Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman | |
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Provincial Minister of Finance for Punjab | |
Assumed office 6 March 2024 | |
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | |
Assumed office February 2024 | |
Constituency | PP-148 Lahore-IV |
In office 15 August 2018 –14 January 2023 | |
Constituency | PP-147 Lahore-IV |
In office 2002 –31 May 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan | 1 September 1967
Political party | PMLN (2002-present) |
Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the Provincial Minister of the Finance Department of Punjab,Pakistan in the Maryam ministry since March 2024. He is a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab under the PML-N since 2024 and prior to that served as a member,from 2002 to May 2018 and from August 2018 till January 2023.
He was born on 1 September 1967 in Lahore in a famous Arain Mian Family. [1]
He has the degree of Master of Public Administration which he obtained in 1993 from University of the Punjab. [1]
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-141 (Lahore-V) in 2002 Pakistani general election. [2] [3] He received 20,017 votes and defeated Mian Liaqat Ali,a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). [4]
He was re-elected uncontested to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-141 (Lahore-V) in 2008 Pakistani general election. [5] [6] [3] During his tenure as Member of the Punjab Assembly,he remained Provincial Minister of Punjab for Excise and Taxation,Finance, [3] Higher Education,School Education,Literacy &Non-formal Basic Education,and Transport. [1]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-141 (Lahore-V) in 2013 Pakistani general election. [7] He received 58,857 votes and defeated Choudhry Muhammad Nawaz Net,a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). [8] In June 2013,he was inducted into the provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Finance with the additional portfolio of Excise and Taxation. [9] He remained Minister for Finance from June 2013 to May 2015. [1] In October 2014,he was given the additional portfolio Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs [3] where he served until May 2015. [1] In a cabinet reshuffle in November 2016,he was given the additional portfolio of Information and Culture besides Excise and Taxation. [10]
He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-147 (Lahore-IV) in 2018 Pakistani general election. [11] He was officially re-elected as a PML-N candidate from PP-148-Lahore-IV in the 2024 Punjab provincial election.