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Mushahid Hussain Syed ( Punjabi, ; born 2 November 1952) is a Pakistani politician, and journalist who is currently the Pakistan Senator from the
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on the platform of the
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, since 3 March 2018. A
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by profession, Hussain briefly served in the
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administrations in 1990s and is known for his political positions that reflects the
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towards supporting the idea of civilian control of the
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. After playing a crucial role in the support of the decision-making towards the nuclear weapons-testing in response to
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's in 1998, Hussain's tenure was abrupted by the
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staged by Pakistan Army Chief Gen.
Pervez Musharraf Pervez Musharraf (11 August 1943 – 5 February 2023) was a Pakistani general and politician who served as the tenth president of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008. Prior to his career in politics, he was a four-star general and appointed as ...
and was held in prison on treason conspiracy in 1999. In 2003, he later defected to the forward block supporting the
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of
Pervez Musharraf Pervez Musharraf (11 August 1943 – 5 February 2023) was a Pakistani general and politician who served as the tenth president of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008. Prior to his career in politics, he was a four-star general and appointed as ...
and was elected the Pakistan Senator of the
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. Despite his support for the PML(Q), the forward block supporting Musharraf for several years, Hussain remained sympathetics towards the PML(N) and eventually joined his original party after being ousted by the forward block in 2016. He is known as a proponent for strengthening the
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with
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and
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, having served the Chairman of the China-Pakistan Institute, a lobbying firm based in Islamabad.


Early life and education

Mushahid Hussain Syed was born in
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,
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in
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into a military Punjabi family on 2 November 1952. His father, Amjad Hussain Syed, was an
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in the
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, retiring with rank of army colonel; his mother, Sameen Sayed, was a social activist. Hussain is the fourth of five children, and both his parents were
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in the
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prior to 1947. His mother, Sameen, died at the age of 83 in 2010. After his
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from
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, Hussain went to attend the Forman Christian College University, where he graduated with B.A. in
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in 1974. During this time, he went to the
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under the
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to attend the
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of the
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in
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and graduated with the
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in
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, and briefly interned at the
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. While studying in the United States, he was president of the Pakistan Students Association and was awarded a Congressional Internship to work in the United States Congress.


Academic career

After completing his education, Hussain returned to
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and joined the directing Staff of the Administrative Staff College in Lahore to instruct courses on
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to the civil servants prior to their joining of the Pakistan Foreign Service. He also served as the
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on the topics of
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at the
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but was terminated from his employment when he spoke on a rally to oppose the martial law government in October 1979.


Journalistic career

After his termination, he began writing syndicated political columns on conservatism and joined the English daily ''The Muslim'', of which he became its
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in 1982. He also joined ''The Hindustan Times'' where he wrote the syndicated column. In 1983, he joined the Non-Aligned News Agencies which he co-chaired in
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. In 1985–86, Hussain had established himself as a journalist and had enjoyed considerable fame when he wrote articles on politics and security. In 1988, he reportedly lost his job as a journalist when he published an interview in ''The Muslim'' on the issue of the country's covert atomic bomb program when President Zia-ul-Haq froze the funding of the news correspondent


Political career


Information minister in Sharif administrations and imprisonment

After covering the nationwide
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held in 1990, Hussain joined the IDA government led by
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Nawaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms, first serving from 1990 to 1993, then ...
and was inducted as an adviser on External Publicity and Foreign Affairs in the first administration, which he served until 1993. He advised the Prime Minister Sharif on the issues relating to the foreign relations with the
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,
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, and the geostrategy in
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, and was later elevated as the Minister of Communications. In 1994, he was appointed as the information secretary of the PML(N) while he continued to write columns and articles on the issue of
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and security in country's major news and political correspondents. In 1997, he played a crucial role in the managing the
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of the election campaign of Nawaz Sharif in
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held in 1997, and reportedly quoted in favor of Nawaz Sharif: "''Nawaz will be the Erbakan of Pakistan''." He participated and defended the NA-125 constituency based on
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and was elected as the member of national assembly on the platform of the
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whereas joining the Prime Minister Sharif's second administration as the Information Minister in his cabinet. In 1998, when Indian Prime Minister
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ordered the nuclear tests in
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, Hussain was the first cabinet minister who spoke in the favor of conducting the reciprocated
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s during the decision-making process. Hussain was reportedly known in the political circles as a " War hawk." He repeatedly praised Prime Minister Sharif on various public convention of authorizing the nuclear testing program to counter the India's aggression in the region to ensure the
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to India in case of a war. He later went onto speak on the
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,
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, and the
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on
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to defend the decision to conduct nuclear tests. In 1998, he supported the Prime Minister Sharif's relief of commission of Gen. Jehangir Karamat as the Chairman joint chiefs, which he viewed as vital for government's civilian control of the
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at that time. About the
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, he reportedly spoke in favor of the conflict and reportedly noted in the televised press conference: bitter fighting has "internationalized Kashmir", and hence was worth the loss of life suffered by the Pakistan Army as well as the Kashmiri freedom fighters involved. In 1999, his tenure was abrupted when Chairman joint chiefs Gen.
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staged a martial law against the elected civilian government, and placed him trial that sentenced him on a
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on a conspiracy of treason; he was declared as the
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. In 2000–01, he voiced for the civilian control of the military and the called for the support for the democratic movements in an opined article which ''
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'' profiled him as: "Pakistan Keeps Gag on Former Spokesman."


PML(Q)'s secretary and presidential campaign in 2008

In 2003, Hussain agreed upon a deal with the Musharraf administration and joined the forward block, the PML(Q), led by
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and ultimately ran for the senate elections held in 2002. His decision to defect against the
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lost the credibility that he had built over the several decades as a "respected journalist and disciplined politician", and was received severe public criticism from news correspondents of defending the Musharraf's
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while serving as sitting army chief. His credibility was greatly questioned in an editorial written in ''Dawn'', the political correspondent, where Ziauddin claimed that Hussain filed for "nomination papers for the Senate elections reportedly with a letter of recommendation from
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" In 2004, he joined the taskforce as the President Musharraf's special envoy to begin negotiate with the Baloch political leader Akbar Bugti, an ally of
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, which eventually failed. he further earned notoriety when he was part of the same government which was eventually implicated in the Bugti's killing. After the resignation of
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Pervez Musharraf Pervez Musharraf (11 August 1943 – 5 February 2023) was a Pakistani general and politician who served as the tenth president of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008. Prior to his career in politics, he was a four-star general and appointed as ...
, Hussain earned the nomination from the
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to run his presidential campaign during the
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held in 2008. Hussain eventually lost the presidential elections with the largest margin, receiving only 44 votes out of 700 from the
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as opposed top Asif Zardari (409/700) and S.Z. Siddiqui (216/700). After elected as Pakistan Senator from
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in 2012, Hussain came under severe public criticism when it was reported that he only paid ₨. 82. ( US¢ 0.82) in filing the
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, and was called as a tax evader by various news correspondents. On 4 June 2012, Hussain was unanimously elected as the Chairman of the Senate Defence Committee chairman.


Rejoining PML(N) and Pakistan Senator

In October 2016,
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Nawaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms, first serving from 1990 to 1993, then ...
appointed Hussain and Shizra Khan as the Prime Minister's Special Envoy on unrest in Kashmir and went to attend the
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, where he termed the violation of the
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as "an act of war." He viewed the initiation of the strategic corridor as a crucial and one of the largest political achievement of Prime Minister Sharif, and has risen a strong political voice in support Prime Minister Sharif's economic policy. On 3 January 2017, the
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ousted Hussain from the party due to his "tacit alignment" and support for the PML(N)'s cause. On 4 February 2018, he rejoined the PML(N) and spoke very high of Nawaz's services to the country. In 2018, he was elected as the Pakistan Senator from
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on the platform of PML(N) after participating in the senator elections held in March 2018.


Other interests


Lobbyist and Sinologist

On 1 October 2009, Hussain founded the Pakistan China Institute to promote the
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with China. He has consistently lobbied for strengthening the relations with
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and the
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n republics. He also expressed apprehension about the United States’ role in Pakistan while endorsing a deepening of relations with China.


Books

Hussain also written political books covering the issues of
civilian control of the military Civil control of the military is a doctrine in military science, military and political science that places ultimate command responsibility, responsibility for a country's Grand strategy, strategic decision-making in the hands of the state's c ...
, geostrategy, and governance. *''An Apology to the Puppet Government, With a Policy of neither East nor the West'', Quetta: ARPE, 1986, 48 p. *''Pakistan and the Changing Regional Scenario: Reflections of a Journalist'', Lahore: Progressive Publishers, 1988, 339 p. *''Pakistan's Politics: The Zia Years'', Lahore: Progressive Publishers, 1990, 293 p. *''Pakistan: Problems of Governance'', New Delhi: Konark Publishers, 1993, 166 p.


See also

* * Democratic movements in Pakistan **
Civilian control of the military Civil control of the military is a doctrine in military science, military and political science that places ultimate command responsibility, responsibility for a country's Grand strategy, strategic decision-making in the hands of the state's c ...
** Civil-military relations ** Khakistocracy ** Movement to impeach Pervez Musharraf ** ''General Musharraf vs. Federation of Pakistan, et.al.'' * Post Cold War era * Conservatism in Pakistan


References


External links


Political Biography of Mushahid Hussain Syed
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