Tahir Hussain Mashhadi

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Tahir Hussain Mashhadi
Pakistani Senator from Sindh
Assumed office
March 2012
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Personal details
Born26 July 1942
Jehanian, Punjab, British India
Political partyMuttahida Qaumi Movement
OccupationSoldier, politician
Military service
Battles/warsIndo-Pakistani War of 1971

Tahir Hussain Mashhadi (Urdu: سید طاہر حسین مشہدی; born 26 July 1942 in Jahaniah, Punjab) is a Pakistani soldier and politician.

Military career[]

Tahir Mashhadi joined the Pakistan Army in 1970 during the war with India and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1971, graduating from the Pakistan Military Academy.

During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Mashhadi was stationed in then East Pakistan, which saw some heavy air attacks. At the end of war, Mashadi was taken as a prisoner of war and repatriated in 1974.

He is a member of the Pakistan Peoples Party and a former senator of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ "Former Muttahida senator Tahir Mashhadi joins PPP". The International News. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
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