Pervez Rashid

Senator
Pervaiz Rashid
Minister of Information, Mass-media Broadcasting, and National Heritage
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 June 2013
President Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by Qamar Zaman Kaira
Pakistan Senator from the Punjab
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 March 2009
Chairman of the Pakistan Television Corporation
In office
27 February 1997 – 12 October 1999
Preceded by Shahid Nadeem
Succeeded by MGen Rashid Qureshi, ISPR
Personal details
Born Pervez Rashid
January 15, 1947
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 (also spells Pervez Rasheed or Pervaiz Rashid; Urdu: پرويز رشيد‎; b. 15 January 1947), is a Pakistani politician, conservative literary figure, and a senator from Punjab who is currently tenuring as the Minister of Information, Mass-media Broadcasting, and National Heritage, appointed in 2013.[1][2]

Prior to be Senator, Rashid was a media executive and served Chairman of the Pakistan Television (PTV) from 1997 to 1999.[3]

Biography

Early life and Education

Pervaiz Rashid was born in 15 January 1947 to a middle class family.[4] His father, Abdul Rasheed, was an activist of the Pakistan Movement.[4] After matriculating from local high school in Lahore, Rashid attended the Gordon College where he received his BA in Fine Arts.[4] 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.[4] In 1970s, he started his political struggle as a student leader against the PPP led by Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.[4] In 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.[5] In 1999, Rashid's tenure was eventually terminated by Pervez Musharraf after the latter staged a coup against Nawaz Sharif.[5]

Political career

He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan 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 [6]

Minister of information

He was sworn in as Federal Minister of Information and Broadcasting on 3 June 2013.[7][8][9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Senator Pervez Rashid". Senate of Pakistan. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Profile". Herald Pakistan. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Akhtar, Tazneem (10 June 2013). "Two Points for Pervaiz Rashid to Start With". Pakistanis. Pakistanis. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 : 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.
  6. ↑ et. al. "Profiles Federal Ministers". APP Pakistan Press. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  7. ↑ et. al. "Pervaiz Rashid named Information Minister". APP Pakistan. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "Oath as Information Minister". tribune pk. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "Sworn In as Minister". Dawn. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

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