Rana Muhammad Ishaq Khan (; born 5 October 1957) is a Pakistani politician. Originating from

Kasur Kasur (Urdu and pa, ; also Romanization of Urdu, romanized as Qasūr; from pluralized Arabic word ''Qasr'' meaning "palaces" or "forts") is a city to south of Lahore, in the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. The city serves as th ...

, Khan was the mayor of his city in 1997, and had 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 2008 for three consecutive terms. He has served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Finance and Revenue.

Early life

He was born on 5 October 1957 to father Rana Nisar Muhammad Khan.

Political career

His political career started in the late 1990s. He was elected as Mayor Kasur in 1997. He ran for the seat of the

as a candidate of the

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-141 (Kasur-IV) in the 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 42,518 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Asif Nakai. He was then elected tehsil nazim ( Pattoki Tehsil) while being in opposition when the ruling party of punjab was

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 ...

. He was elected to the National Assembly for the first time as a candidate of the PML-N from Constituency NA-141 (Kasur-IV) 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 ...

. He received 58,807 votes and defeated Muhammad Asif Nakai. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of the PML-N from Constituency NA-141 (Kasur-IV) in the

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 96,737 votes and defeated Sardar Muhammad Asif Nakai. He was elected again to the National Assembly as a candidate of the PML-N from Constituency NA-139 (Kasur-III) defeating PTI candidate Azeem ud din Lakhvi in the

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 ...

. He is currently the Parliamentary Secretary for Finance and Revenue.

Personal life

His brother Rana Muhammad Hayat is a former member parliament from NA-142 (Kasur-V) 2013-2018. His cousin

Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan is a Pakistani politician who had 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 and again from 2008 to ...

is currently a member of the provincial assembly and held the office of the speaker Punjab assembly for two consecutive terms from 2008-2018.

References

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