Maulvi Mushtaq Hussain

Maulvi Mushtaq Hussain was a Pakistani jurist who served as chief justice of the Lahore High Court. Most notably in his career as a judge, he presided over the trial of former prime minister of Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.

Three days later the Zia government again arrested the ousted prime minister. This time the arrest was made on the testimonies given by five members of the Federal Security Force (Pakistan) (FSF), including its head. One of the men, however turned hostile against the prosecution and accused the police and the Zia dictatorship of 'extracting false testimonies (from the FSF members) under torture'.

Controversial death sentence Later in 2011, it was claimed by Pakistan Peoples Party member and attorney Babar Awan that Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto had written different applications and letters to the then Punjab governor requesting him to transfer his case to another court after highlighting bias of Justice Maulvi Mushtaq Hussain against him. Babar Awan read out these applications and letters in the Supreme Court of Pakistan in front of then Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry who was holding a hearing to revisit the case, in 2011, to determine whether the 1977 trial was fairly conducted. This 2011 court hearing was related to the controversial death sentence handed down to Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.