Malik Muhammad Rafique Rajwana | |
Office: | 40th Governor of Punjab |
Term Start: | 10 May 2015 |
Term End: | 18 August 2018 |
President: | Mamnoon Hussain |
Primeminister: | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
Predecessor: | Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar |
Office2: | Pakistani Senator from Punjab |
Term Start2: | 12 March 2012 |
Term End2: | 7 May 2015 |
President2: | Asif Ali Zardari |
Primeminister2: | Raja Pervaiz Ashraf |
Term Start3: | 3 June 1997 |
Term End3: | 5 July 1999 |
Birth Date: | 20 February 1949 |
Birth Place: | Multan, West Punjab, Pakistan |
Birthname: | Muhammad Rafique Rajwana |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Party: | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
Alma Mater: | Forman Christian College |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Malik Muhammad Rafique Rajwana (Panjabi; Punjabi: {{nq|ملک محمد رفیق رجواݨا; Urdu: {{nq|ملک محمد رفیق رجوانہ; born 20 February 1949) has served as the 32nd Governor of Punjab, in office from 10 May 2015 to 18 August 2018. He is affiliated with PML-N.[1]
He conducted landmark cases, including Mian Nawaz Sharif, Memogate Scandal,[2] Election expenses, Alstom Energy Ltd, Rally Energy Ltd and Liverpool Cotton Association.[3] He was the chairman of the parliamentary committee for appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan in 2014.
He is a native of Multan in southern Punjab. Rajwana graduated from Government Emerson College Multan and earned a master's degree in Economics from Forman Christian College University, Lahore.[4]
Rajwana joined the judiciary in 1987, resigning, later to start law firm Rajwana & Rajwana. In 1996, he was elected as President of High Court Bar Association Multan. His core areas of practice are Civil, Company, Alternate Dispute Resolution and Arbitration.
He served as senator from southern Punjab in 2012.[5] Rajwana is the senior Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan.
In February 2014, he was appointed chair of the parliamentary committee for appointment of Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan.[6]
He has been member of senate committees for Foreign Affairs, Law, Justice and Human Rights, Government Assurances, Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges, Senate House Committee, Devolution Process
On May 10, 2015 he became Governor of Punjab.[1] [7] [8]