Origins and Education
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain was born into a poor financially struggling family on 7 January 1926 in Gujarat, Gujrat District of former British Indian Empire. His ancestors traced back to a lower middle-class family hailing from rural Gujrat and had no initial political background. His father, Zhahoor Illahi was a junior constable in Punjab Police but quit the police service in order to establish a cotton mill. His family lost a cotton mill as a result of Indian partition but re-established the mill in Gujrat after the establishment of Pakistan in 1947. His father first contested in 1954 elections and elected a local union Councillor of the Gujrat District. After attending public schools in Gujrat, Hussain matriculated, and was accepted at the Forman Christian College University. In 1962, Hussain attended the Forman Christian College University and graduated with Bachelor of Business Administration in 1965 and enrolled in master's programme of University of Punjab in 1965. In 1967, Hussain gained MA in Industrial management, and forwarded to United Kingdom to continue his studies.
Upon returning to Pakistan, Hussain joined the joined the family industrial conglomerate comprising industrial units in textiles, sugar, flour milling and agricultural farms in 1969. By this time, Hussain's family had become a potent industrial oligarchs and had significant influence on Presidents Ayub Khan and General Yahya Khan.
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