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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[Senate of Pakistan|Senator]]
| image = Pervaiz_Rashid.jpg
| name = [[Pervaiz Rasheed]]
| office = [[Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage (Pakistan)|Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage]]
| predecessor = [[Qamar Zaman Kaira]]
| president = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| successor = [[Maryam Aurangzeb]], {{small|Minister of State}}
| term_start = 7 June 2013
| term_end = 29 October 2016
| primeminister = [[Nawaz Sharif]]
| office1 = Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 = [[Zahid Hamid]]
| term_start1 = 27 November 2013
| term_end1 = March 2016
| primeminister1 = [[Nawaz Sharif]]
| office3 = Chairman of the [[Pakistan Television Corporation]]
| term_start3 = 27 February 1997
| term_end3 = 12 October 1999
| successor3 = [[Major-General]] [[Rashid Qureshi]], {{small|[[Inter-Services Public Relations|ISPR]]}}
| predecessor3 = [[Shahid Nadeem]]
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| nationality = Pakistani
| alma_mater = [[Gordon College (Pakistan)|Gordon College]] {{small|[[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]}}
| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] ({{Small|1997 – present}})
}}

'''Pervaiz Rashid''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|پرويز رشيد}}}}) is a [[Pakistani]] politician, and the former Federal [[Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage (Pakistan)|Minister of Information, Broadcasting, and National Heritage]] and Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights in the [[Third Sharif ministry]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dawn.com|first1=Agencies|title=Khawaja Asif given additional charge of defence ministry|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1058946|accessdate=1 November 2016|work=DAWN.COM|date=27 November 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103215510/http://www.dawn.com/news/1058946|archivedate=3 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="dawn/29october2016">{{cite news|title=Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed asked to step down amid Dawn story probe|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1293026/information-minister-pervaiz-rasheed-asked-to-step-down-amid-dawn-story-probe|accessdate=1 November 2016|publisher=Dawn|date=29 October 2016|ref=dawn/29october2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101164205/http://www.dawn.com/news/1293026/information-minister-pervaiz-rasheed-asked-to-step-down-amid-dawn-story-probe|archivedate=1 November 2016}}</ref> A member of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)]], Rashid has been a member of the Senate of Pakistan since 2009<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile|url=http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=22|website=www.senate.gov.pk|publisher=Senate of Pakistan|accessdate=8 October 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054830/http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=22|archivedate=4 March 2016}}</ref> and previously served as the Chairman of the [[Pakistan Television Corporation]] from 1997 to 1999 during the Sharif's government in 1997.<ref name="New York Times">{{cite news|last1=Masood|first1=Salman|title=U.S. Drone Strike Kills at Least 7 in Pakistan as New Prime Minister Announces Cabinet|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/08/world/asia/us-drone-strikes-pakistan-as-sharif-names-cabinet.html?_r=0|accessdate=17 September 2014|agency=New York Times|date=7 June 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611055227/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/08/world/asia/us-drone-strikes-pakistan-as-sharif-names-cabinet.html?_r=0|archivedate=11 June 2013}}</ref>

==Political career==
Rashid started his political career as a student leader from [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] student wing, PSF, from Gordon College Rawalpindi.<ref name="PakistanToday">{{cite news|title=INTERVIEW: Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid|url=http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/11/22/features/interview-information-minister-pervaiz-rashid/|accessdate=8 October 2016|publisher=Pakistan Today|date=22 November 2014|ref=PakistanToday}}</ref>

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.<ref name="PakistanToday" />

He was sworn in as [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Pakistan)|Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting]] in June 2013.<ref name="Oath as Information Minister">{{cite web | url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/560553/federal-cabinet-unveiled-enter-the-ministers/ | title=Oath as Information Minister | publisher=tribune pk | date=3 June 2013 | accessdate=3 June 2014 | url-status=live | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029083547/http://tribune.com.pk/story/560553/federal-cabinet-unveiled-enter-the-ministers/ | archivedate=29 October 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Sworn In as Minister">{{cite web | url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1016686 | title=Sworn In as Minister | publisher=Dawn | date=7 June 2013 | accessdate=3 June 2014 | url-status=live | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029083515/http://www.dawn.com/news/1016686 | archivedate=29 October 2016 }}</ref> In November 2013, he was given the additional charge of Minister of Law, Justice and Human Rights.<ref>{{cite news|title=Khawaja Asif gets Defence; Rashid given Law and Justice|url=http://fp.brecorder.com/2013/11/201311281259060/|accessdate=2 August 2017|work=Business Recorder|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802170715/http://fp.brecorder.com/2013/11/201311281259060/|archivedate=2 August 2017}}</ref>

He was re-elected to the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of PML (N) in [[2015 Pakistani Senate election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=46 Senators-elect take oath – Samaa TV|url=https://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/2015/03/46-senators-elect-take-oath/|accessdate=24 August 2017|work=www.samaa.tv|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824220002/https://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/2015/03/46-senators-elect-take-oath/|archivedate=24 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Senate Election: Unofficial Results|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/2135-senate-election-unofficial-results|accessdate=24 August 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824180801/https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/2135-senate-election-unofficial-results|archivedate=24 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Senate Elections 2015: PML-N, PPP almost get equal representation in upper house {{!}} Pakistan {{!}} Dunya News|url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/265570-Senate-Elections-2015-PMLN-PPP-almost-get-equal|accessdate=24 August 2017|work=dunyanews.tv|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916145609/http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/265570-Senate-Elections-2015-PMLN-PPP-almost-get-equal|archivedate=16 September 2017}}</ref>

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.<ref name="dawn/29october2016" />

==References==
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{{s-ttl|title=Chairman of the [[Pakistan Television Corporation]]|years=1997–1999}}
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{{s-ttl|title=[[Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage (Pakistan)|Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage]]|years=2013–2016}}
{{s-aft|after= [[Maryam Aurangzeb]] {{small|Minister of State}} }}
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[[Category:Pakistani television directors]]
[[Category:Pakistan Television Corporation executives]]
[[Category:Pakistani television writers]]
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[[Category:Pakistani media executives]]
[[Category:Pakistani political writers]]
[[Category:Government Gordon College alumni]]
[[Category:Pakistani senators (14th Parliament)]]

Pervaiz Rashid - Revision history

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