Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha (; born 22 July 1977) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

since August 2018. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018. He served as Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, in

Abbasi cabinet The Abbasi ministry was formed by Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on 4 August 2017 to begin a new government following the disqualification of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif until the end of May 2018 when justice Nasirul Mulk took oath as ...

from October 2017 to May 2018.

Early life

He was born on 22 July 1977.

Political career

He ran for the seat of the

as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Teh ...

(PML-N) from Constituency NA-65 (Sargodha-II) in

2008 Pakistani general election 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...

but was unsuccessful. He received 41,655 votes and lost the seat to

Ghias Mela Chaudhry Ghias Ahmed Mela (;17 September 1961 – 27 June 2015) was a Pakistani politician who was a three time Member of National Assembly from Sargodha. He hails from the Mela village of Kot Momin Tehsil, in Sargodha District and was an agri ...

. In the same election, he also ran for the seat of

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani provinces, Pakistani province of Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, which is located in Lahore, the provincial capital. It was established under ...

from Constituency PP-32 (Sargodha-V) as an independent candidate but was unsuccessful. He received 1,036 votes and lost the seat to Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema. He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-65 (Sargodha-II) in

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) led by Nawaz Sharif, t ...

. He received 102,871 votes and defeated Ghias Mela. During his tenure as Member of the National Assembly, he served as the Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Information and Broadcasting. Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi and was made Minister of State, however he was not assigned any ministry. In October 2017, he was made Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs. Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Ranjha ceased to hold the office as Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency

NA-89 (Sargodha-II) NA-82 Sargodha-II () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. Members of Parliament 1988—2002: NA-48 Sargodha-II 2002-2018: NA-65 Sargodha-II 2018-2022: NA-89 Sargodha-II Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 ...

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the members of 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ranjha, Mohsin Shahnawaz Living people Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Punjabi people Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 1977 births Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023