.
(13 May 2013). "List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats". The News.
(3 June 2013). "Punjab Assembly: Rana Muhammad Iqbal elected speaker for the second time – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune.
"Rana Iqbal re-elected PA speaker". Pakistan Today.
"Speaker Punjab Assembly Rana Iqbal appointed as acting governor". The Nation.
"Rana Iqbal becomes longest-serving PA speaker". The Nation.
"Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies". Samaa TV.
(16 August 2018). "KP, Sindh chief ministers elected; Punjab Assembly elects Elahi as speaker". Dawn.

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