Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan (Urdu: رانا محمد افضل خان; 22 February 1949 – 27 September 2018)[1] was a Pakistani politician, businessman and Army officer who served as leader of PML-N, and Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs in the Abbasi cabinet from December 2017 to May 2018.

[5][3] Prior to starting political career, Khan served in the executive committee of Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry and as vice chairman of Water and Sanitation Agency.

In Pakistan, he founded and Chaired the Saahil Group, a Company which expanded into the Manufacturing, Real Estate, Education and Health Industries through its subsidiaries, run in part by his sons, Inaam and Ihsaan.

[7] Khan ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-66 (Faisalabad-XVI) in 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.

[19][20] Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Khan ceased to hold the office as Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs.

[21] After the 2018 General Election, Khan served as Senior Leader of PML-N and regularly appeared on news channels to discuss the day's political events.

His elder daughter, Aliya Afzal Khan, is a businesswoman and politician in the United Kingdom who has served as Councillor for Palace & Hurlingham since May 2022, and Co-CEO of Edison Technologies since July 2020.

He was known for having firm principles, but being able to compromise in order to achieve legislative progress; both members of PMLN and PTI have paid tribute to him on social media.

Hospitals sources said that Afzal Khan, who had also served as the state minister during the PML-N government, was placed on a ventilator after his health deteriorated but he did not survive.