Tahir Hussain Mashhadi
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Tahir Hussain Mashhadi | |
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Pakistani Senator from Sindh | |
Assumed office March 2012 | |
President | Mamnoon Hussain |
Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
Personal details | |
Born | 26 July 1942 Jehanian, Punjab, British India |
Political party | Muttahida Qaumi Movement |
Occupation | Soldier, politician |
Military service | |
Battles/wars | Indo-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[]
- ^ "Former Muttahida senator Tahir Mashhadi joins PPP". The International News. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
Categories:
- Pakistan Army officers
- Living people
- 1942 births
- Muttahida Qaumi Movement politicians
- Pakistani senators (14th Parliament)