Muhammad Basharat Raja

Muhammad Basharat Raja
Muhammad Basharat Raja in 2014
Provincial Minister of Punjab for Law and Parliamentary Affairs
In office
27 August 2018  1 April 2022
Chief MinisterUsman Buzdar
Ministry of Industries and Production (Pakistan)
In office
3 May 2011  16 March 2013
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterYusuf Raza Gillani
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
Provincial Minister of Punjab for Law and Parliamentary Affairs
In office
2003–2007
Chief MinisterParvez Elahi
Provincial Minister of Punjab for Law and Parliamentary Affairs
In office
1997–1999
Chief MinisterShehbaz Sharif
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office
15 August 2018  14 January 2023
ConstituencyPP-14 Rawalpindi-IX
In office
2003–2007
ConstituencyPP-110 (Gujrat-III)
In office
1996–1999
ConstituencyPP-4 (Rawalpindi-IV)
In office
1993–1996
ConstituencyPP-4 (Rawalpindi- IV)
In office
1990–1993
ConstituencyPP-4 (Rawalpindi- IV)
Member District Council Rawalpindi
In office
1987–1990
ConstituencyRawalpindi
Chairman District Council Rawalpindi
In office
1979–1987
ConstituencyRawalpindi
Personal details
Born (1951-08-11) 11 August 1951
Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Political partyPTI (2018-present)
Other political
affiliations
PML(Q) (2002-2018)
PMLN (1993-1999)
IJI (1998-1990)
PPP (1970-1988)

Muhammad Basharat Raja (Punjabi: محمد بشارت راجہ) is a Pakistani politician who was the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Law and Parliamentary Affairs and Provincial Minister of Punjab for Baitul Maal and Social Welfare. He had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023. He is the son of former Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan Raja Laal of Rawalpindi.

He was first elected as Chairman District Council Rawalpindi in 1979. Previously, he was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 1990 to 1999 and again from 2003 to 2007. He served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, and Minister for Information, Culture and Youth Affairs between 1997 and 1999 and served as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Local Government and Community Development, and minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Public Prosecution between 2003 and 2007. On 21 November 2020, he was appointed Provincial Minister of Punjab for Cooperatives. He was also the Provincial Minister of Public Prosecution and Cooperatives in the cabinet of Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi from 7 August 2022 to 22 December 2022.