Pervez Rasheed
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Senator Pervaiz Rashid |
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| Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage | |
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In office 7 June 2013 – 29 October 2016 |
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| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Qamar Zaman Kaira |
| Succeeded by |
Maryam Aurangzeb, Minister of State |
| Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights | |
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Assumed office 27 November 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Succeeded by | Zahid Hamid |
| Chairman of the Pakistan Television Corporation | |
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In office 27 February 1997 – 12 October 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Shahid Nadeem |
| Succeeded by |
Major-General Rashid Qureshi, ISPR |
| Personal details | |
| 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. A member of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Rashid has been a member of the Senate of Pakistan since 2009 and previously served as the Chairman of the Pakistan Television Corporation from 1997 to 1999 during the Sharif’s government in 1997.
Rashid started his political career as a student leader from Pakistan Peoples Party student wing, PSF, from Gordon College Rawalpindi.
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.
He was sworn in as Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting in June 2013. 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.
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