Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage
In office 7 June 2013 – 29 October 2016
President
Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by
Qamar Zaman Kaira
Succeeded by
Marriyum Aurangzeb, Minister of State
Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights
In office 27 November 2013 – March 2016
Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif
Succeeded 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
Nationality
Pakistani
Political party
Pakistan Muslim League (N) (1997–present)
Alma mater
Gordon 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]
^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.
^"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.
^"Profile". www.senate.gov.pk. Senate of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^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.
^Asif, Muhammad (28 June 2018). "Pushing PML-N out of the centre, into the left". Daily Times. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
PervaizRashid (Urdu: پرويز رشيد) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Federal Minister of Information, Broadcasting, and National Heritage and...
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acted against constitutional interests of largest province by de notifying an elected Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2022-05-30....
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MMA ticket however, after winning the election he defected to General Pervaiz Musharraf's PML(Q). Muqam contested 2008 Pakistani general election on...
(8 June 2020). "Former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid test positive for Covid-19". Dawn. Archived from the original on 9 June...
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