Rana Shamim Ahmed Khan (; born 6 July 1942) 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 member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018 and a member of the

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 1985 to 1996. He is current chairman of Standing Committee for Kashmir affairs and Gilgit Baltistan.

Early life

He was born on 6 July 1942.

Political career

He was elected to the

from Constituency PP-145 (Sialkot) in

1985 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 25 February 1985 to elect members of the National Assembly.Paki ...

. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate for

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) for Constituency PP-105 (Sialkot) 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, B ...

. He received 31,001 votes and defeated Khalid Muhammad Khaliq, a candidate of PPP. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate for IJI for Constituency PP-105 (Sialkot) 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 Pe ...

. He received 39,786 votes and defeated Ijaz Hussain, 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 ...

(PDA). He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate for

Pakistan Peoples Party 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 ...

(PPP) for Constituency PP-105 (Sialkot) in

1993 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 6 October 1993 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections took place after both the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Ghulam Ishaq Khan resigned to resolve a power struggle. Prior ...

. He received 33,829 votes and defeated Malik Awais Ahmad Bhatti, 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). Shamim was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate for PML-N for Constituency PP-124 (Sialkot-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 24,994 votes and defeated Zulfiqar Ali Ghuman, 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 re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate for PML-N for PP-124 (Sialkot-IV) in by-polls held in June 2008. He received 24,994 votes. He was elected to the

as a candidate for PML-N for Constituency NA-112 (Sialkot-III) 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 129,571 votes and defeated Salman Saif Cheema, a candidate of

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the thre ...

(PTI). He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-76 (Sialkot-V) in

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 received 133,664 votes and defeated Mohammad Aslam Ghuman, a candidate of PTI.

References

Living people Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Punjabi people Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Politicians from Sialkot 1942 births Punjab MPAs 2008–2013 Punjab MPAs 1985–1988 Punjab MPAs 1988–1990 Punjab MPAs 1990–1993 Punjab MPAs 1993–1996 Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub