Dr. Arslan Khalid

former PTI social media secretary

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Dr. Arslan Khalid is a doctor who worked with PTI, where he became social media secretary in 2018. He is the former focal person on digital media to former Prime Minister Imran Khan. He is also a former IT Minister in Punjab.

Early life and background

Khalid was born in Lahore. He grew up mostly in an area of inner Lahore. His father was a senior official in WAPDA. He has said his whole family works in the medical profession. [1]

Education

Khalid completed his early education at a high school. He then went to Government College University. After that he studied at King Edward Medical University for five years, and he is a doctor. He was in his final year of study in 2007. [1]

Young Doctors Association

Khalid was part of the Young Doctors Association (YDA). He has said the YDA was formed in response to what was happening to the medical fraternity, especially young doctors. He has said a house officer's salary was 6,000 rupees. [1]

Career in PTI

Khalid has said he had no background in politics before he became involved. He joined PTI. He remained part of the ISF before he moved into social media, and he was made ISF marketing head for Punjab. He moved into social media work in 2010. He wrote blogs under a nickname. [1]

Khalid was made operations lead for Pakistan around 2016 or 2017. In 2018 he was made social media secretary, overseeing PTI's social media overall. He has said his responsibility for social media changed in 2018. [1]

Work in government

Khalid is the former focal person on digital media to former Prime Minister Imran Khan, and a former IT Minister in Punjab. He has said his role changed from working for the party to working for the government. He has said the government had no digital infrastructure, and that the Prime Minister's Office had no account of its own. [1]

Khalid has said a digital media wing was created to connect all government departments, and that the cabinet was made paperless. He has said there are roughly 100 or more missions where an information officer is posted. In his view, digitization would let government track finances and daily attendance. He has said opening a ministry account needed six files of approvals, and that his team had to start from zero. [1]

Khalid has said six months went on the problem that nobody in the system accepted an outsider. He has said the Prime Minister was accessible to his team. He has said government lacks institutional memory, and that government hiring for grade 4 and grade 6 posts was used to hand out jobs. He has also said an IT board was created by upgrading an IT and analytics team. [1]

Views

Khalid has said the leader at the top matters, however good a system is. He has said the mainstream media business model was flawed and has been exposed, and that digital media has become economically viable. He has said IT will become Pakistan's biggest sector in a couple of decades. [1]

On politics, Khalid has said the cost of doing politics in Pakistan is very high, and that two dynasties took control of two parties. He has said PTI gave many young candidates tickets in 2013 and moved toward electable candidates in 2018. He has said a mistake was made in 2018 when his side moved away from its own DNA. He has said a hybrid model will work for now. [1]

Khalid is an aspirant who would seek a PTI ticket if the party offers one. [1]

Timeline

2007
Final year of study.[1]
2010
Moved into social media work.[1]
2013
PTI gave many young candidates tickets.[1]
2016
Made operations lead for Pakistan around 2016 or 2017.[1]
2018
Made social media secretary, overseeing PTI's social media overall.[1]

Appearances

DateTitleWhere
2023-04-07 The doctor who built PTI's digital machine Thought Behind Things

Frequently asked questions

Who is Dr. Arslan Khalid?

Dr. Arslan Khalid is a doctor who worked with PTI, where he was made social media secretary in 2018. He is the former focal person on digital media to former Prime Minister Imran Khan. He is also a former IT Minister in Punjab.[1]

Where did Dr. Arslan Khalid study?

Dr. Arslan Khalid went to Government College University. He then studied at King Edward Medical University for five years. He completed his early education at a high school.[1]

Where is Dr. Arslan Khalid from?

Dr. Arslan Khalid was born in Lahore. He grew up mostly in an area of inner Lahore.[1]

What was Dr. Arslan Khalid's role in PTI?

Dr. Arslan Khalid moved into social media work in 2010. He was made operations lead for Pakistan around 2016 or 2017. In 2018 he was made social media secretary, overseeing PTI's social media overall.[1]

Was Dr. Arslan Khalid a minister?

Dr. Arslan Khalid is a former IT Minister in Punjab. He is also the former focal person on digital media to former Prime Minister Imran Khan.[1]

Is Dr. Arslan Khalid a medical doctor?

Yes. Dr. Arslan Khalid studied at King Edward Medical University for five years and is a doctor. He was also part of the Young Doctors Association (YDA).[1]

Does Dr. Arslan Khalid want to run for office?

Dr. Arslan Khalid is an aspirant who would seek a PTI ticket if the party offers one.[1]

References

  1. The doctor who built PTI's digital machine . Thought Behind Things , 2023-04-07.
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  1. Dr. Arslan Khalid was born in Lahore. main Lahore mein hi paida hua tha
  2. He grew up mostly in an area of inner Lahore. Lahore mein meri saari jo bachpan tha, woh androone Lahore ka ek area hai, Mazang.
  3. His father was a senior official in WAPDA. my uh, father was actually a very senior official in WAPDA.
  4. He completed his early education at a high school. early education meri Crescent Model High School hai, wahan se hui
  5. He then went to Government College University. phir main Government College University chala gaya
  6. He studied at King Edward Medical University for five years. King Edward Medical University mein chala gaya, agle paanch saal phir wahan pe chale gaye
  7. He is a doctor. doctor to main bhi hoon
  8. He said his whole family works in the medical profession. poori ki poori jo uh, family hai, woh medical ke profession se hai
  9. He said he had no background in politics before he became involved. kabhi bhi yeh socha bhi nahi tha, na koi background thi politics ki
  10. He was in his final year of study in 2007. it was actually in 2007 jab hamara final year chal raha tha
  11. He was part of the Young Doctors Association (YDA). So, I was part of the YDA too.
  12. He said the YDA was formed in response to what was happening to the medical fraternity, especially young doctors. that was purely because ek poori ki poori ek medical fraternity ke saath jo ho raha tha, khaas taur pe young doctors ko
  13. He said a house officer's salary was 6,000 rupees. ek house officer ki tankhwah hoti thi na, woh 6,000 rupay hoti thi
  14. He joined PTI. So, then actually I joined uh, PTI.
  15. He remained part of the ISF before he moved into social media. I remained part of the ISF aur us ke baad phir I switched to the social media side.
  16. He was made ISF marketing head for Punjab. mujhe inhone ISF marketing head of Punjab is tarah se kiya tha
  17. He moved into social media work in 2010. That was 2010. 10. Jab social media ke andar switch kiya main.
  18. He wrote blogs under a nickname. with a nickname, I used to write blogs
  19. He was made operations lead for Pakistan around 2016 or 2017. it was 2016 or 17, jis mein phir operation lead of Pakistan bana diya gaya
  20. In 2018 he was made social media secretary, overseeing PTI's social media overall. phir social media secretary banaya gaya 2018 ke andar. Jo ke poora PTI ka overall manage kar raha tha
  21. He said his responsibility for social media changed in 2018. main to 2018 ke andar jab social media se meri responsibility change ho gayi thi
  22. He said his role changed from working for the party to working for the government. ab aap party ke liye kaam nahi kar rahe. You are working for a government.
  23. He said the government had no digital infrastructure. government mein aapne dekh liya digital ka koi infrastructure hi nahi hai. Zero aapka zero infrastructure.
  24. He said the Prime Minister's Office had no account of its own. Prime Minister office ka apna koi account nahi.
  25. He said there are roughly 100 or more missions where an information officer is posted. taqreeban 100 se upar missions hain jahan pe aapne information domain ka ek officer rakha hua hai
  26. He said a digital media wing was created to connect all government departments. digital media wing banaya tha, jiske ka connection banaya tha saare departments ke saath
  27. He said the cabinet was made paperless. cabinet jo thi woh paperless kar di thi
  28. He said digitization would let government track finances and daily attendance. Financial se leke ek choti si cheez ke aapki daily attendance, yahan tak saara ka saara aapka monitor ho jayega
  29. He said government lacks institutional memory. institutional memory hai hi nahi
  30. He said government hiring for grade 4 and grade 6 posts was used to hand out jobs. grade 4 ki, grade 6 ki aap sarkari naukriyan baantne ke liye aap is tarah ki hirings karte hain
  31. He said six months went on the problem that nobody in the system accepted an outsider. 6 mahine toh mera khayal mein isi cheez ko hi lag gaye the ke matlab nobody was accepting an outsider in the system
  32. He said the Prime Minister was accessible to his team. the good thing was jo hamare saath thi woh yeh thi ke Prime Minister was accessible
  33. He said opening a ministry account needed six files of approvals. government mein aapne ek account bhi banana hai na ministry ka, so uske peeche 6 filein hoti hain
  34. He said his team had to start from zero. kyunke bilkul zero se start karna tha
  35. He said the leader at the top matters, however good a system is. jitna marzi aap acha system bana lein, the man on top matters
  36. He said an IT board was created by upgrading an IT and analytics team. start mein it was a IT and analytics team jisko upgrade karke do mahine pehle IT board bana diya gaya
  37. He said the mainstream media business model was flawed and has been exposed. So I think ke yeh business model bhi flawed tha mainstream ka, woh expose ho gaya.
  38. He said digital media has become economically viable. digital jo hai woh economically viable ho gaya hai
  39. He said two dynasties took control of two parties. Kyunke do dynasties ne aa ke un do parties pe qabza kar liya.
  40. He said PTI gave many young candidates tickets in 2013. 2013 ke andar agar aap jo tickets di na PTI ne, us ke andar bahut se youth candidates ko tickets mili
  41. He said PTI moved toward electable candidates in 2018. phir woh 2018 mein electables ki taraf gaya mamla
  42. He said the cost of doing politics in Pakistan is very high. it's very unfortunate ke cost of doing politics bahut zyada hai
  43. He said a hybrid model will work for now. isliye yeh hybrid model hi chalega for now
  44. He said he was 36 at the time of the interview. How old are you? I am 36 now. You are 36.
  45. He is an aspirant who would seek a PTI ticket if the party offers one. I think ke inshaAllah I am an aspirant agar party ticket degi toh I will definitely go for it
  46. He said IT will become Pakistan's biggest sector in a couple of decades. it's going to be the biggest sector in Pakistan uh a couple of decades from now
  47. He said a mistake was made in 2018 when his side moved away from its own DNA. thoda sa hamari galti baharhal hui thi 2018 mein jab hum thoda sa apne DNA se hat ke
  48. Dr. Arslan Khalid is the Ex-Focal Person to the Former Prime Minister Imran Khan on digital media. Dr. Arslan Khalid is the Ex-Focal Person to the Former Prime Minister Imran Khan on digital media
  49. He is also a former IT Minister in Punjab. he is also the Former IT Minister in Punjab