| Mehmood-ur-Rasheed | |
| Office: | Provincial Minister of Punjab for Housing, Urban Development and Public Health Engineering |
| Term Start: | 27 August 2018 |
| Term End: | 28 March 2022 |
| Office1: | Leader of the Opposition Punjab |
| Term Start1: | 11 June 2013 |
| Term End1: | 31 May 2018 |
| Office2: | Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab |
| Term Start2: | 15 August 2018 |
| Term End2: | 14 January 2023 |
| Constituency2: | PP-160 Lahore-XVII |
| Term Start3: | 29 May 2013 |
| Term End3: | 31 May 2018 |
| Constituency3: | PP-151 (Lahore-XV) |
| Term Start4: | 1988 |
| Term End4: | 1993 |
| Constituency4: | PP-127 (Lahore) |
| Birth Date: | 21 April 1954 |
| Birth Place: | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Party: | PTI (1997-present) |
| Nationality: | Pakistani |
| Otherparty: | Pakistan Islamic Front (1993-1997) Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (1988-1993) |
Mian Mehmood ur Rashid is a Pakistani politician from Lahore who was the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Housing, Urban Development and Public Health Engineering, in office from 27 August 2018 till 28 March 2022. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 to January 2023. Previously he was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 1988 to 1993 and again from May 2013 to May 2018. He served as Leader of Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from June 2013 to May 2018. He is a senior member of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, a party which he joined in 1997, one year after its founding.
He was born on 21 April 1954 in Lahore to Arain Family.[1] He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts(Hons) in 1975 and a degree of Master of Arts in Economics in 1978 from University of the Punjab.
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) from PP-127 (Lahore) in 1988 Pakistani general election.[2] [3] He received 26,729 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[4]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of IJI from PP-127 (Lahore) in 1990 Pakistani general election.[5] He received 38,022 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Democratic Alliance.
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the Pakistan Islamic Front from PP-127 (Lahore) in 1993 I Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 3,342 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N).
He joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in 1997.
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the PTI from PP-151 (Lahore-XV) in the 2013 Punjab provincial election.[6] [7] In June 2013, he was elected as the Leader of Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.[8]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the PTI from PP-160 (Lahore-XVII) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election.[9]
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 housing, urban development and public health engineering.[10]
He ran for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-168 Lahore-XXV as a candidate of the PTI in the 2024 Punjab provincial election.[11] He lost the seat, though he, and the PTI alleged it was rigged in favour of the PML-N.[12]
Mehmood ur Rasheed along with many other PTI leaders were detained in May 2022 following the toppling of Imran Khan’s PTI government, ARY News reported that it was in attempt to crackdown on PTI leadership.[13]
He was arrested on May 9, 2023 in an alleged relation to the May 9 events.[14] He was arrested again in less than 10 days after police picked him up from Lahore.[15] He has remained imprisoned over several court cases involving him since then, with PTI claiming it is an attempt to crackdown on him, other PTI seniors, and PTI. He has been sick and ill with appendix pain and required surgery in June 2024, but was sent back to jail immediately following this.[16] He remains jailed and sick.