Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman

Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman
Provincial Minister of Finance for Punjab
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 March 2024
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
Incumbent
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	(1967-09-01) 1 September 1967 (age 57) Lahore
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)

Punjab Assembly Lahore

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.

Early life and education

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]

Political career

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.

References

1. "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on June 14, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
2. "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
3. "Mujtaba replaces Mashhood as Punjab law minister". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
4. "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 26, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
5. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 5, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
6. "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on July 20, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
7. "List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats". The News. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
8. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
9. Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (June 11, 2013). "21-member Punjab cabinet takes oath". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
10. "Punjab govt hands over portfolios to newly appointed cabinet ministers". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
11. "Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies". Samaa TV. Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 3 September 2018.