Zahid Bashir

Zahid Bashir
زاہد بشیر
Zahid Bashir with then-U.S. Senator, John Kerry
Former spokesman to the Prime Minister of Pakistan

Zahid Bashir (Urdu: زاہد بشیر) is the former spokesman and press secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan.^[1]

He had been the chairman of red crescent Punjab,^[2] director general of Pakistan post,^{[citation needed]} senior adviser to governor of Punjab^[3] and director marketing of Pakistan cricket board.^[4]

In the early 80's Zahid worked in the oil trade 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 nationalized by Muammar Gaddafi in 1973.

Zahid owns a group of companies called Budget Petroleum Trading LLC & Budget Gold Dubai in UAE and Budget Security Systems and Services Private Ltd in Pakistan.^[5]