Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad

Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed Aqeel Khan
شیخ رشیداحمد
38th Minister of Interior
In office
11 December 2020 – 10 April 2022
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded byIjaz Shah
Succeeded byRana Sanaullah Khan
Minister of Railways
In office
18 August 2018 – 11 December 2020
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Arif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded byRoshan Khursheed Bharucha (caretaker)
Succeeded byAzam Khan Swati
In office
25 April 2006[1] – 15 November 2007
PresidentPervez Musharraf
Prime MinisterShaukat Aziz
Preceded bySaleemur Rahman Akhoond
Succeeded byGhulam Ahmed Bilour
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting
In office
2 September 2004 – 25 April 2006
PresidentPervez Musharraf
Prime MinisterShaukat Aziz
Succeeded byMuhammad Ali Durrani[1]
In office
30 June 2004 – 25 August 2004
PresidentPervez Musharraf
Prime MinisterShujat Hussain
In office
21 November 2002 – 26 June 2004
PresidentPervez Musharraf
Prime MinisterMir Zafarullah Khan Jamali
Federal Minister for Labour and Manpower
In office
11 July 1997 – 12 October 1999
PresidentFarooq Leghari
Wasim Sajjad
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis
In office
11 July 1997 – 12 October 1999
PresidentFarooq Leghari
Wasim Sajjad
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Federal Minister for Youth Affairs
In office
11 July 1997 – 6 August 1998
PresidentFarooq Leghari
Wasim Sajjad
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Federal Minister for Tourism
In office
11 July 1997 – 6 August 1998
PresidentFarooq Leghari
Wasim Sajjad
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
President Awami Muslim League
Assumed office
June 2008
Federal Minister for Culture
In office
11 July 1997 – 6 August 1998
PresidentFarooq Leghari
Wasim Sajjad
Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
In office
10 September 1991 – 18 July 1993
PresidentGhulam Ishaq Khan
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Federal Minister for Industries
In office
10 September 1991 – 18 July 1993
PresidentGhulam Ishaq Khan
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
13 August 2018 – 17 January 2023
ConstituencyNA-62 (Rawalpindi-VI)
In office
16 November 2002 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-55 (Rawalpindi-VI)
In office
20 March 1985 – 12 October 1999
ConstituencyNA-55 (Rawalpindi-VI)
Personal details
Born (1950-11-06) 6 November 1950 (age 74)
Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan[2]
Political partyAwami Muslim League (present 2008)
Other political
affiliations
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (till 2008)
Pakistan Muslim League (N) (till 2002)
Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (before 1993)
RelativesSheikh Rashid Shafique (nephew)[3]
Alma materGovernment Gordon College
University of Punjab
ProfessionPolitician

Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad (Urdu: شیخ رشید احمد; born 6 November 1950) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 38th Interior Minister of Pakistan in Imran Khan government from 2020 to 2022. He is the founder and leader of Awami Muslim League, and also maintains close relations with the political party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

  1. ^ a b "Key portfolios changed in shake-up: Durrani replaces Rashid as information minister". Dawn (newspaper). 26 April 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Dawn/28april2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Sheikh Rasheed 's nephew gets PTI ticket to contest NA-60 by-election". arynews.tv. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2023.