Sajjad Hussain Qureshi

Sajjad Hussain Qureshi
2nd Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan
In office
21 March 1985 – 29 December 1985
ChairmanGhulam Ishaq Khan
Succeeded byMalik Muhammad Ali Khan
22nd Governor of Punjab
In office
30 December 1985 – 9 December 1988
PresidentMuhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Preceded byGhulam Jilani Khan
Succeeded byTikka Khan
Personal details
Born(1923-09-24)24 September 1923
Died23 January 1996(1996-01-23) (aged 72)
NationalityPakistani
RelationsZain Qureshi (grandson)
Zahoor Hussain Qureshi (grandson)
ChildrenShah Mehmood Qureshi (son)
Alma materUniversity of the Punjab (L.L.B)
OccupationPolitician

Makhdoom Sajjad Hussain Qureshi (Urdu: سجاد حسین قریشی) (September 1923 – 23 January 1996) was the Governor of Punjab from 30 December 1985 to 9 December 1988. He did his Matriculation from Pilot Secondary School and B.A. from Govt. Emerson College. Makhdoom Sajjad Hussain Qureshi completed his L.L.B. from Punjab University Law College. His father Makhdoom Mureed Hussain Qureshi was member of the Central Legislative Assembly before the Partition of India. Qureshi actively participated in the movement for Pakistan on the instructions of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and visited Sindh and Balochistan to motivate the public in favour of a new Muslim state. He participated in the historical Lahore Resolution of 1940.