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Mushaal Hussein Malik (Urdu: مشال حسین ملک; born 23 October 1986) is a Pakistani painting artist and social activist,serving as a special advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on human rights and women empowerment, under the caretaker government headed by Anwarul Haq Kakar, since 17 August 2023.

She is the spouse of Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, the commander of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), who is currently serving a life imprisonment sentence in India (Tihar Jail, Delhi).

Early life and education

Born into a Kashmiri family, her late father MA Hussein Mullick was an economist who headed the economics department at Bonn University, Germany and served as a Nobel Prize jury member while her mother Rehana Hussein Mullick has been the secretary general of the women's wing of the PML-N. Her brother Haider Ali Hussein Mullick is a foreign policy expert based in the United States, as of 2023 being a teacher at the Naval Postgraduate School, while her sister Sabien Hussein Mullick is a social worker.

Mishal holds a post-graduate degree in political economy from the London School of Economics.

References

1. "Mushaal Mullick receives National Women Rights award in Pakistan". 16 March 2018.
2. "Yasin Malik's wife, advisor to interim Pak PM, debated over in Valley: The many roles of Mushaal Mullick". 24 August 2023.
3. "Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik's wife part of Pakistan caretaker government – India Today". Indiatoday.in. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
4. Desk, Web (August 17, 2023). "Yasin Malik's wife Mushaal included on Pakistan's interim cabinet". Aaj English TV. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
5. "Terrorist Yasin Malik's Wife Mushaal Hussein Part Of Pakistan's Caretaker Govt". TimesNow. August 18, 2023.
6. Mullick, Mushaal Hussein (February 2019). "A Tale of Love, Woes & Hope: The Life of a Kashmiri Woman". Hilal Her. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Though I am a victim (I don't want to be labelled as one) of a divided Kashmiri family (...)
7. Pandita, Rahul (28 January 2010). "Meet Mrs Malik". Open The Magazine. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024.
8. "Who is Mushaal Hussein Mullick, Yasin Malik's wife part of Pakistan Cabinet?". Firstpost. 18 August 2023.
9. Ahmed, Farzand (23 February 2009). "Yasin Malik ties knot with Mishaal Mullick in Pakistan". India Today.

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