Abida hussain ambassador

Born into a feudal family in Pakistan, she served as the Pakistan Ambassador to the United States from to , and the Minister of Food and Agriculture Population Control in the second administration of Nawaz Sharif from until being removed in She is known for her political views that reflect fiscal conservatism on economical issues as well as for her conservation of the environment and wildlife of Pakistan.

Born into a feudal family in Pakistan, she served as the Pakistan Ambassador to the United States from to , and the Minister of Food and Agriculture.

Abida Hussain was born in Jhang , Punjab in Pakistan , into a wealthy family that owned farmhouses , cattle ranges and ranches in After the military takeover in and the presidential ordinance enforced in , Abida was disqualified from participating in national politics due to the lack of submitting proof of a baccalaureate degree to the Election Commission , which is a requirement.

Her daughter, Sughra , pursued her footsteps and is also a politician on the PML N 's platform and currently tenuring in the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab. After her father's death in , Abida Hussain entered national politics on the platform of the Pakistan Peoples Party PPP and won Jhang constituency during the general elections held in In , she lost her party's constituency nomination to Haider Bharwana.

When the general election was announced, she joined the Pakistan Muslim League PML and stood in Constituency NA against clergy member, Rehmatullah Bharwana; she was noted as the first woman first women to be elected to the National Assembly on a general seat. In the general election , she fought the election against the influential cleric, Haq-Nawaz Jhangvi , who later founded the violent LeJ after losing the elections for Constituency NA to Abida Hussain.

At the time of her launch of her autobiography , she later identified the issue of nuclear weapons was the principal source of distress between bilateral ties of Pakistan and the United States. Because they would make only one demand: "Roll back your [atomic] program". And, since I was quite clear that we cannot do that, our conversations were not friendly.

Abida later levelled accusations on the American contractor, General Dynamics , of bribing her after making the suggestions as the contractor wanted Pakistan to continue funding the F program for the Pakistan Air Force until the contract ended. Vice President Al Gore mistook her twice as her deputy chief was the ambassador. After returning to Pakistan, Abida Hussain worked towards the agriculture , and sat in the opposition bench in the Parliament , and credited Sharif of agriculture revolution by introducing effective tube wells during the election campaign of Nawaz Sharif in