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{{short description|Pakistani politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha
| honorific-suffix =
| office = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
|term_start = 13 August 2018
|term_end =
|constituency = [[NA-89 (Sargodha-II)]]
| term_start1 =1 June 2013
|term_end1 = 31 May 2018
|constituency1 = [[Constituency NA-65|NA-65 (Sargodha-II)]]
|office2 = [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs]]
|term_start2 = 10 October 2017
|term_end2 = 31 May 2018
|primeminister2 = [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]]
| successor2 = Syed Ali Zafar
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|7|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Constituency NA-65|NA-65 (Sargodha)]]
|nationality = Pakistani
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
}}

'''Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|محسن شاہنواز رانجھا}}}}; born 22 July 1977) is a [[Pakistani]] politician who has been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] since August 2018. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018. He served as [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs]], in [[Abbasi cabinet]] from October 2017 to May 2018.

==Early life==

He was born on 22 July 1977.<ref name="pildat/dob">{{cite web|title=Detail Information|url=http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=65|website=www.pildat.org|publisher=PILDAT|accessdate=26 April 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419134802/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=65|archivedate=19 April 2014}}</ref>

==Political career==
He ran for the seat of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) from [[Constituency NA-65|Constituency NA-65 (Sargodha-II)]] in [[2008 Pakistani general election]] but was unsuccessful.<ref name="dawn/2june2013" /><ref>{{cite news|title=PPP-Q coalition likely to give N a hard time|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/16-Feb-2013/ppp-q-coalition-likely-to-give-n-a-hard-time|accessdate=12 August 2017|work=The Nation|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517234528/http://nation.com.pk/national/16-Feb-2013/ppp-q-coalition-likely-to-give-n-a-hard-time|archivedate=17 May 2017}}</ref> He received 41,655 votes and lost the seat to [[Ghias Mela]]. In the same election, he also ran for the seat of [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] from [[Constituency PP-32 (Sarghoda-V)|Constituency PP-32 (Sargodha-V)]] as an independent candidate but was unsuccessful. He received 1,036 votes and lost the seat to [[Chaudhry Aamir Sultan Cheema]].<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=12 May 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=5 January 2018}}</ref>

He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-65 (Sargodha-II) in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=PUNJAB: The sheikh’s domain|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1010774|accessdate=4 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=11 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303045002/https://www.dawn.com/news/1010774|archivedate=3 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="dawn/2june2013">{{cite news|title=The debutantes in the National Assembly|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1015559|accessdate=26 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=2 June 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305115053/https://www.dawn.com/news/1015559|archivedate=5 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=138 MNAs either paid no income tax, or FBR has no such data|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/631317-138-mnas-either-paid-no-income-tax,-or-fbr-has-no-such-data|accessdate=4 March 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203161224/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/631317-138-mnas-either-paid-no-income-tax,-or-fbr-has-no-such-data|archivedate=3 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PM allows gas connections to areas of influential politicians|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1316837|accessdate=4 March 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=25 February 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330130546/https://www.dawn.com/news/1316837|archivedate=30 March 2017}}</ref> He received 102,871 votes and defeated Ghias Mela.<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 May 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|archivedate=1 February 2018}}</ref> During his tenure as Member of the National Assembly, he served as the Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Information and Broadcasting.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mohsin Shahnawaz becomes head of Journalist Committee|url=http://www.radio.gov.pk/26-Sep-2016/mohsin-shahnawaz-becomes-head-of-journalist-committee|accessdate=23 August 2017|work=Radio Pakistan|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823162020/http://www.radio.gov.pk/26-Sep-2016/mohsin-shahnawaz-becomes-head-of-journalist-committee|archivedate=23 August 2017}}</ref>

Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of [[Abbasi ministry|Abbasi]]<ref name="app/4aug2017">{{cite news|title=A 43-member new cabinet sworn in|url=https://www.app.com.pk/a-43-member-new-cabinet-sworn-in/|accessdate=4 August 2017|work=Associated Press Of Pakistan|date=4 August 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804174456/https://www.app.com.pk/a-43-member-new-cabinet-sworn-in/|archivedate=4 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="pakistantoday/4aug2017">{{cite news|title=PM Khaqan Abbasi’s 43-member cabinet takes oath today|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/08/04/new-federal-cabinet-ministers-take-oath-today/|accessdate=4 August 2017|publisher=Pakistan Today|date=4 August 2017}}</ref> and was made Minister of State, however he was not assigned any ministry.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bloated cabinet: Influential ministers with powerless underlings - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1515317/bloated-cabinet-influential-ministers-powerless-underlings/|accessdate=26 September 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=25 September 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925173416/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1515317/bloated-cabinet-influential-ministers-powerless-underlings/|archivedate=25 September 2017}}</ref> In October 2017, he was made [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (Pakistan)|Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Junaidi|first1=Ikram|title=Three NA panel heads, two state ministers and 11 parliamentary secretaries appointed|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1363211|accessdate=9 November 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=12 October 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108202444/https://www.dawn.com/news/1363211|archivedate=8 November 2017}}</ref> Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Ranjha ceased to hold the office as Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Notification |url=http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf |publisher=Cabinet division |accessdate=1 June 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180601180526/http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf |archivedate=1 June 2018}}</ref>

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency [[NA-89 (Sargodha-II)]] in [[2018 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=LIVE UPDATES: PTI leads in election 2018 results |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/25/live-updates-polling-ends-counting-of-votes-begins/ |accessdate=3 August 2018 |work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Abbasi Cabinet}}

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