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Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan (politician)

Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan
رانا مُحمّد اِقبال خان
Rana Iqbal talking to media
Speaker Punjab Assembly Pakistan
In office
11 April 2008 – Present
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.


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