Mubashir Hassan

Mubashir Hassan
Minister of Finance
In office
24 December 1971 – 22 October 1974
Prime MinisterZulfikar Ali Bhutto
Preceded byMuzaffar Ali Khan
Succeeded byMohammad Hanif
Personal details
Born
Mubashir Hassan

(1922-01-22)22 January 1922
Panipat, Haryana, India
(Present-day, Panipat, Haryana in India)
Died14 March 2020(2020-03-14) (aged 98)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
NationalityIndia (1922–47)
Pakistan (1947–2020)
Political partyPakistan Peoples Party
Alma materUET Lahore
Columbia University
Iowa State University
OccupationProfessor, political activist
CabinetBhutto administration (1971–74)

Mubashir Hassan (Urdu: مبشر حسن; 22 January 1922 – 14 March 2020) was a Pakistani politician, humanist, political adviser, and an engineer who served in the capacity of Finance Minister in Bhutto administration from 1971 until 1974.

In 1967, Hassan co-founded the Pakistan Peoples Party, a democratic socialist political party, along with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and J.A. Rahim.[1] After appointed Finance Minister in Bhutto administration in 1971, his role was critical in aggressively pursuing the nationalization of private sector for establishing the planned economy while he managed the funding of the atomic bomb program when he helped established the Ministry of Science to promote and increase the scientific output of the country.[2]

After leaving the Bhutto administration in 1974, he was appointed as the General-Secretary of the Pakistan Peoples Party, and continue his role as political adviser to Prime Minister Bhutto but become troubled when Bhutto was removed from the office, facing charges of inciting violence by the Zia administration.[1] After retiring from politics in 1980s, Hassan joined the UET Lahore and accepted the position in teaching civil engineering, and was a vital member of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.

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