Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi (Urdu: سید طاہر حسین مشہدی; 26 July 1942 – 9 July 2022) was a Pakistani soldier and a politician (a member of the Senate of Pakistan from 2003 to 2006).[1]
Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi | |
|---|---|
| Pakistani Senator from Sindh | |
| Assumed office March 2012 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 26, 1942 Jehanian, Punjab, British India |
| Died | July 9, 2022 (aged 79) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Political party | Muttahida Qaumi Movement |
| Occupation | Soldier, politician |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
Military career edit
Tahir Mashhadi joined the Pakistan Army in 1970 during the war with India and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1971, graduating from the Pakistan Military Academy.
During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Mashhadi was stationed in then East Pakistan, which saw some heavy air attacks. At the end of war, Mashhadi was taken as a prisoner of war and repatriated in 1974.
He was a member of the Pakistan Peoples Party and a former senator of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.[1][2]
Death edit
Tahir Hussain Mashhadi died on 9 July 2022.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b "Senator Tahir Hussain Mashhadi profile". Senate of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Former Muttahida senator Tahir Mashhadi joins PPP". The News International (newspaper). 31 July 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ President, PM condole death of PPP leader Associated Press of Pakistan website, Published 9 July 2022, Retrieved 16 April 2023