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{{short description|Pakistani politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rana Abdul Rauf
| honorific-suffix =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|3|11|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| office = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]
| term_start = 2008
| term_end = 31 May 2018
|constituency=
|nationality = Pakistani
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
}}

'''Rana Abdul Rauf''' is a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]], from 2008 to May 2018.

==Early life==
He was born on 11 March 1953.<ref name="pap/2013">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1118|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=25 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619205727/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1118|archivedate=19 June 2017}}</ref>

==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-279 (Bahawalnagar-III) in [[2008 Pakistani general election]].<ref name="pap/2008">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/718|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=25 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813105247/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/718|archivedate=13 August 2017}}</ref>

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-279 (Bahawalnagar-III) in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Notification - Results Punjab Assembly 2013 election|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Downloads/General%20Election%202013/Detailed%20Gazzette/Notification%20-%20Punjab%20Assembly.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=20 January 2018|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120053951/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Downloads/General%20Election%202013/Detailed%20Gazzette/Notification%20-%20Punjab%20Assembly.pdf|archivedate=20 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/429935|accessdate=18 January 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=16 January 2018}}</ref>

He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-239 (Bahawalnagar-III) 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>

==Revocation of his university degree==
On 13 December 2019, the status of Rana Abdul Rauf's [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree was decided after 11 years, with Balochistan University Quetta cancelling the degree.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

Rao Asif Ijaz, the son of former MPA Rao Ijaz Ali Khan, who came second in the 2008 election against the degree of MPA Rana Abdul Rauf, had applied to the university for the issue to be reviewed, almost 11 years after the university administration accepted the forgery.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

==References==
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[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab)]]
[[Category:People from Bahawalnagar District]]
[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2008–2013]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2018–2023]]

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Rana Abdul Rauf - Revision history

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