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{{Short description|Pakistani senator}}
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| term_start2 = 23 March 2003
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| term_end3 = 12 October 1999
| primeminister3 = [[Nawaz Sharif]]
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| term_start4 = 26 May 1993
| term_end4 = 18 July 1993
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'''Mushahid Hussain Syed''' (Urdu: مشاہد حسین سید‬; b. 1953) is a Pakistani politician, and journalist who is currently the [[List of senators of Pakistan|Pakistan Senator]] from the [[Islamabad Capital Territory]] on the platform of the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]], since 3 March 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=761|title=Senate of Pakistan|website=www.senate.gov.pk|access-date=2017-02-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/957311/mushahid-hussain-elected-chairman-of-cpec-parliamentary-committee/|title=Mushahid Hussain elected chairman of CPEC parliamentary committee - The Express Tribune|date=2015-09-15|newspaper=The Express Tribune|access-date=2017-02-07|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/events/lecture-by-senator-mushahid-hussain-of-pakistan|title=Lecture by Senator Mushahid Hussain of Pakistan|website=berkleycenter.georgetown.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-02-18}}</ref>

A [[political journalist]] by profession, Hussain briefly served in the [[Nawaz Sharif|Sharif]] administrations in 1990s and is known for his political positions that reflects the [[national conservatism]] towards supporting the idea of [[Civilian control of the military|civilian control]] of the [[Pakistani military|military]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiaconference.com/2017/speakers/mushahid-hussain-sayed/|title=Mushahid Hussain Sayed « India Conference|website=indiaconference.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-18}}</ref> After playing a crucial role in the support of the decision-making towards the [[Chagai-I|nuclear weapons-testing]] in response to [[India]]'s in 1998, Hussain's tenure was abrupted by the [[1999 Pakistani coup d'état|staged martial law]] by [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee|Chairman joint chiefs]] Gen. [[Pervez Musharraf]] and was held in prison on treason conspiracy in 1999.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1024464|title=Mushahid Hussain Syed|date=2013-04-30|newspaper=Dawn|access-date=2017-02-07|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Mushahid Hussain">{{Cite news|url=http://nation.com.pk/politics/06-Sep-2008/Mushahid-Hussain|title=Mushahid Hussain|newspaper=The Nation|access-date=2017-02-07|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2003, he later defected to the [[PML(Q)|forward block]] supporting the [[2007 Pakistani presidential election|presidential campaign]] of [[Pervez Musharraf]] and was elected the [[List of senators of Pakistan|Pakistan Senator]] of the [[Senate of Pakistan|Senate]].

Despite his support for the [[PML(Q)]], the forward block supporting Musharraf for several years, Hussain remained sympathetics towards the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)|PML(N)]] and eventually joined his original party after being ousted by the [[PML(Q)|forward block]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1064245/dawn-features-february-28-2003|title=DAWN - Features; February 28, 2003|date=2003-02-28|newspaper=Dawn|access-date=2017-02-07|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/890540/sughra-set-to-head-senate-s-foreign-affairs-body|title=Sughra set to head Senate's foreign affairs body|date=2010-01-12|newspaper=Dawn|access-date=2017-02-07|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/320130|title=All eyes on President Zardari: nAn arduous journey from prison to presidency and Victory by 68pc|date=2008-09-07|newspaper=Dawn|access-date=2017-02-07|language=en}}</ref> He is known as a proponent for strengthening the [[Sino pak realtions|foreign relations]] with [[China]] and [[Central Asia]], having served the Chairman of the China-Pakistan Institute, a lobbying firm based in Islamabad.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1024464|title=Mushahid Hussain Syed|date=2013-04-30|newspaper=Daawn|access-date=2017-02-07|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Mushahid Hussain"/>

==Biography==
===Early life and career in journalism===

Mushahid Hussain Syed was born in [[Sialkot]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] in [[Pakistan]] into a military family on 2 November 1952.<ref name="Senate Secretariat">{{cite web|last1=Senate|first1=Press release|title=Mushahid Hussain Sayed|url=http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=887&catid=261&subcatid=2&cattitle=Members%20of%20Senate|website=www.senate.gov.pk|publisher=Senate Secretariat|accessdate=26 May 2018}}</ref> His father, Amjad Hussain Syed, was an [[Army ranks and insignia of Pakistan|army officer]] in the [[Pakistan Army]], retiring with rank of [[Colonel|army colonel]]; his mother, Sameen Sayed, was a social activist.<ref name="Dawn Newspaper, staff, 2013">{{cite news|title=Mushahid Hussain Syed|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1024464|accessdate=26 May 2018|work=Dawn|agency=Dawn Newspaper|publisher=Dawn Newspaper, 2013|date=30 April 2013}}</ref> Hussain is the third oldest of four children, and both his parents were the [[:Category:Pakistan Movement activists|activists]] in the [[Pakistan Movement]] prior to 1947.<ref name="The Nation, et.al. 2018">{{cite news|title=Mushahid Hussain's mother laid to rest|url=https://nation.com.pk/22-Nov-2010/mushahid-hussains-mother-laid-to-rest|accessdate=19 February 2017 |work=The Nation|agency=The Nation|publisher=The Nation, 2018|date=22 November 2010|language=en}}</ref> His mother, Sameen, died at the age of 83 in 2010.<ref name="The Nation, et.al. 2018"/>

After his [[Matriculation in Pakistan|matriculation]] from [[Lahore]], Hussain went to attend the [[Forman Christian College University]] where he graduated with [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[Journalism]] in 1974.<ref name="Senate Secretariat"/> During this time, he went to the [[United States]] under the [[Fulbright Program]] to attend the [[School of Foreign Service]] of the [[Georgetown University]] in [[Washington D.C.]] and graduated with the [[Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS)|M.S.]] in [[International relations|Foreign Service]], and briefly interned at the [[United States Congress]].<ref name="MH Syed, 2018">{{cite web|last1=Shahid|first1=Muhammad |title=Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed|url=http://www.mushahidhussain.com/profile.php?pageid=profile|website=www.mushahidhussain.com|publisher=MH Syed|accessdate=26 May 2018|language=en}}</ref> While studying in the United States, he was President of the Pakistan Students Association and was awarded a Congressional Internship to work in the United States Congress.<ref name="MH Syed, 2018"/>

After completing his education, Hussain returned to [[Pakistan]] and joined the Directing Staff of the [[Pakistan Administrative Staff College|Administrative Staff College]] in Lahore to instruct courses on [[International Relations|international relations]] to the civil servants prior to their joining of the [[Foreign Service of Pakistan|Pakistan Foreign Service]].<ref name="MH Syed, 2018"/> He also served as the [[visiting professor]] on the topics of [[international relations]] at the [[Punjab University, Lahore|Punjab University]] but was terminated from his employment when he spoke on a rally to oppose the [[Operation Fair Play|martial law government]] in October 1979.<ref name="Pakistan leadersonline">{{cite web|title=Pakistan Leaders Online: Mushahid Hussain Sayed|url=https://www.pakistanileaders.com.pk/profile/Mushah_Hussain_Sayed|website=www.pakistanileaders.com.pk|publisher=Pakistan leadersonline|accessdate=26 May 2018}}</ref> After his termination, he begin writing [[Syndicated columnist|syndicated]] political columns on conservatism and joined the English daily [[List of newspapers in Pakistan|''The Muslim'']], of which, he became its [[Editor-in-Chief]] in 1982.<ref name="Pakistan leadersonline"/> He also joined [[The Hindustan Times]] where he wrote the [[Syndicated columnist|syndicated column]].<ref name="Pakistan leadersonline"/>

In 1983, he joined the [[Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool|Non-Aligned News Agencies]] which he co-chaired in [[New Delhi]].<ref name="Pakistan leadersonline"/><ref name="Senate Secretariat" /> In 1985–86, Hussain had established himself as a journalist and had enjoyed considerable fame when he wrote articles on politics and security.{{rp|228}}<ref name="Stanford University Press, Khan, 2012">{{cite book|last1=Khan, PA|first1=Brig. Feroz|title=Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb|date=2012|publisher=Stanford University Press|location=Santa Ana, Calif. U.S.|isbn=9780804784801|pages=405|edition=1st|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yGgrNAsKZjEC&q=mushahid+hussain+journalist&pg=PA225|accessdate=26 May 2018|language=en-us|format=google books}}</ref>

In 1988, he reportedly lost his job as a journalist when he published an interview in [[List of newspapers in Pakistan|''The Muslim'']] on the issue of [[Pakistan and its Nuclear Deterrent Program|the country's covert atomic bomb program]] when [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|President Zia-ul-Haq]] froze the funding of the news correspondent{{rp|227}}<ref name="Stanford University Press, Khan, 2012" />

====Authorship====
Hussain also written three political books covering the issues of [[civilian control of the military]], [[geostrategy]], and governance.<ref>{{cite book|title=Authorship of Mushahid Hussain|url=https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Mushahid+Hussain%22&dpr=1|accessdate=26 May 2018|language=en}}</ref>

*{{cite book|last1=Hussain|first1=Mushahid|title=Pakistan and the Changing Regional Scenario: Reflections of a Journalist|date=1988|publisher=Progressive Publications|location=Islamabad, Pakistan|pages=339|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ee9tAAAAMAAJ|language=en}}
*{{cite book|last1=Hussain|first1=Mushahid|title=Pakistan's politics: the Zia years|date=1990|publisher=Progressive Publishers|location=Islamabad|pages=293|isbn=9788122002171|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oAJuAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=26 May 2018|language=en}}
*{{cite book|last1=Hussain|first1=Mushahid|last2=Hussain|first2=Akmal|title=Pakistan: Problems of Governance|date=1993|publisher=Konark Publishers and Centre for Policy Research|location=New Delhi, India|pages=193|isbn=9788122003017|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lu9tAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=26 May 2018|language=en}}

==Public service in Pakistan==
===Information minister in Sharif administrations and imprisonment===
{{Main|Conservatism in Pakistan|War hawk}}
[[File:RSIL team with Senator Mushahid Hussain.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Hussain (left) discussing the Fair Trial bill at the [[Research Society of International Law|RSIL meeting]] in 2017.]]
After covering the nationwide [[1990 Pakistani general election|general elections]] held in 1990, Hussain joined the [[Islami Jamhoori Ittehad|IDA government]] led by [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Nawaz Sharif]] and was inducted as an adviser on External Publicity and Foreign Affairs in the [[First Sharif ministry|first administration]], which he served until 1993.<ref name="Senate Secretariat" /> He advised the Prime Minister Sharif on the issues relating to the foreign relations with the [[United States]], [[India]], and the geostrategy in [[Central Asia]], and was later elevated as the [[Minister of Communications (Pakistan)|Minister of Communications]].{{rp|43}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Strategic Studies|date=1991|publisher=Institute of Strategic Studies|language=en}}</ref> In 1994, he was appointed as the information secretary of the [[Pakistan Muslim League|PML(N)]] while he continued to write columns and articles on the issue of [[national conservatism]] and security in country's major news and political correspondents.{{rp|264}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Selections from National Press|date=1995|publisher=Centre for South Asian Studies, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, University of the Punjab.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gwBuAAAAMAAJ&q=mushahid+hussain+1995|accessdate=26 May 2018|language=en}}</ref>

In 1997, he played a crucial role in the managing the [[public relations]] of the election campaign of Nawaz Sharif in [[1997 Pakistani general election|general elections]] held in 1997, and reportedly quoted in favor of Nawaz Sharif: "''Nawaz will be the [[Necmettin Erbakan|Erbakan]] of Pakistan''."{{rp|155}}<ref name="Oxford University Press, Nasr">{{cite book|last1=Nasr|first1=Seyyed Vali Reza|authorlink1=Vali Nasr|title=Islamic Leviathan: Islam and the Making of State Power|date=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198032960|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BOygMqtetjQC&q=mushahid+hussain+win+elections+1997&pg=PA155|accessdate=26 May 2018|language=en|chapter-format=google books|chapter={{small|§(Pakistan, 1977-97)}}}}</ref> He participated and defended the [[NA-125 (Lahore-III)|NA-125]] constituency based on [[Lahore]] and was elected as the member of national assembly on the platform of the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] whereas joining the Prime Minister Sharif's second administration as the [[Information Minister of Pakistan|Information Minister]] in his cabinet.<ref name="Dawn Newspaper, staff, 2013" />

In 1998, when [[Prime Minister of India|Indian Prime Minister]] [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] ordered the [[Operation Shakti|nuclear tests]] in [[Rajasthan]], Hussain was the first cabinet minister who spoke in the favor of conducting the [[Chagai-I|reciprocated]] [[List of nuclear weapons tests of Pakistan|nuclear test]]s during the decision-making process.{{rp|contents}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Roy|first1=Kaushik|title=The Nuclear Shadow over South Asia, 1947 to the Present|date=2017|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781351884778|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TeNADgAAQBAJ&q=mushahid+hussain+nuclear+test&pg=PT251|accessdate=26 May 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | last =Geo News | author-link =Geo News | title =GEO Pakistan:US offered $5b against nuclear blasts: Nawaz | publisher =geo.tv | url =http://geo.tv/5-28-2010/65722.htm | date =28 May 2010 | accessdate =25 June 2015 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150626130427/http://www.geo.tv/5-28-2010/65722.htm | archive-date =26 June 2015 | url-status =dead }}</ref> Hussain was reportedly known in the political circles as a "[[War hawk]]."<ref name="Dawn Newspapers, Husain, 1999"/> He repeatedly praised Prime Minister Sharif on various public convention of authorizing the nuclear testing program to counter the India's aggression in the region to ensure the [[mutual assured destruction]] to India in case of a war.<ref name="Business Recorder, 2016">{{cite news|title=PM Nawaz took bold decision to conduct nuclear tests in 1998: Mushahid|url=https://www.brecorder.com/2016/05/28/298910/pm-nawaz-took-bold-decision-to-conduct-nuclear-tests-in-1998-mushahid/|accessdate=26 May 2018|work=Associate Press|agency=Business Recorder|publisher=Business Recorder, 2018|date=28 May 2016}}</ref> He later went onto speak on the [[CNN]], [[Fox News]], and the [[Face the Nation]] on [[CBS News]] to defend the decision to conduct nuclear tests.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/18/world/nuclear-anxiety-the-neighbor-pakistan-seems-mixed-on-holding-nuclear-test.html|title=Nuclear Anxiety: The Neighbor – Pakistan Seems Mixed On Holding Nuclear Test|last=Kinzer|first=Stephen|date=1998-05-18|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2017-02-19|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 1998, he supported the Prime Minister Sharif's [[Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's relief of General Jehangir Karamat|relief of commission]] of Gen. [[Jehangir Karamat]] as the [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee|Chairman joint chiefs]], which he viewed as vital for government's [[Civilian control of the military|civilian control]] of the [[Pakistani military|military]] at that time.<ref name="The New York Times, CW Dugger, 1998">{{cite news|last1=Dugger|first1=Celia W.|title=Pakistani Premier Prevails in Clash With General|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/20/world/pakistani-premier-prevails-in-clash-with-general.html|accessdate=26 May 2018|work=The New York Times|agency=The New York Times|date=20 October 1998}}</ref>

About the [[Kargil war]], he reportedly spoke in favor of the conflict and reportedly noted in the televised press conference: bitter fighting has "internationalized Kashmir", and hence was worth the loss of life suffered by the Pakistan Army as well as the Kashmiri freedom fighters involved.<ref name="Dawn Newspapers, Husain, 1999">{{cite news|last1=Husain|first1=Irfan|title=The cost of Kargil|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1074346|accessdate=26 May 2018|work=Dawn|agency=Dawn Newspapers|publisher=Dawn Newspapers, 1999|date=14 August 1999}}</ref> In 1999, his tenure was abrupted when Chairman joint chiefs Gen. [[Pervez Musharraf]] [[1999 Pakistani coup d'état|staged a martial law]] against the elected civilian government, and placed him trial that sentenced him on a [[solitary confinement]] on a conspiracy of treason; he was declared as the [[prisoner of conscience]].<ref name="The New York Times, Hussain, 2001">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/12/opinion/in-the-cage-in-search-of-grace.html|title=In the Cage, in Search of Grace|last=Hussain|first=Mushahid|date=2001-02-12|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2017-02-19|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 2000–01, he voiced for the [[Civilian control of the military|civilian control]] of the military and the called for the [[Democracy in Pakistan|support for the democratic movements]] in an opined article which ''[[The Washington Post]]'' profiled him as: "Pakistan Keeps Gag on Former Spokesman."<ref name="Pakistan leadersonline" />

===PML(Q)'s secretary and presidential campaign in 2008===
{{Main|Morality and ethics}}
In 2003, Hussain agreed upon a deal with the [[Pervez Musharraf|Musharraf administration]] and joined the [[PML(Q)|forward block]], the [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)|PML(Q)]], led by [[Shujaat Hussain]] and ultimately ran for the senate elections held in 2002.<ref name="Dawn Newspaper, Ziauddin, 2003">{{cite news|last1=Ziauddin|first1=M.|title=The best democracy money can buy|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1064245/dawn-features-february-28-2003|accessdate=26 May 2018|work=Dawn|agency=Dawn Newspaper|publisher=Dawn Newspaper|date=28 February 2003}}</ref> His decision to defect against the [[Ethics|ethical]] [[morality]] lost the credibility that he had built over the several decades as a "respected journalist and disciplined politician",<ref name="Dawn Newspapers, Siddiqui, 2005"/> and was received severe public criticism from news correspondents of defending the Musharraf's [[2004 Pakistani presidential election|presidential campaign]] while serving as sitting [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|army chief]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i5GMCwAAQBAJ&q=Mushahid+Hussain+joins+PMLQ&pg=PA425|title=The Pakistan Paradox: Instability and Resilience|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|date=2015-01-01|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780190235185|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Dawn Newspapers, Siddiqui, 2005">{{cite news|last1=Siddiqui|first1=A.R.|title=Politics and 'military factor'|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1066892/dawn-features-06-january-2005|accessdate=26 May 2018|agency=Dawn Newspapers|publisher=Dawn Newspapers, 2005|date=6 January 2005}}</ref>

His credibility was greatly questioned in an editorial written in [[Dawn (newspaper)|''Dawn'']], the political correspondent, where Ziauddin claimed that Hussain filed for "nomination papers for the Senate elections reportedly with a letter of recommendation from [[Washington, D.C.]]"<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1064245/dawn-features-february-28-2003|title=DAWN - Features; February 28, 2003|date=2003-02-28|newspaper=Dawn|access-date=2017-02-19|language=en}}</ref> In 2004, he joined the taskforce as the President Musharraf's special envoy to begin negotiate with the Baloch political leader [[Nawab Akbar Bugti|Akbar Bugti]], an ally of [[Benazir Bhutto]], which eventually failed.<ref name="Newsline Magazine, Hussain, 2004">{{cite news|last1=Hussain|first1=Mushahid|title=Has the Rubicon Crossed?|url=http://newslinemagazine.com/magazine/has-the-rubicon-been-crossed/|accessdate=26 May 2018|agency=Newsline Magazine|date=4 October 2004}}</ref> he further earned notoriety when he was part of the same government which was eventually implicated in the Bugti's killing.<ref name="Dawn Newspaper, staff, 2013" /> After the resignation of [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Pervez Musharraf]], Hussain earned the nomination from the [[PML-Q]] to run his presidential campaign during the [[2008 Pakistani presidential election|presidential election]] held in 2008.<ref name="The Nation, Abrar and et.al, 2008">{{cite news|last1=Abrar|first1=Maqbool Malik|last2=Saeed|first2=Zamir Sheikh|last3=Ashfaq|first3=Mohammad|last4=Baloch|first4=Bari|last5=Hassan|first5=Mubashir|title=Sweeps into presidency|url=https://nation.com.pk/07-Sep-2008/sweeps-into-presidency|accessdate=26 May 2018|work=The Nation|agency=The Nation|publisher=The Nation, 2008|date=7 September 2008}}</ref> Hussain eventually lost the presidential elections with the largest margin, receiving only 44 votes out of 700 from the [[Electoral College of Pakistan|Electoral College]] as opposed top [[Asif Zardari]] (409/700) and [[Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui|S.Z. Siddiqui]] (216/700).<ref name="New York Times, Parlez & Masood, 2008">{{cite news|last1=Parlez|first1=Jane|last2=Masood|first2=Salman|title=Bhutto's Widower Wins Pakistani Presidency|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/world/asia/07zardari.html?hp&_r=0|accessdate=26 May 2018|agency=New York Times|work=New York Times|date=6 September 2008}}</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7600917.stm news.bbc.co.uk, Bhutto's widower wins presidency]</ref>

After [[2012 Pakistani Senate election|elected]] as [[Pakistani senators|Pakistan Senator]] from [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] in 2012, Hussain came under severe public criticism when it was reported that he only paid [[Pakistan Rupee|₨.]] 82. ([[US cents|US¢]] 0.82) in filing the [[tax returns]], and was called as a tax evader by various news correspondents.<ref name="The Guardian. Boone, 2012">{{cite news|last1=Boone|first1=Jon|title=Pakistan politicians engulfed by tax evasion storm|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/12/pakistan-politicians-tax-evasion|accessdate=26 May 2018|work=the Guardian|agency=The Guardian|publisher=The Guardian. 2018|date=12 December 2012|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/world/asia/most-pakistani-lawmakers-dont-file-tax-returns-study-finds.html|title=Most Pakistani Lawmakers Don't File Tax Returns, Study Finds|last=Walsh|first=Declan|date=2012-12-12|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2017-02-19|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

On 4 June 2012, Hussain was unanimously elected as the Chairman of the Senate Defence Committee chairman.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/388624/mushahid-hussain-syed-elected-as-senate-defence-committee-chairman/|title=Mushahid Hussain Syed elected as Senate Defence Committee chairman - The Express Tribune|date=2012-06-04|newspaper=The Express Tribune|access-date=2017-02-19|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Rejoining PML(N) and Pakistan Senator===

In October 2016, [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Nawaz Sharif]] appointed Hussain and [[Shizra Mansab Ali Khan|Shizra Khan]] as the Prime Minister's Special Envoy on [[2016 Kashmir unrest|unrest in Kashmir]] and went to attend the [[Atlantic Council]], where he termed the violation of the [[Indus Waters Treaty]] as "an act of war."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1288629|title=US-India relations reason for Pakistan's burgeoning ties with Russia: Mushahid Husain|date=2016-10-08|newspaper=Dawn|access-date=2017-02-20|language=en}}</ref> He viewed the initiation of the [[CPEC|strategic corridor]] as a crucial and one of the largest political achievement of Prime Minister Sharif, and has risen a strong political voice in support Prime Minister Sharif's economic policy.<ref>{{cite web|last1=(PCI)|first1=Pakistan-China Institute|title=CPEC to bring an economic revolution in the country: Mushahid Hussain Sayed - CPEC Latest News|url=http://www.cpecinfo.com/news/cpec-to-bring-an-economic-revolution-in-the-country-mushahid-hussain-sayed/NTI5OQ==|website=www.cpecinfo.com|language=en}}</ref>

On 3 January 2017, the [[PML-Q]] ousted Hussain from the party due to his "tacit alignment" and support for the [[PML-N|PML(N)]]'s cause.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nation.com.pk/newspaper-picks/03-Jan-2017/tariq-cheema-nominated-as-pml-q-secretary-general|title=Tariq Cheema nominated as PML-Q secretary general|newspaper=The Nation|access-date=2017-02-20|language=en-US}}</ref> On 4 February 2018, he rejoined the [[PML-N|PML(N)]] and spoke very high of Nawaz's services to the country.<ref name="Geo News, Ansari, 2018">{{cite news|last1=Ansari|first1=Raeez|title=Senator Mushahid Hussain returns to PML-N fold after meeting Nawaz|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/180268-mushahid-hussain-joins-pml-n-after-meeting-nawaz|accessdate=26 May 2018|agency=Geo News|date=4 February 2018}}</ref> In 2018, he was elected as the [[Pakistani senators|Pakistan Senator]] from [[FATA|Federally Administrated Triabal Areas]] on the platform of PML(N) after participating in the [[2018 Pakistani Senate election|senator elections]] held in March 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tahir|first1=Zulqernain|title=PML-N and its 'explanations' for embracing Mushahid|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1387412|accessdate=26 May 2018|work=Dawn|date=5 February 2018}}</ref>

==Lobbyist and Sinologist==
{{Main|Sinology}}
On 1 October 2009, Hussain founded the Pakistan China Institute to promote the [[China–Pakistan relations|bilateral relations]] with China.<ref>{{cite web|last1=(PCI)|first1=Pakistan-China Institute|title=Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on CPEC {{!}} CPEC Official website|url=http://www.cpecinfo.com/chairman|website=www.cpecinfo.com|accessdate=26 May 2018|language=en}}</ref> He has consistently lobbied for strengthening the relations with [[China]] and the [[Central Asia]]n republics.<ref name="Pakistan leadersonline" />

==See also==
*{{Portal bar|Pakistan|Punjab|Conservatism}}
*[[Democracy in Pakistan|Democratic movements in Pakistan]]
**[[Civilian control of the military]]
**[[Civil-military relations]]
**[[Khakistocracy]]
** [[Movement to impeach Pervez Musharraf]]
**[[Pervez Musharraf|''General Musharraf vs. Federation of Pakistan, et.al.'']]
*[[Post Cold War era]]
*[[Conservatism in Pakistan]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.mushahidhussain.com/ Political Biography of Mushahid Hussain Syed]
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