Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan | |
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رانا مُحمّد اِقبال خان | |
Speaker Punjab Assembly Pakistan | |
In office 11 April 2008 – Present |
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President | Mamnoon Hussain |
Prime Minister |
Nawaz Sharif Yousaf Raza Gillani |
Governor |
Salmaan Taseer Latif Khosa Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood Mohammad Sarwar |
Preceded by | Muhammad Afzal Sahi |
Constituency | PP-184 (Kasur-X) |
Personal details | |
Born | Karnal, East Punjab,now Haryana India |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Residence | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
Religion | Islam |
Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan (Urdu: رانا مُحمّد اِقبال خان), is a Pakistani politician, hailing from Phool Nagar, Punjab, Pakistan. Since 2008 he has been the speaker of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab. Following the assassination of Salmaan Taseer on 4 January 2011 Rana Iqbal Khan became acting Governor of Punjab.
Muhammad Iqbal Khan belongs to a family of politicians. His father Rana Phool Muhammad Khan was elected a Member of Provincial Assemblies on six occasions and also served as Provincial Minister between 1988–1990 and 1990–1993. His cousin, Rana M Hayat Khan was MNA and Parliamentary Secretary from 1990 to 2007. Another cousin, Rana Muhammad Ishaq Khan, is a sitting MNA. His cousin, Rana M Hayat Khan is sitting MNA, elected in the current elections of 2013.
Khan traces its roots back to Karnal, Punjab, India. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947 his father migrated with Sufi Abdul Hameed to Lahore, Pakistan.
Khan is the father of seven children.Rana was educated at Govt. Islamia College, Civil Lines , Lahore
His eldest son, Rana Muhammad Javaid Iqbal is a lawyer and serves as an attorney at Lahore High Court (LHC) in Punjab, Pakistan.