Mubashir Hassan

Mubashir Hassan (; 22 January 1922 – 14 March 2020) was a Pakistani politician, humanist, political adviser, and an engineer who served in the capacity of Finance Minister in Bhutto administration from 1971 until 1974.

In 1967, Hassan co-founded the Pakistan Peoples Party, a democratic socialist political party, along with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and J.A. Rahim. He was raised by his mother while his father worked for the government of Hyderabad Deccan. His wide knowledge in ranging from science and politics, Hassan became one of the closest confidants and advisers of Bhutto, and acted on behalf of Bhutto in 1970 to form a coalition government with Mujibur Rahman of Peoples League. After the 1971 Winter war, Hassan was appointed Finance Minister and helped Bhutto establish the Ministry of Science in 1972. In 1974, Hassan resigned from Finance Ministry after learning of this incident, but remained loyal to Bhutto. He objected to the idea of giving the Kahuta Project's responsibilities to Corps of Engineers, but was overruled by Bhutto. In 2011, Hassan visited his native city in India, where Hassan advocated normalisation of Indo-Pakistan relations, and maintained that:

Publications

Books and bibliography 2001, Birds of the Indus, Mubashir Hasan, Tom J. Roberts 2000, The Mirage of Power, Dr. Mubashir Hassan, PhD, (2000) 1989, An Enquiry into the Bhutto Years, Dr. Mubashir Hassan 1986, National unity: what is to be done?, Mubashir Hasan, I. A. Rahman, A. H. Kardar 1977, United front for people's democracy 1976, Pakistan's illiterate leaders 1967, A Declaration of Unity of People 1954, On the general education of an engineer Shahrah e Inqilab