Rana Muhammad Farooq Saeed Khan (born 26 July 1950) is a

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who had been a member of the

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from 2008 to 2013. He had been a member of the

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from 1993 to 1996.

Political career

He ran for the seat of the

as a candidate of

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(PPP) from Constituency PP-49 (Faisalabad-VII) in

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but was unsuccessful. He received 2,263 votes and lost the seat to an independent candidate, Mazhar Ali Gill. He ran for the seat of the

as a candidate of Pakistan Democratic Alliance (PDA) from Constituency PP-49 (Faisalabad-VII) in

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but was unsuccessful. He received 17,560 votes and lost the seat to Mazhar Ali Gill, a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI). He was elected to the

as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PP-49 (Faisalabad-VII) in

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. He received 31,162 votes and defeated Mazhar Ali Gill, 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). He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PP-49 (Faisalabad-VII) in

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but was unsuccessful. He received 16,079 votes and lost the seat to Mazhar Ali Gill, a candidate of PML-N. He ran for the seat of the

from Constituency NA-79 (Faisalabad-V) as a candidate of PPP in 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 56,773 votes and lost the seat to Safdar Shaker, a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ur, ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League") is a Conservative nationalist political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 parliamentary election, it has a re ...

(PML-Q). He was elected to the

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from Constituency NA-79 (Faisalabad-V) as an independent candidate in

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after which he re-joined PPP. He received 58,563 votes and defeated Safdar Shakir, a candidate of PML-Q. In the same election, he was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-59 (Faisalabad-IX). He received 35,575 votes and defeated

Arif Mahmood Gill Arif Mahmood Gill is a Pakistani politician who is an incumbent Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since February 2024. Previously he was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 2002 to 2007 and again from May 2013 ...

. He vacated the Punjab Assembly seat. In November 2008, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and was appointed as Federal Minister for Textile Industry where he continued to serve until February 2011. From April 2012 to June 2012, he served as Federal Minister for Climate Change. In June 2012, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and was appointed as Federal Minister for Climate Change where he continued to serve until March 2013. He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from Constituency NA-79 (Faisalabad-V) in

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but was unsuccessful. He received 21,716 votes and lost the seat to Chaudhry Shehbaz Babar. In the same election, he ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PP-59 (Faisalabad-IX) but was unsuccessful. He received 12,376 votes and lost the seat to Arif Mahmood Gill.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Rana Muhammad Farooq Saeed Living people Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Punjab MPAs 1993–1996 1950 births