Ghulam Hussain (politician)

Dr Ghulam Hussain is a Pakistani medical practitioner and politician. He got his bachelor of medicine degree in 1963 and worked as a general practitioner 1963–1972 and 1974–1977. He belongs to a Jatt family.

For the Pakistani colonel who lost his life in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, see Ghulam Hussain Chaudhry.
Dr Ghulam Hussain
Secretary-General
Pakistan Peoples Party (S.B)
In office
1977–1985
PresidentFazal Ilahi Chaudhry
Prime MinisterZulfikar Ali Bhutto
Preceded byJ. A. Rahim, Mubashir Hasan
Succeeded byGeneral Tikka Khan
Federal Minister for Railways of Pakistan
In office
1977–1977
Personal details
Born (1936-06-26) June 26, 1936
Jhelum, Pakistan
Political partyPakistan Peoples Party
SpouseZarina Parvin (Late)
ChildrenNadeem Hussain
Uzma Hussain
Imran Hussain
Humaira Hussain
Saadia Hussain
WebsiteOfficial Website

He was a close ally of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and the co-founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party,[1] ex-General Secretary of the PPP,[2] also one of the writers of Pakistan's first constitution in 1973.

He practised as a doctor in Mandi Bahauddin for some time and gained popularity for his charity work. He joined Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and formed the Pakistan Peoples Party. He won election and became a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan (MNA) and later a Minister.

He was arrested and exiled by Gen Zia-ul-Haq from Pakistan in the early 1980s.

Childhood to mid-life

Hussain was born in the village of Jammarghal, union council Nakka Khurd, Tehsil & District Jhelum. His father was Haji Muhammed Akbar jutt and his mother Hajjan Rasul Bibi; they were both farmers. His parents had three sons and two daughters. The names of the sons are Ghulam Hussain, Ghulam Mustafa and Ghulam Ahmad. Ghulam Hussain has two sister, Ghulam Fatima and Late Fazil Bibi.

The boys attended school in the village of Chakri three miles away every day. Hussain graduated top of his middle school, Chakri Rajgaan Teh. Jhelum, in 1952, then matriculated from Muslim Model High School, Lahore. He finished his high school in 1954 and then joined Government College Lahore where he gained a B.Sc in biology in 1958. He graduated with an MBBS from King Edward Medical College Lahore in 1963.

Early career

He started medical practice at Mandi Bahauddin in 1963. Because this was the nearest town from his village. He used to visit his native area on every Friday and treated free of cost. He started to organize Kayssan Council of his native area in 1964.

References
  1. Overseas Pakistani Friends Blog, The co-founder of PPP, Dr. Ghulam Hussain
  2. Europa World Year Book 2, Book 2, Sec-Gen Dr. Ghulam Hussain
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