| Syed Tahir Hussain Mashhadi | |
|---|---|
| Pakistani Senator from Sindh | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office March 2012 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1942-07-26)July 26, 1942 Jehanian, Punjab, British India |
| Died | July 9, 2022(2022-07-09) (aged 79) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Political party | Muttahida Qaumi Movement |
| Occupation | Soldier, politician |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
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).
Military career
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.
Death
Tahir Hussain Mashhadi died on 9 July 2022.
References
- ^ "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