Khalid Ranjha is a Pakistani

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and a

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from

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. He also served as Federal

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and a member of the

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. He remained Advocate General Punjab, Judge

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and the President of

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, Lahore.

Educational background

Khalid Ranjha studied at St. Anthony's High School,

Government College University, Lahore The Government College University (colloquially known as GCU; Punjabi, Urdu: ) is a public research university in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Founded as Government College, Lahore, in 1864 under British administration, it became a university i ...

Punjab University Law College
and at the

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, where he received his PhD degree, eventually becoming a Research Fellow at the

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.Profile of Khalid Ranjha on PakistanHerald.com website
Retrieved 12 January 2020

Political career

He is a former senator for

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and was affiliated with

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League" (officially registered as the Pakistan Muslim League) is a political party in Pakistan. As of the 2024 parliamentary e ...

. He was also affiliated with Standing Committee on Law, Justice, Human Rights and Parliamentary Affairs. He also served as Law Minister in the federal cabinet of

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in 2002.

Positions held

*Member

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*Vice-Chairman,

*President,

*Advocate General Punjab *Judge,

*Law Minister, Minorities Affairs,

Government of Punjab, Pakistan The Government of the Punjab (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ) is the provincial government of the Pakistani province of the Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is based in Lahore, the provincial capital. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisi ...

*Federal law minister,

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in 2002Ranjha to be new law minister
Dawn (newspaper), Published 13 March 2002, Retrieved 12 January 2020 * Rector,

Institute of Management Sciences (Lahore) The Institute of Management Sciences (IMS Lahore), formerly known as Pak-American Institute of Management Sciences (Pak-AIMS), is a project of AKEF (Al Karim Educational Foundation) established in Lahore, Pakistan in 1987 which offers undergradu ...

Profile of Khalid Ranjha on pakaims.edu.pk website
Retrieved 12 January 2020

References

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