Raja Riaz Ahmad Khan


Raja Riaz Ahmad Khan is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. Previously, he was the Punjab Minister for Irrigation and Power and was also the member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab between 1993 and 2013.

Early life and education

He was born on 26 July 1961 in Faisalabad, Pakistan.
He graduated from Government College University and has the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party from Constituency PP-55 in 1993 Pakistani general election. He received 30,655 votes and defeated Qamar Uz Zaman Awan, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League .
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PP-55 in 1997 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 18,950 votes and lost the seat to Rana Afzal Khan.
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PP-65 in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 27,788 votes and defeated Muhammad Saqib Malik, a candidate of PML-N.
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PP-65 in 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 29,858 votes and defeated Haji Muhammad Shakeel Ansari, a candidate of PML-N. Following his successful election, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for irrigation and power where he continued to serve until 2010.
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PP-65 in 2013 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 17,571 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Ilyas Ansari.
He joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in May 2016.
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-110 in 2018 Pakistani general election.
On 27 September 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed him as Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Petroleum.