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Malik Muhammad Rafique Rajwana (Urdu: ملك محمد رفيق رجوانہ; born 20 February 1949) is a Pakistani lawyer and politician affiliated with PML-N. He is the incumbent Governor of Punjab.
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He has expertise in Civil law, Banking law, Constitutional law and Election matters and has conducted landmark cases, including Mian Nawaz Sharif, Memogate Scandal, Election expenses, Alstom Energy Ltd, Rally Energy Ltd and Liverpool Cotton Association. He was the chairman of parliamentary committee for appointment of Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan in 2014. Rajwana has a long political affiliation with Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz).
Early life
A native of Multan in southern Punjab, Rajwana graduated from Government Emerson College Multan and earned a master's degree in Economics from Forman Christian College University, Lahore.
Career
Rajwana joined the judiciary in 1987, resigning later to start Rajwana & Rajwana. In 1996, he was elected as President of High Court Bar Association Multan. His core area of practice is Civil, Company, Alternate Dispute Resolution and International/local Arbitration.
He was elected as senator on PML-N seat from southern Punjab in 1997 and in 2012. Rajwana is the senior Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan and the founding member of Rajwana & Rajwana — a law firm in Pakistan.
In February 2014, he was appointed chair of the parliamentary committee for appointment of Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan.
He has been member of senate committees for Foreign Affairs, Law Justice and Human Rights, Government Assurances, Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges, Senate House Committee, Devolution Process
On May 10, 2015 he took oath as Governor of Punjab province of Pakistan replacing Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar who resigned as Governor of Punjab in January 2015.