Mubashir Hassan | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 24 December 1971 – 22 October 1974 | |
| Prime Minister | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Preceded by | Muzaffar Ali Khan |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Hanif |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mubashir Hassan 22 January 1922 Panipat, Haryana, India (Present-day, Panipat, Haryana in India) |
| Died | 14 March 2020 (aged 98) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Nationality | India (1922–47) Pakistan (1947–2020) |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party |
| Alma mater | UET Lahore Columbia University Iowa State University |
| Occupation | Professor, political activist |
| Cabinet | Bhutto 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.