Mushtaq Ahmed Minhas ( ur, مُشتاق احمد مِنہاس)(Born 12 August 1970) is a Pakistani

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

who is former minister of Information, Tourism and Culture in the AJK assembly. He is a member of the 8th Legislative Assembly of AJK.

Career

Education

Mushtaq Minhas studied at

Forman Christian College Forman Christian College is an private liberal arts university in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was founded in 1864 and is administered by the Presbyterian Church. The university follows an American-style curriculum. Founded in 1864 by American ...

, in

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

, from where he gained a

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...

degree. He was also the vice president of the students' union islami jamiat talba. Mushtaq Minhas received

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

degree in

Mass Communication Mass communication is the process of imparting and exchanging information through mass media to large segments of the population. It is usually understood for relating to various forms of media, as its technologies are used for the dissemination o ...

from

University of Punjab The University of the Punjab (Urdu, pnb, ), also referred to as Punjab University, is a public, research, coeducational higher education institution located in Lahore, Pakistan. Punjab University is the oldest public university in Pakistan. ...

, Lahore.

Journalism

Minhas was a member of the federal executive council of PFUJ (Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist) and a founder of the National Press Club Islamabad. He is also a former president of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club. However, he was named by a PFUJ investigation committee of swallowing a copy of the PFUJ elections result and causing mayhem. He has worked with different leading news organisations as a reporter, senior reporter and chief reporter. He was elected as a secretary of Rawalpindi-Islamabad press club for six terms. Minhas was co-host, along with

Nusrat Javed Nusrat Javed ( ur, ), is a Pakistani columnist, journalist and a former news anchor. Early life and career Nusrat Javed was born on 14 March 1954. He is among the senior most journalists in Pakistan having started his career in 1975. Beginni ...

, of ''

Bolta Pakistan Bolta Pakistan is a live current affairs talk show on AAJ TV. The show was originally hosted by Nusrat Javed and Mushtaq Minhas (from 7 May 2007 to 15 April 2010) and ran Monday through Friday from 11 PM to midnight (Pakistan Standard Time.) A ...

,'' a current affairs political talk show, on

AAJ TV ''Aaj News'' () is a 24-hour Pakistani news television channel. It is a privately owned Urdu language TV station which covers national and international news. The channel started out as hybrid channel (news, current affairs and entertainment), ...

. He left the program to join BOL TV, but left shortly afterwards to join politics.

Political career

Minhas joined the

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Teh ...

in March 2016, after which he announced his intention to quit journalism. He was elected Member of the National Assembly from the Bagh LA-14 constituency defeating Sardar Qamer Zaman Khan of PPP. He was appointed as Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture.

Controversy

His act of posing with a shotgun on Twitter while reacting to the Indian Army Chief created a controversy, particularly since he was a serving minister. His act of swallowing the election results during elections to the journalism body was criticised by an investigation committee of Pakistan Federation of Unions of Journalists (PFUJ), which accused him of causing mayhem.

References

External links

''Bolta Pakistan'' archives
{{DEFAULTSORT:Minhas, Mushtaq Pakistani television journalists Living people Forman Christian College alumni University of the Punjab alumni Azad Kashmir MLAs 2016–2021 BOL Network people 1968 births