Senator
Pervaiz Rasheed
Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage
In office
7 June 2013 – 29 October 2016
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Preceded byQamar Zaman Kaira
Succeeded byMaryam Aurangzeb,
Minister of State
Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights
In office
27 November 2013 – March 2016
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Succeeded byZahid Hamid
Chairman of the Pakistan Television Corporation
In office
27 February 1997 – 12 October 1999
Preceded byShahid Nadeem
Succeeded byMajor-General Rashid Qureshi,
ISPR
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political party Pakistan Muslim League (N)
(1997–present)
Alma materGordon College
BA

Pervaiz Rashid (Urdu: پرويز رشيد) is a Pakistani politician who served as the 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]

Considered a representative of the left-wing of the PML-N, he has previously described himself as a Marxist and as an admirer of Che Guevara and Meraj Muhammad Khan.[5]

Political career

Pakistan People's Party

Rashid started his political career as a student leader from Pakistan Peoples Party student wing, PSF, from Gordon College Rawalpindi.[6]

When Zulfikar Ali Bhutto imposed the martial law in 1970, as he refused to hand power to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Rashid, despite being a PPP supporter, protested and was eventually put in jail. He would later become one of the founders of PPP Rawalpindi, mainly to counter the rise of Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad. Later he'd be appointed the personal secretary to the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and while he was mostly inactive in politics during the rule of General Zia-ul-Haq, he'd re-emerge in the mid-1990s as a close aide of Shehbaz Sharif, being recommended by Nazir Naji.[5]

Pakistan Muslim League (N)

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.[6]

He was sworn in as Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting in June 2013.[7][8] In November 2013, he was given the additional charge of Minister of Law, Justice and Human Rights.[9]

He was re-elected to the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of PML (N) in 2015 Pakistani Senate election.[10][11][12]

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. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed asked to step down amid Dawn story probe". Dawn. 29 October 2016. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Profile". www.senate.gov.pk. Senate of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. 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". The New York Times. New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  5. ^ a b Asif, Muhammad (28 June 2018). "Pushing PML-N out of the centre, into the left". Daily Times. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  6. ^ a b "INTERVIEW: Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid". Pakistan Today. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Oath as Information Minister". tribune pk. 3 June 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Sworn In as Minister". Dawn. 7 June 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Khawaja Asif gets Defence; Rashid given Law and Justice". Business Recorder. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  10. ^ "46 Senators-elect take oath – Samaa TV". www.samaa.tv. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Senate Election: Unofficial Results". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Senate Elections 2015: PML-N, PPP almost get equal representation in upper house | Pakistan | Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
Political offices Preceded byShahid Nadeem Chairman of the Pakistan Television Corporation 1997–1999 Succeeded byRashid Qureshi Preceded byQamar Zaman Kaira Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage 2013–2016 Succeeded byMaryam AurangzebMinister of State
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