Mian Mehmood ur Rashid is a Pakistani politician who is the current Provincial Minister of Punjab for housing, urban development and public health engineering, in office since 27 August 2018. He has been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, since August 2018. Previously he was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 1988 to 1993 and again from May 2013 to May 2018. He served as Leader of Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from June 2013 to May 2018

Early life and education

He was born on 21 April 1954 in Lahore to

Arain Arain (also known as Raeen) are a large Punjabi agricultural tribe with strong political identity and organisation, found mainly in the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh with a small population in parts of Indian Punjab, Uttar Pradesh ...

Family. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts(Hons) in 1975 and a degree of Master of Arts in Economics in 1978 from

University of the Punjab The University of the Punjab (Urdu, pnb, ), also referred to as Punjab University, is a public, research, coeducational higher education institution located in Lahore, Pakistan. Punjab University is the oldest public university in Pakistan. ...

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of

Islami Jamhoori Ittehad The Islami Jamhoori Ittehad ( Islamic Democratic Alliance; acronym: IJI; ur, ) was a right-wing conservative alliance formed in September 1988 to oppose the democratic socialist Pakistan Peoples Party in elections that year. The alliance compri ...

(IJI) from Constituency PP-127 (Lahore) in

1988 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 16 November 1988 to elect the members of the National Assembly and Senate. The elections saw the resurgence of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) under the leadership of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's daughter, ...

. He received 26,729 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of IJI from Constituency PP-127 (Lahore) in

1990 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 24 October 1990 to elect the members of the National Assembly. The elections were primarily a contest between the People's Democratic Alliance (PDA, a four party alliance led by the ruling Pakistan P ...

. He received 38,022 votes and defeated a candidate of

Pakistan Democratic Alliance The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded i ...

. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the Pakistan Islamic Front from Constituency PP-127 (Lahore) in 1993 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 3,342 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N). He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from Constituency PP-151 (Lahore-XV) in 2013 Pakistani general election. In June 2013, he was elected as the Leader of Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PP-160 (Lahore-XVII) in 2018 Pakistani general election. On 27 August 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister

Sardar Usman Buzdar Sardar Usman Ahmad Khan Buzdar ( ur, ; born 1 May 1969) is a Pakistani politician and previously served as Chief Minister of The Punjab from 20 August 2018 to 30 April 2022. He has been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab since Aug ...

and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for housing, urban development and public health engineering.

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Punjab MPAs 2013–2018 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Punjab) Punjabi people Politicians from Lahore Living people 1954 births Punjab MPAs 1988–1990 Punjab MPAs 1990–1993 Leaders of the Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Provincial ministers of Punjab {{Pakistan-bio-stub