Rana Sanaullah
Rana Sanaullah | |
|---|---|
رانا ثناء ﷲ | |
Sanaullah Khan in 2015 | |
| Advisor to Prime Minister on Political and Public Affairs | |
| Assumed office 30 April 2024 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Advisor to Prime Minister on Inter Provincial Coordination | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2024 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| 39th Interior Minister of Pakistan | |
| In office 19 April 2022 – 10 August 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad |
| Succeeded by | Sarfraz Bugti (caretaker) |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023 | |
| Constituency | NA-106 Faisalabad-VI |
| Provincial Minister of Punjab for Law and Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 11 June 2013 – 31 May 2018 | |
| Chief Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| In office 3 July 2008 – 17 March 2013 | |
| Chief Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Provincial Assembly of Punjab | |
| In office 2002 – 17 January 2007 | |
| Speaker Assembly | Chaudhry Muhammad Afzal Sahi |
| Leader of the Opposition | Qasim Zia |
| In office 1990–1993 | |
| Speaker Assembly | Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo |
| Leader of the Opposition | Rana Ikram Rabbani |
| Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab | |
| In office 25 November 2002 – 31 May 2018 | |
| Constituency | PP-70 Faisalabad-XX |
| In office 18 February 1997 – 12 October 1999 | |
| Constituency | PP-59 Faisalabad |
| In office 5 November 1990 – 28 June 1993 | |
| Constituency | PP-59 Faisalabad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rana Sanaullah Khan 1 January 1955 Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Political party | PMLN (1993-present) |
| Other political affiliations | PPP (1988-1993) |
| Relations | Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry (cousin) |
Rana Sanaullah Khan (Urdu: رانا ثناء ﷲ; born 1 January 1955) is a Pakistani lawyer and politician who is currently serving as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs since April 2024. Previously, he served as the 39th Interior Minister of Pakistan in the first Shehbaz Sharif government. He is the second most popular official in the current Shehbaz Sharif government. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 to August 2023. He is a senior member of the PML-N and the president of the PML-N in Punjab since 4 May 2019. Before getting elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan, Sanaullah had been elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab five times and had served in high-ranking ministries of the province.
Previously, he served as the Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Punjab from 2008 to 2018, Local Governments and Community Development Minister of Punjab from 2008 to 2014, Revenue Minister of Punjab from 2008 to 2013, Public Prosecution Minister of Punjab from 2008 to 2013, and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Punjab) from 1990 to 1993 and again from 2002 to 2007.