Preceded by Mian Muhammad Azhar Party Pakistan Peoples Party | Residence Civil Lines Jhelum. Children Chaudhry Farrukh Altaf | |
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Succeeded by Lt Gen (Retd) Raja Saroop Khan Political party Pakistan Peoples Party
West Pakistan Assembly 1955-1958
Majlis-e-shoora 1981-1984
National Assembly of Pakistan 1990-1993 Died 21 May 1995, Lahore, Pakistan | ||
Altaf Hussain (Late) was the 19th Governor of Punjab, Pakistan from 1992 till May 1995, after the independence of Pakistan in 1947. He belonged to Jhelum District He belonged to a notable Jatt family.
On 29 May 1993, he dissolved the Punjab Assembly and the cabinet led by Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) under political leadership of Nawaz Sharif and appointed Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo as caretaker Chief Minister Punjab. On 9 June 1993, the Lahore High Court temporarily restored the Punjab Assembly. On 28 June 1993, restoration of Punjab Assembly was confirmed by Lahore High Court. However, Altaf Hussain, the then Governor of Punjab dissolved the assembly just seven minutes later. This step was generally condemned by the public
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