Zahid Hussain

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Zahid Hussain (late), a man with a string of firsts to his name was one of the brilliant career holders of Pakistan. Father of the most respected Supreme Court of Pakistan justice (R) Nasir Aslam Zahid, Mr. Zahid Hussain remained Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, he became Pakistan's first High Commissioner in India, the first Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, the first Chairman of the Planning Commission and the author of Pakistan's first five-year plan. He died in 1957.