Pervez Rashid
| Senator Pervaiz Rashid | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Information, Mass-media Broadcasting, and National Heritage | |
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Assumed office 7 June 2013 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Preceded by | Qamar Zaman Kaira |
| Pakistan Senator from the Punjab | |
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Assumed office 12 March 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Raja Jamsheed Hussain |
| Chairman of the Pakistan Television Corporation | |
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In office 27 February 1997 – 12 October 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Shahid Nadeem |
| Succeeded by | MGen Rashid Qureshi, ISPR |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Pervez Rashid May 1, 1950 Rawalpindi, British Punjab, British Indian Empire Present day Pakistan, |
| Citizenship |
 Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistan |
| Political party |
Pakistan Muslim League (N) (1997–Present) |
| Alma mater |
Gordon College BA |
| Cabinet | Sharif ministry |
| Religion | Islam |
Pervez Rashid (correct spelling Pervaiz Rasheed;[1][2][3] also spelled Pervez Rasheed or Pervaiz Rashid; Urdu: پرويز رشيد; b. 1 May 1950), is a Pakistani politician, a senator from Punjab who is currently tenuring as the Minister of Information, Mass-media Broadcasting, and National Heritage, appointed in 2013.[4][5]
Prior to be Senator, Rashid was a media executive and served Chairman of the Pakistan Television (PTV) from 1997 to 1999.[6]
Biography
Early life and Education
Pervaiz Rashid was born on 1 May 1950 to a Kasana family of Gujjars in Sialkot.[7] His father, Abdul Rasheed, was an activist of the Pakistan Movement.[7] After matriculating from local high school in Lahore, Rashid attended the Gordon College where he received his BA in Fine Arts.[7] At Gordon College, he was regarded as one of the brilliant student as many senior politicians were his class or college fellows at the time.[7] In the 1970s, he started his political struggle as a student leader against the PPP led by Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.[7] In the 1980s, he joined the Pakistan Television Corporation and worked in a corporate assignments of the PTV. Similar views and national conservative ideology brought Rashid in near circles of Nawaz Sharif in 1990.
He continued his political relations with the PML(N) and eventually becoming the chairman of the Pakistan Television Corporation in 1997.[8] In 1999, Rashid's tenure was eventually terminated by Pervez Musharraf after the latter staged a coup against Nawaz Sharif.[8]
Political career
He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in 1998 and again in 2009 on PML-N party ticket. He was a member of Senate Standing Committees on Information and Broadcasting, at Nawaz Shareef's third government [9]
Minister of information
He was sworn in as Federal Minister of Information and Broadcasting on 3 June 2013.[10][11][12]
See also
References
- ↑ "Senate of Pakistan"
- ↑ "Ministry of Information, Broadcasting & National Heritage"
- ↑ "Official website of Senator Pervaiz Rasheed". Retrieved October 24, 2015.
- ↑ "Senator Pervez Rashid". Senate of Pakistan. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ↑ Masood, Salman (7 June 2013). "U.S. Drone Strike Kills at Least 7 in Pakistan as New Prime Minister Announces Cabinet". New York Times. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ↑ "Profile". Herald Pakistan. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Akhtar, Tazneem (10 June 2013). "Two Points for Pervaiz Rashid to Start With". Pakistanis. Pakistanis. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- 1 2 : Business Recorder. "Attempt to smuggle out 2,000 PTV tapes foiled". Pakistan Press Foundation archives (Pakistan Press Foundation). Pakistan Press Foundation. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ↑ et. al. "Profiles Federal Ministers". APP Pakistan Press. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ↑ et. al. "Pervaiz Rashid named Information Minister". APP Pakistan. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ↑ "Oath as Information Minister". tribune pk. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ↑ "Sworn In as Minister". Dawn. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
External links
- List of Pakistan Federal Ministers
- Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Pakistan)
- Senate of Pakistan
