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'''Zahid Hussain''' (((lang-ur|((Nastaliq|زاہد حسین))))) is a popular Pakistani journalist, writer and television analyst.<ref name=TNI/><ref name=UrduYouth>((cite web|title=Biography of Zahid Hussain|url=http://urduyouthforum.org/biography/biography-Zahid-Hussain.html|website=Urdu Youth Forum|publisher=urduyouthforum.org|access-date=28 June 2018))</ref><ref name=Simon>[http://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Zahid-Hussain/60311678 Zahid Hussain's book and profile as a journalist on Simon & Schuster website]. Retrieved 28 June 2018</ref>

Hussain is a correspondent covering [[Pakistan]] and [[Afghanistan]] for ''[[The Times of London]]'' and ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''.<ref name=Simon/><ref>((cite web|title=Afghanistan: Stirring Indo-Pak tensions?|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2013/05/2013520154858517875.html|website=Aljazeera News Service|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=21 May 2013|access-date=28 June 2018))</ref> His work has included assignments for ''[[Newsweek]]'', the [[Associated Press]], ''[[The Economist]]'' and several other international publications.<ref>((cite web|title=Zahid Hussain Journalist|url=https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/people/zahid-hussain|website=Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs|publisher=carnegiecouncil.org website|date=7 August 2017|access-date=28 June 2018))</ref><ref name=Wilson>((Cite news|url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/zahid-hussain|title=Zahid Hussain (Pakistan Scholar/ Asia Program)|date=13 October 2011|website=Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars website|access-date=28 June 2018))</ref><ref name=Simon/>

Hussain also writes regularly for Pakistani daily newspaper ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]'' and the magazine ''[[Newsline (magazine)|Newsline]]''.<ref name=Wilson/>

==Early life and education==
Zahid Hussain was born in [[Hyderabad, Sindh]] in 1949 to a family who migrated to Pakistan in 1948.<ref name="auto">((Cite web|title=Zahid Hussain|url=https://www.amazon.com/Zahid-Hussain/e/B001JS2J60?ref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share|access-date=2021-04-21|website=www.amazon.com))</ref> He received his Bachelors in Chemistry from the [[University of Karachi]].<ref name="auto"/>

== Books and other works ==

=== ''Frontline Pakistan: The Struggle with Militant Islam'' (2007)===
In 2007, Hussain published ''Frontline Pakistan: The Struggle with Militant Islam''. One major Pakistani English-language newspaper says in its review that the book "has been widely appreciated by the academic, political and diplomatic circles of Britons because it is for the first time that a Pakistani has written a book on the issues of terrorism, jihad, role of the Pakistani military in politics and failure of the establishment in tackling the issue of radical Islam."<ref name=TNI>((cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/647974-%E2%80%98frontline-pakistan%E2%80%99-launched-in-uk |title='Frontline Pakistan' launched in UK|date=29 January 2007|publisher=The News International (newspaper)|access-date=27 June 2018))</ref><ref name=Simon/>

One of Hussain's critics at the 2007 book launching ceremony defended the role of religious parties in Pakistan, including the role of [[Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal]], and said that religio-political parties are part of a democratic process and that people need to clearly know the difference between terrorist groups and the legitimate religio-political parties.<ref name=TNI/>

One official from the [[High Commission of Pakistan, London|High Commission of Pakistan]], London attending the same book ceremony acted annoyed over the contents of the above book and termed it a one-sided and biased view against Pakistan and its institutions. He complained and wondered as to why Hussain had not covered the role of the Western countries in fuelling terrorism.<ref name=TNI/>

Hussain claimed that a proxy war between the Shia-majority [[Iran]] and the Sunni-majority [[Saudi Arabia]] was being fought on the Pakistani streets for some years now and hundreds of people had already lost their lives in this bloody war. He said that this kind of sectarian violence is equally threatening to the Pakistani State and its institutions.<ref name=TNI/>

=== ''The Scorpion's Tail: The Relentless Rise of Islamic Militants in Pakistan'' (2010)===
In 2010, Hussain published ''The Scorpion's Tail: The Relentless Rise of Islamic Militants in Pakistan''. In its review, ''[[The Express Tribune]]'' says that the book is an expanded timeline of major terrorist attacks and military operations in Pakistan in the past few years before 2010. It covers the two military operations in 2009 by the Pakistani military, [[Operation Black Thunderstorm]] and [[Operation Rah-e-Rast]] to take back control of [[Swat District]] and its surrounding areas from [[Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan]] and other terrorist organisations.<ref name=Tribune>((cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/87062/the-relentless-rise-of-islamic-militants-in-pakistan-up-in-the-air/ |title=The Relentless Rise of Islamic Militants in Pakistan: Up in the air|author=Saba Imtiaz|date=13 December 2010|publisher=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|access-date=28 June 2018))</ref>

[[Lal Masjid Conflict]] and [[Benazir Bhutto]]'s assassination in 2007 are also covered in this book.<ref name=Tribune/>

=== ''Pakistan's Tribal Areas and Regional Security'' ===

Hussain worked on this project for the [[Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars]] from 2011 to 2012.<ref name=Wilson/>

===''No-Win War: The Paradox of US-Pakistan Relations in Afghanistans Shadow''===
Published by the [[OUP]] in 2021, the book takes a look at [[Pakistan-US relations]] post [[9/11]] in the context of the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]].<ref>((cite book|title=No-Win War: The Paradox of US-Pakistan Relations in Afghanistans Shadow|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i794zgEACAAJ|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|first=Zahid|last=Hussain|year=2021|isbn=9780190704193))</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/168279.Zahid_Hussain Zahid Hussain's books on goodreads.com website]
*[https://theprint.in/author/zahid-husain/ Zahid Hussain] at [[ThePrint]]
*[https://scroll.in/author/18172 Zahid Hussain] at [[Scroll.in]]
*[https://www.deccanchronicle.com/columnist/zahid-hussain-1 Zahid Hussain] at [[Deccan Chronicle]]

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