Baligh Ur Rehman

Parvez Elahi Muhammad Baligh Ur Rehman (Urdu: محمد بلیغ الرحمن; born 21 December 1970) is a Pakistani politician who is the former Governor of Punjab, he served in office from 30 May 2022 till 10 May 2024.

[1] His father Muhammad Aqil-ur-Rehman was Member of National Assembly during 1997-99 while his cousin Qazi Adnan Fareed is also a politician.

[4] He was initially educated at the Sadiq Public School, where he passed O Level with a Gold Medal and later completed his FSc, before graduating from the University of Pennsylvania as an electrical engineer in 1994.

[14][15] He had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after Panama Papers case decision.

Chief Minister of Punjab, Parvez Elahi dissolved the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in January 2023, on Imran Khan’s orders, following this, Baligh Ur Rehman opted not to intervene in the dissolution process and stated he would “let the constitution take its course.”[23] Baligh Ur Rehman retained the position of Governor until he was replaced by President Asif Ali Zardari with Sardar Saleem Haider Khan in May 2024.