Altaf Hussain may refer to:
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Husain is a common Arabic name, especially among Muslims because of the status of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of Muhammad. It also occurs in India, Pakistan, Malaysia and other countries with Muslim populations.
Altaf Hussain Hali, also known as Maulana Khawaja Hali, was an Urdu poet and a writer.
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), previously known as Muhajir Qaumi Movement, is a secular political party in Pakistan that was founded by Altaf Hussain in 1984. Currently the party is split between 2 main factions. MQM-London faction is controlled by Altaf Hussain from London, while MQM-Pakistan is run by Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui based in Pakistan. Its electoral symbol is a kite.
Altaf Hussain is a Pakistani politician and the founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement who has lived in exile in Great Britain since the start of Operation clean up.
Altaf Husain, was an eminent East Pakistani educationist, journalist, and Pakistan Movement activist. He is noted as one of the pioneers of print journalism in Pakistan and was the founding editor and the first editor-in-chief of English-language newspaper, Dawn, which he edited for almost twenty years.
The All Pakistan Muttahida Students Organization Urdu: (آل پاکستان متحدہ اسٹوڈنٹس آرگنائزیشن) (APMSO) is notable for being the student organization that created a political party in Pakistan, the Mohajir Quami Movement, now called the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).
Ishratul Ibad Khan is a politician who served as the 30th Governor of Sindh, Pakistan. lbad is a Pakistan-born citizen and he also holds dual nationality as a British citizen. He took up the post of Governor of Sindh, Pakistan on 27 December 2002, becoming the youngest governor to hold the office. After a fight with his cousin Dr Mohsin(Uncle),on 16 July 2008, he became the province's longest-serving governor. He resigned on 27 June 2011, but his resignation was not accepted by the President of Pakistan. He resumed his official Governor duties from Tuesday, 19 July 2011. On 9 November 2016, he was removed as Governor of Sindh and replaced by Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui.
Muhammad Farooq Sattar is a Pakistani politician who is the leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan.
The Stellar School System, is a private school for girls and boys in Pakistan, founded in 2008 by young entrepreneurs Savail Hussain, Jehanzeb Amin, Sikander Choudry and Jalal Hussain in collaboration with Pakistan academics including Dr. Akmal Hussain, Professor Shaista Sirajuddin, Mrs. Sonnu Rahman, Mrs. Shireen Rahim, Mrs. Zareena Saeed and Mr. Tariq Waheed.
Haji Altaf Hussain Unar was a politician from Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan. He was elected from the constituency of PS-35 Larkana-I in 2003 as a member of Pakistan Muslim League (Q). He was defeated in 2008 elections by Ghulam Sarwar Khan of Pakistan Peoples Party. He won the 2013 elections on the ticket of Pakistan Peoples Party, but was disqualified by the court on 6 March 2014. Altaf Hussain Unar was arrested in 2008 for firing on the car of his political opponent Azra Pechoho, sister of Asif Zardari, in Nawabshah during the by-election of 2006. Altaf Unnar died at his residence in Karachi on 8 March 2014, two days after his disqualification. He was buried in his native village, Aliabad on Friday evening. He left behind six daughters and three sons.
Jinnahpur refers to a plot in Pakistan to form a breakaway autonomous state to serve as a homeland for the Muhajir people.
The Mohajir Qaumi Movement (Haqiqi), whose leader is Afaq Ahmed, is a political party claiming to represent the Mohajir in Sindh, Pakistan. The Movement was originally established by Altaf Hussain in 1978 as All Pakistan Mohajir Students Organization (APMSO), in Karachi University. Presently, the movement is known as "Haqiqi", a break away faction of the original Mohajir Qaumi Movement (which was later renamed the "Muttahida Qaumi Movement", headed by Altaf Hussain, who is living in self-exile in London.
Zulfiqar Mirza is a Pakistani politician who is affiliated with the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA). He is from Badin District, Sindh, Pakistan. He acquired his secondary education at Cadet College Petaro in the late 1960s, and graduated from Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences at Jamshoro. Zulfiqar is married to Fahmida Mirza who was elected as the first female Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan on March 19, 2008. She is also the first female parliamentary speaker in the Muslim world. Zulfiqar Mirza was the Home Minister of Sindh till June 2011.
Imran Farooq was a British-Pakistani politician who was best known for his association with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), a political party in Pakistan, of which he was a very senior member. He was also a founding member of the All Pakistan Muhajir Student Organization. Faroheld several positions in MQM and the Pakistani government. He lived in London in self-imposed exile from 1999 until he was murdered in September 2010.
Chaudhry Altaf Hussain, was a Pakistani politician who served as the 19th Governor of Punjab, Pakistan in 1993 and again from 1994 and 1995. Previously, he had been member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1956 to 1958 and again from 1990 to 1993. He was then appointed as governor which he served for three years.
Zahra Shahid Hussain commonly known as Zara Apa, was a Pakistani activist-politician, teacher and the senior vice president of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Sindh. She had formerly served as the president of women's wing of the party in Sindh, and was a member of the central executive committee of the party. On 18 May 2013, she was assassinated outside her house in the upscale Defence Housing Authority neighborhood in Karachi.
Altaf Hussain was an East Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket in the 1960s. Overall, he played six first-class matches for different teams of East Pakistan.
Altaf is an Arabic surname and male given name. Notable people with this surname include: