Pervaiz Rashid

Senator
Pervaiz Rashid
پرويز رشيد
Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage
In office
7 June 2013  29 October 2016
President Mamnoon Hussain
Preceded by Qamar Zaman Kaira
Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights
Assumed office
27 November 2013
Preceded by Zahid Hamid
Chairman of the Pakistan Television Corporation
In office
27 February 1997  12 October 1999
Preceded by Shahid Nadeem
Succeeded by Major-General Rashid Qureshi, ISPR
Personal details
Born (1950-05-01) May 1, 1950
Sialkot, Pakistan
Citizenship  Pakistan
Nationality Pakistan
Political party Pakistan Muslim League (N)
(1997–Present)
Alma mater Gordon College
BA

Pervaiz Rashid (Urdu: پرويز رشيد) is a Pakistani politician, and the former Federal Minister of Information, Broadcasting, and National Heritage and Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights in the Third Sharif ministry.[1][2] A member of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Rashid has been a member of the Senate of Pakistan since 2009[3] and previously served as the Chairman of the Pakistan Television Corporation from 1997 to 1999 during the Sharif’s government in 1997.[4]

Career

Rashid started his political career as a student leader from Pakistan Peoples Party student wing, PSF, from Gordon College Rawalpindi.[5]

Later he joined PML-N and was elected member of the Senate in 1997 on PML-N party ticket. He was made Chairman Pakistan Television Corporation in 1997. He was arrested by the army after the 1999 Musharraf takeover and jailed.[5]

He was sworn in as Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting in June 2013.[6][7] He was made to resign in October 2016 from his position as Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage following the report which alleged his involvement in leaking contents of a high-profile security meeting.[2]

References

  1. Dawn.com, Agencies (27 November 2013). "Khawaja Asif given additional charge of defence ministry". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed asked to step down amid Dawn story probe". Dawn. 29 October 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  3. "Profile". www.senate.gov.pk. Senate of Pakistan. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  4. 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.
  5. 1 2 "INTERVIEW: Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid". Pakistan Today. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  6. "Oath as Information Minister". tribune pk. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  7. "Sworn In as Minister". Dawn. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
Political offices
Preceded by
Shahid Nadeem
Chairman of the Pakistan Television Corporation
1997 – 1999
Succeeded by
Rashid Qureshi
Preceded by
Qamar Zaman Kaira
Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage
2013 – 2016
Succeeded by
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