Rana Sanaullah

Rana Sanaullah
رانا ثناء اللہ
Rana Sanaullah in 2022
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on political affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 2024
Prime Minister	Shehbaz Sharif
President	Arif Alvi
Preceded by	Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad
Succeeded by	Sarfraz Bugti
39th Interior Minister of Pakistan
In office 19 April 2022 – 10 August 2023
Preceded by	Nisar Ahmad Jutt
Succeeded by	Nisar Ahmad Jutt
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023
Constituency	NA-106 Faisalabad-VI
Provincial Minister of Punjab for Law and Parliamentary Affairs
In office 11 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
Chief Minister	Shehbaz Sharif
In office 3 July 2008 – 20 March 2013
Chief Minister	Shehbaz Sharif
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Provincial Assembly of Punjab
In office 2002–2007
Speaker Assembly	Chaudhry Muhammad Afzal Sahi
Leader of the Opposition	Qasim Zia
In office 1990–1993
Speaker Assembly	Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo
Leader of the Opposition	Rana Ikram Rabbani
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018
Constituency	PP-70 Faisalabad-XX
In office 3 July 2008 – 20 March 2013
Constituency	PP-70 Faisalabad-XX
In office 25 November 2002 – 17 November 2007
Constituency	PP-70 Faisalabad-XX
In office 18 February 1997 – 12 October 1999
Constituency	PP-59 Faisalabad
In office 5 November 1990 – 28 June 1993
Constituency	PP-59 Faisalabad
Personal details
Born	Rana Sanaullah Khan (1955-01-01) 1 January 1955 (age 69) Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Political party	Pakistan Muslim League (N) (1993-present)
Other political affiliations	Pakistan Peoples Party (1988-1993)
Relations	Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry (cousin)[1]

Rana Sanaullah Khan (Urdu: رانا ثناء اللہ; born 1 January 1955) is a Pakistani lawyer and politician who is currently serving as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs since April 2024. Previously, he served as the 39th Interior Minister of Pakistan in first Shehbaz Sharif's Government. He is second most popular official in Shehbaz Sharif Government.^[2] He's been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. He is a senior member of PML-N and the President of PML-N in Punjab province^[3] since 4 May 2019. Before getting elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan, Sanaullah had been elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab five times and had served in high-ranking ministries of the province.

Previously, he has served as the Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister of Punjab from 2008 to 2018, Local Governments and Community Development Minister of Punjab from 2008 to 2014, Revenue Minister of Punjab from 2008 to 2013, Public Prosecution Minister of Punjab from 2008 to 2013, and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Punjab) from 1990 to 1993 and again from 2002 to 2007.