Ghulam Rabbani was born on 1 May 1936, the son of Haji Sufi Barket Ali, in chak no.244 GB, Gojra, Pakistan.
Ghulam Rabbani was elected as chairman of the standing committee on excise and taxation of the Punjab assembly.
He was elected as niab zila nazim of the Toba Tek Singh district for five years.
His most notable achievement as a member Punjab assembly is to move the movement against Zila Tax.
As a result Zila Tax was banned by the Chief Minister at that time, Shahbaz Sharif.