20 Facts About Mehmood-ur-Rasheed

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 to January 2023.

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed served as Leader of Opposition in the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from June 2013 to May 2018.

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed is a senior member of the PTI, a party which he joined in 1997, one year after its founding.

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed was born on 21 April 1954 in Lahore to Arain Family.

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1975 and a degree of Master of Arts in Economics in 1978 from University of the Punjab.

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad from PP-127 in 1988 Pakistani general election.

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed received 26,729 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party.

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of IJI from PP-127 in 1990 Pakistani general election.

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed received 38,022 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Democratic Alliance.

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the Pakistan Islamic Front from PP-127 in 1993 I Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful.

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed received 3,342 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League.

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 1997, one year after it was founded.

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the PTI from PP-151 in the 2013 Punjab provincial election.

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the PTI from PP-160 in the 2018 Punjab provincial election.

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed ran for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-169 Lahore-XXV as a candidate of the PTI in the 2024 Punjab provincial election.

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed has been kept incarcerated in prison and has stated that it is in attempt to pressure him to leave PTI.

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed was arrested on May 9,2023 in an alleged relation to the May 9 events.

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed was arrested again in less than 10 days after police picked him up from Lahore.

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed 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.

Mehmood-ur-Rasheed has been sick and ill with appendix pain and required surgery in June 2024, but was sent back to jail immediately following this.