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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Rana Babar Hussain Abid<br />
| office = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]<br />
|term_start = 15 August 2018<br />
|term_end =<br />
|constituency = PP-208 (Khanewal-VI) <br />
| term_start1 = August 2013<br />
| term_end1 = 31 May 2018<br />
|constituency1= PP-217 (Khanewal-VI)<br />
|term_start2 = 9 April 2008<br />
|term_end2 = December 2012<br />
|constituency2 = PP-217 (Khanewal-VI)<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|8|18|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mian Channu]]<br />
|nationality = Pakistani<br />
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Rana Babar Hussain Abid''' is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] since August 2018. Previously, he was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from April 2008 to December 2012 and again from August 2013 to May 2018.<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
He was born on 18 August 1973 in [[Mian Channu]].<ref name="pap/2008" /><br />
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He received a degree of Bachelor of Commerce from [[Hailey College of Commerce]] and a degree of Master of Business Administration which he received in 1996 from [[Philippine School of Business Administration]].<ref name="pap/2008">{{cite web |title=Profile |url=https://www.pap.gov.pk/members/profile/en/19/534 |website=www.pap.gov.pk |publisher=Punjab Assembly |accessdate=23 September 2018 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
He was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP) from Constituency PP-217 (Khanewal-VI) in [[2008 Pakistani general election]]. He received 39,938 votes and defeated [[Zahoor Hussain Qureshi]].<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=23 September 2018}}</ref><br />
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In December 2012, he quit PPP and joined [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N). He also resigned from his Punjab Assembly seat.<ref>{{cite news |title=Switching allegiance: 3 PPP MPAs resign; opp abstains from PA session {{!}} The Express Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/479854/switching-allegiance-3-ppp-mpas-resign-opp-abstains-from-pa-session/ |accessdate=23 September 2018 |work=The Express Tribune |date=15 December 2012}}</ref><br />
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In 2013, he was allocated PML-N ticket to contest the [[2013 Pakistani general election|2013 general election]] from Constituency NA-217 (Khanewal-VI).<ref>{{cite news |title=146 get PML-N tickets, though they quit party after coup |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/427554-146-get-pml-n-tickets-though-they-quit-party-after-coup |accessdate=23 September 2018 |work=The News |language=en}}</ref> However the election in the constituency was postponed after the death of a candidate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Polls on two national, five provincial seats deferred |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/05/10/polls-on-two-national-five-provincial-seats-deferred/ |accessdate=23 September 2018 |work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk}}</ref><br />
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He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N rom Constituency PP-217 (Khanewal-VI) in by-polls held in August 2013.<ref name="ECP announces by-election results">{{cite news|title=ECP announces by-election results|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/88805-ecp-announces-byelection-results-|accessdate=19 January 2018|work=www.geo.tv}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N candidate leading in 60 polling stations|url=https://aaj.tv/2013/08/pml-n-candidate-leading-in-60-polling-stations/|accessdate=19 January 2018|work=Aaj News}}</ref><br />
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He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-208 (Khanewal-VI) in [[2018 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=PML-N’s Babar Hussain Abid wins PP-208 election |url=https://www.app.com.pk/pml-ns-babar-hussain-abid-wins-pp-208-election/ |accessdate=23 September 2018 |work=Associated Press Of Pakistan |date=26 July 2018}}</ref><br />
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