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zahid bashir

zahid bashir -lrb- -rrb- is the former spokesman and press secretary to the prime minister of pakistan .
bashir an honest technocrat & entrepreneur is a highly regarded and respected professional in pakistani and international government circles .
he was known to be the most powerful aid & an integral part of the core team of the prime minister .
politicians and corruption in pakistan politics has been closely linked to nepotism .
transparency international , has consistently ranked pakistan very high on their corruption index .
political events in pakistan also show a repeated pattern of alleged political corruption leading to political instability , but zahid bashir had been instrumental exposing corruption of such elements without fear on the electronic as well as paper media of pakistan which resulted in his political removal from high profile positions within the government of pakistan on pretext of false allegations .
zahid 's former key positions , being director marketing of the pakistan cricket board , director general of the pakistan post , senior advisor to the governor of punjab and chairman of the red crescent society -lrb- red cross -rrb- punjab , pakistan .
in the early 80 's zahid worked in the oil trade with his mentor , late nelson bunker hunt a texas oil baron once known to be the richest man in the world , who played a very significant role in the discovery and development of the oil fields in libya , which were nationalised by muammar gaddafi in 1973 .
zahid owns a group of companies called budget group in pakistan & uae .
zahid is a founder member of american business forum pakistan and had been vice president and member board of governors from 2011 to 2013 .
