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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman
| honorific-suffix =
| office = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]
| term_start = 2002
| term_end = 31 May 2018
|constituency=
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|9|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Lahore
|nationality = Pakistani
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
}}[[File:Beautiful view of Punjab Assembly Lahore - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Punjab Assembly Lahore|alt=Beautiful view of Punjab Assembly Lahore - panoramio.jpg]]

'''Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman''' is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]], from 2002 to May 2018.

==Early life and education==
He was born on 1 September 1967 in Lahore.<ref name="pap">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/993|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=January 15, 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614103311/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/993|archivedate=June 14, 2017}}</ref>

He has the [[Academic degree|degree]] of [[Master of Public Administration]] which he obtained in 1993 from [[University of the Punjab]].<ref name="pap" />

==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]].<ref name="pap/2002">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/9/343|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=January 22, 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127014713/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/9/343|archivedate=January 27, 2013}}</ref><ref name="thenews/14oct2014" /> He received 20,017 votes and defeated Mian Liaqat Ali, a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP).<ref>{{cite web|title=2002 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=March 24, 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141507/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|archivedate=January 26, 2018}}</ref>

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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2008 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=March 24, 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105060230/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|archivedate=January 5, 2018}}</ref><ref name="pap/2008">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/812|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=January 22, 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720164154/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/812|archivedate=July 20, 2017}}</ref><ref name="thenews/14oct2014" /> During his tenure as Member of the Punjab Assembly, he remained Provincial Minister of Punjab for Excise and Taxation, Finance,<ref name="thenews/14oct2014" /> Higher Education, School Education, Literacy & Non-formal Basic Education, and Transport.<ref name="pap" />

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]].<ref>{{cite news|title=List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/429935|accessdate=January 18, 2018|work=The News|date=13 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116081102/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/429935|archivedate=January 16, 2018}}</ref> He received 58,857 votes and defeated Choudhry Muhammad Nawaz Net, a candidate of [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI).<ref>{{cite web |title=2013 election result |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf |publisher=ECP |accessdate=12 July 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526173608/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf |archivedate=26 May 2018 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Reporter|first1=The Newspaper's Staff|title=21-member Punjab cabinet takes oath|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1017511|accessdate=January 21, 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=June 11, 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122113341/https://www.dawn.com/news/1017511|archivedate=January 22, 2018}}</ref> He remained Minister for Finance from June 2013 to May 2015.<ref name="pap" /> In October 2014, he was given the additional portfolio Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs<ref name="thenews/14oct2014">{{cite news|title=Mujtaba replaces Mashhood as Punjab law minister|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/530747|accessdate=January 22, 2018|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122113339/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/530747|archivedate=January 22, 2018}}</ref> where he served until May 2015.<ref name="pap" /> In a cabinet reshuffle in November 2016, he was given the additional portfolio of Information and Culture besides Excise and Taxation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Punjab govt hands over portfolios to newly appointed cabinet ministers|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/11/29/punjab-govt-hands-over-portfolios-to-newly-appointed-cabinet-ministers/|accessdate=January 22, 2018|work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324181221/http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/11/29/punjab-govt-hands-over-portfolios-to-newly-appointed-cabinet-ministers/|archivedate=March 24, 2017}}</ref>

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]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/07/live-pakistan-election-2018-results/ |accessdate=3 September 2018 |work=Samaa TV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729083521/https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/07/live-pakistan-election-2018-results/ |archive-date=2018-07-29 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1967 births]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab)]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2002–2007]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2008–2013]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2018–2023]]

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