Rana Muhammad Farooq Saeed Khan

Summary

Rana Muhammad Farooq Saeed Khan (born 26 July 1950) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 1993 to 1996.

Rana Muhammad Farooq Saeed Khan
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
2008–2013
ConstituencyNA-79 (Faisalabad-V)
Personal details
Born (1950-07-26) 26 July 1950 (age 73)
Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan

Political career edit

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency PP-49 (Faisalabad-VII) in 1988 but was unsuccessful. He received 2,263 votes and lost the seat to an independent candidate, Mazhar Ali Gill.[1]

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Democratic Alliance (PDA) from Constituency PP-49 (Faisalabad-VII) in 1990 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 17,560 votes and lost the seat to Mazhar Ali Gill, a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI).[1]

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PP-49 (Faisalabad-VII) in 1993 Pakistani general election. He received 31,162 votes and defeated Mazhar Ali Gill, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).[1]

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PP-49 (Faisalabad-VII) in 1997 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 16,079 votes and lost the seat to Mazhar Ali Gill, a candidate of PML-N.[1]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-79 (Faisalabad-V) as a candidate of PPP in 2002 Pakistani general election[2] but was unsuccessful. He received 56,773 votes and lost the seat to Safdar Shaker, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q).[3]

He was elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-79 (Faisalabad-V) as an independent candidate in 2008 Pakistani general election after which he re-joined PPP.[4][5] 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.[6] He vacated the Punjab Assembly seat.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from Constituency NA-79 (Faisalabad-V) in 2013 Pakistani general election 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.[10]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Punjab Assembly election result 1988-97" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  2. ^ "PML-QA riding high". DAWN.COM. 11 September 2002. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  3. ^ "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  4. ^ Khan, Iftikhar A. (6 March 2008). "PPP's strength in NA rises to 95: PML-N's strength 70". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  5. ^ "List of winning National Assembly candidates". Business Recorder. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  6. ^ "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  7. ^ "PML-N set to sweep by-elections". The Nation. 6 June 2008. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Federal cabinet of Prime Minister Gillani" (PDF). Cabinet division. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Federal cabinet of Prime Minister Ashraf" (PDF). Cabinet division. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  10. ^ "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.