Ghulam Hussain (politician)
Pakistani politician
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.
He was a close ally of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and the co-founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party, ex-General Secretary of the PPP, 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.
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