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{{short description|Pakistani politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Muhammad Basharat Raja
| image = Muhammad Basharat Raja (cropped).jpg
| caption = Muhammad Basharat Raja in 2014
|office = Provincial Minister of Punjab for Law and Parliamentary Affairs
|term_start = 27 August 2018
|term_end =
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Sardar Usman Buzdar]]

|office1 = Provincial Minister of Punjab for Baitul Maal and Social Welfare
|term_start1 = 19 July 2019
|term_end1 =
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = [[Sardar Usman Buzdar]]

|office2 = Provincial Minister of Punjab for Local Government and Community Development
|term_start2 = 9 February 2019
|term_end2 = 19 July 2019
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[Sardar Usman Buzdar]]

| office3 = [[Ministry of Industries and Production (Pakistan)| Advisor to the Prime Minister on Industries]]
| term_start3 = 03 May 2011
| term_end3 = 16 March 2013
| president3 = [[Asif Ali Zardari]]
| primeminister3 = [[Yousaf Raza Gillani]] <br> [[Raja Pervaiz Ashraf]]
| minister3 = [[Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi]]

| office4 = Provincial Minister of Punjab for Law and Parliamentary Affairs
| term_start4 = 2003
| term_end4 = 2007
| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata4 = [[Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi]]

| office5 = Provincial Minister of Punjab for Local Governments and Rural Development
| term_start5 = 2003
| term_end5 = 2007
| 1blankname5 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata5 = [[Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi]]

| office6 = Provincial Minister of Punjab for Public Prosecution
| term_start6 = 2003
| term_end6 = 2007
| 1blankname6 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata6 = [[Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi]]

| office7 = Provincial Minister of Punjab for Law and Parliamentary Affairs
| term_start7 = 1997
| term_end7 = 1999
| 1blankname7 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata7 = [[Shahbaz Sharif]]

| office8 = Provincial Minister of Punjab for Information and Culture
| term_start8 = 1997
| term_end8 = 1999
| 1blankname8 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata8 = [[Shahbaz Sharif]]

| office9 = Provincial Minister of Punjab for Youth Affairs
| term_start9 = 1997
| term_end9 = 1999
| 1blankname9 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata9 = [[Shahbaz Sharif]]

|office10 =Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] (MPA)
|term_start10 = 15 August 2018
|term_end10 =
|constituency10 = PP-14 (Rawalpindi-IX)
|term_start11 = 2003
|term_end11 = 2007
|constituency11 = PP-110 (Gujrat-III)
|term_start12 = 1996
|term_end12 = 1999
|constituency12 = PP-4 (Rawalpindi-IV)
| term_start13 = 1993
| term_end13 = 1996
| constituency13 = PP-4 (Rawalpindi- IV)
| term_start14 = 1990
| term_end14 = 1993
| constituency14 = PP-4 (Rawalpindi- IV)

| office15 = Member [[Rawalpindi District| District Council Rawalpindi]]
| term_start15 =1987
| term_end15 = 1990
| constituency15 = [[Rawalpindi]]

| office16 = Chairman [[Rawalpindi District| District Council Rawalpindi]]
| term_start16 = 1979
| term_end16 = 1987
| constituency16 = [[Rawalpindi]]

|nationality = Pakistani
|party =
[[Pakistan Peoples Party]](1970-1988)
[[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad]](1988-1990)

[[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]](1990-1999)

[[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] (2002-2018)
[[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (2018- )
}}

'''Muhammad Basharat Raja''' is a Pakistani politician who is the current Provincial Minister of Punjab for Law and Parliamentary Affairs and Provincial Minister of Punjab for Baitul Maal and Social Welfare. He has been a member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] since August 2018.He is the son of former MNA Raja Laal of Rawalpindi. He is considered one of the most closest and loyal friend of Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi.

He was first elected as Chairman District Council Rawalpindi in 1979. Previously, he was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 1990 to 1999 and again from 2003 to 2007. He served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, and Minister for Information, Culture and Youth Affairs between 1997 and 1999 and served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Local Government and Community Development, and minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Public Prosecution between 2003 and 2007.
On 21 November 2020, he was appointed Provincial Minister of Punjab for Cooperatives.

==Early and personal life==
He was born on 11 August 1951 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.<ref name="pap/2002">{{cite web |title=Profile |url=https://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/9/103 |website=www.pap.gov.pk |publisher=Punjab Assembly |accessdate=3 September 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227182843/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/9/103 |archive-date=2018-02-27 |url-status=live }}</ref>
He belongs to powerful Dhami janjua tribe of Pothohar region. His tribe Dhamial Rajgan shares blood relations with other powerful Rajgans of Chakra, Ranial, Bijnial, Chak Jalal-uddin and other prominent dominating families of Rawalpindi. His tribe spreads over many villages of Rawalpindi, Chakwal, Jehlum areas. He is the son of former mpa Raja Laal khan. His uncle won the district elections before independence 1947.
He received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1976 from [[University of the Punjab]].<ref name="pap/2002" />
He resides at Dhamial House Rawalpindi. A Public secretariat is also present beside his personal residence. He is the first cousin of former Tehsil Nazim Rawalpindi Hamid Nawaz Raja. His brother Raja Nasir is also a senior politician and served as special advisor to Chief Minister of Punjab.

===Marriage controversy===
In 2017, Seemal Raja, former Member of Punjab Assembly sent a defamation notice of Rs 2 billion to Raja and claimed that Raja had married with her in August 2014 but refused to publicly accept the marriage<ref>{{cite news |title=Seemal exposes ‘husband’ Raja with screenshots |url=https://nation.com.pk/07-Aug-2017/seemal-exposes-husband-raja-with-screenshots |accessdate=3 September 2018 |work=The Nation |date=7 August 2017}}</ref> which damaged her reputation. She also accused Raja and his family of seizing her assets, including jewelry, cash and a vehicle.<ref>{{cite news |title=Seemal Raja sends defamation notice of Rs2bn to Basharat Raja, his family |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/10/16/seemal-raja-sends-defamation-notice-of-rs2bn-to-basharat-raja-his-family/ |accessdate=3 September 2018 |work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk}}</ref> In July 2018, she claimed that Raja tortured her and expelled her out his house.<ref>{{cite news |title=PML-Q ex-MPA accuses Raja Basharat of hiding his marriage |url=https://nation.com.pk/12-Jul-2018/pml-q-ex-mpa-accuses-raja-basharat-of-hiding-his-marriage |accessdate=3 September 2018 |work=The Nation |date=12 July 2018}}</ref>

== Political career ==
He began his political career with the [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP) in 1970s and then joined [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N).<ref name="dawn/30june2018">{{cite news |title=Basharat Raja joins PTI |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1416904 |accessdate=3 September 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=30 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630073347/https://www.dawn.com/news/1416904 |archive-date=2018-06-30 |url-status=live }}</ref>

He was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] as a candidate of [[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad]] (IJI) from Constituency PP-4 (Rawalpindi-IV) in [[1990 Pakistani general election]]. He received 45,389 votes and defeated [[Zakir Hussain Shah]].<ref name="ecp/pa-88-97">{{cite web |title=Punjab Assembly election results 1988-97 |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/Punjab.pdf |publisher=ECP |accessdate=3 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830191836/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Results%201988%20-%201997/Punjab.pdf |archive-date=2017-08-30 |url-status=live }}</ref>

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-4 (Rawalpindi-IV) in [[1993 Pakistani general election]]. He received 47,811 votes and defeated Zakir Hussain Shah.<ref name="ecp/pa-88-97" />

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-4 (Rawalpindi-IV) in [[1997 Pakistani general election]]. He received 46,253 votes and defeated [[Zamarud Khan]].<ref name="ecp/pa-88-97" /> During his tenure as member of the Punjab Assembly, he served in the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister [[Shehbaz Sharif]] as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Law and Parliamentary Affairs with the additional ministerial portfolio of Information, Culture and Youth Affairs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Punjab Assembly 1997 |url=http://papmis.pitb.gov.pk/en/members/past-members/provincial-assembly-of-the-punjab-1972-to-date/provincial-assembly-thirteenth-legislator-post |website=papmis.pitb.gov.pk |publisher=Punjab Assembly |accessdate=3 September 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

He quit PML-N following [[1999 Pakistani coup d'état]] and joined [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] (PML-Q).<ref name="dawn/30june2018" /> Large number of his tribesman parted ways with him after this decision and decided to remain loyal with Mian Nawaz Sharif, joined Ch Nisar Ali Khan.

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-6 (Rawalpindi-VI) in [[2002 Pakistani general election]] but was unsuccessful. He received 14,701 votes and lost the seat to Raja Arshad Mehmood, a candidate of PML-N.<ref name="ecp/2002" />

On 3 January 2003, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and appointed as adviser to the chief minister of Punjab.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hanif |first1=Intikhab |title=25-member Punjab cabinet takes oath |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/76011 |accessdate=3 September 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=4 January 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610091405/https://www.dawn.com/news/76011 |archive-date=2017-06-10 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="dawn/29july2003">{{cite news |title=Notices to AG, law minister |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/132511 |accessdate=3 September 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=29 July 2003}}</ref>

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-110 (Gujrat-III) in by-polls held on 15 January 2003.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Asghar |first1=Raja |title=PML-Q, MMA leading in polls: PPP boycotts on most seats; five killed in Sindh violence |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/77869 |accessdate=3 September 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=16 January 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614044909/https://www.dawn.com/news/77869 |archive-date=2018-06-14 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Asghar |first1=Raja |title=PML-Q, MMA win majority seats |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/78037 |accessdate=3 September 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=17 January 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614044833/https://www.dawn.com/news/78037 |archive-date=2018-06-14 |url-status=live }}</ref> He received 82,057 votes and defeated Chaudhry Tariq Javed, a candidate of PPP.<ref name="ecp/2002">{{cite web |title=2002 election result |url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf |publisher=ECP |accessdate=3 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141507/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf |archive-date=2018-01-26 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was accused of misusing the state machinery to win the election.<ref name="dawn/29july2003" /> During his tenure as member of the Punjab Assembly, he served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Local Government and Community Development with the additional ministerial portfolio of Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Public Prosecution.<ref name="pap/2002" />

He ran for the seat of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency NA-54 (Rawalpindi–V) in [[2008 Pakistani general election]] but was unsuccessful. He received 10,400 votes and lost the seat to [[Malik Ibrar Ahmed]]. In the same election, he also ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-6 (Rawalpindi-VI) but was unsuccessful He received 17,771 votes and lost the seat to [[Chaudhary Sarfraz Afzal]].<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=3 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105060230/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf |archive-date=2018-01-05 |url-status=live }}</ref>

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency NA-52 (Rawalpindi-III) in [[2013 Pakistani general election]] but was unsuccessful. He received 43,866 votes and lost the seat to [[Nisar Ali Khan]].<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=3 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf |archive-date=2018-02-01 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In June 2018, because of seat adjustment with PTI he contest the election on [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] (PTI) ticket.

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PP-14 (Rawalpindi-IX) in [[2018 Pakistani general election]].but he is part of PML-Q <ref>{{cite news |title=Muhammad Basharat Raja of PTI wins PP-14 election |url=https://www.app.com.pk/muhammad-basharat-raja-of-pti-wins-pp-14-election/ |accessdate=3 September 2018 |work=Associated Press Of Pakistan |date=26 July 2018}}</ref>

On 27 August 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister [[Sardar Usman Buzdar]] and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for law and parliamentary affairs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Malik |first1=Mansoor |title=Punjab cabinet sworn in: Only 15 out of 23 ministers given portfolios |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1429375/punjab-cabinet-sworn-in-only-15-out-of-23-ministers-given-portfolios |accessdate=3 September 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=28 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902103037/https://www.dawn.com/news/1429375/punjab-cabinet-sworn-in-only-15-out-of-23-ministers-given-portfolios |archive-date=2018-09-02 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 9 February 2019, he was given additional ministerial portfolio of Local Government and Community Development.<ref>{{cite news |title=PML-Q’s Bao Rizwan inducted into Punjab cabinet |url=https://nation.com.pk/09-Feb-2019/pml-q-s-bao-rizwan-inducted-into-punjab-cabinet |accessdate=18 February 2019 |work=The Nation |date=9 February 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

on 19 July 2019 He was removed from the charge of Provincial Minister of Local Government and Community Development.

On 19 July 2019 He was given additional ministerial portfolio of Provincial Minister of Punjab for Baitul Maal and Social Welfare.

On 21 November 2020, He was given additional charge of Provincial Minister of Punjab for cooperatives.

==References==
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