Rai Haider Ali Khan () is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly of Pakistan, also referred to as ''Aiwān-ē-Zairīñ'', is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, with the upper house being the Senate of Pakistan, Senate. As of 2023, the National Assem ...

since February 2024. He was also a member of the

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, also known as the Punjab Assembly, is the supreme legislative body of Punjab, a province of Pakistan. It convenes at the Assembly Building in Lahore, the capital of Punjab. It is a unicameral legislature o ...

, from May 2013 to May 2018 and from July 2018 to January 2023.

Early life and education

He was born on 23 March 1967. He has a degree of Bachelor of Arts which he obtained in 1986 from

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 ...

and has a degree of Bachelor of Laws which he received in 1991 from Punjab University Law College.

Political career

He was elected to the

as a candidate of the

Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) The Pakistan Muslim League (N) or (PML(N)) is a centre-right, conservative political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third-largest party in the Senate and the largest in the National Assembly. The party was founded in 1993, when a num ...

(PML-N) from PP-54 (Faisalabad-IV) in the

2013 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab to elect the 16th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 11 May 2013, alongside nationwide general elections and three other provincial elections in Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pa ...

. He served as Advisor to Chief Minister of Punjab

Shehbaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif (born 23 September 1951) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who has served as the 20th Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan since March 2024, having previously been in the role between Ap ...

for Literacy and Non-Formal Basic Education before being appointed as Advisor to Chief Minister on Tourism in November 2016. He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the PML-N from PP-101 (Faisalabad-V) in the

2018 Punjab provincial election Provincial elections were held in the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab on to elect the members of the 17th Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 25 July 2018, alongside nationwide 2018 Pakistani general election, general elections a ...

. He joined the

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is a political party in Pakistan established in 1996 by cricketer and politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The party is led by Gohar Ali Khan since late 2023. ...

(PTI) on 2 February 2023. He was elected to the

from NA-96 Faisalabad-II as an independent candidate supported by PTI in the

2024 Pakistani general election General elections, originally scheduled to be held in 2023, were held in Pakistan on 8 February 2024 to elect the members of the List of members of the 16th National Assembly of Pakistan, 16th National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly. The ...

. He received 134,724 votes and defeated Malik Nawab Sher Waseer, a candidate of PML(N).

References

Living people Punjab MPAs 2013–2018 1967 births Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab) Government College University, Lahore alumni Punjab University Law College alumni Punjab MPAs 2018–2023 Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029 {{PunjabPK-MuslimN-MPA-stub