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An eminent educationist from Arifwala,in Pakistani part of Punjab.

Brief Life Sketch
Born in the city of Jalundhur, in April 1943, in undivided India,Professor Muhammad Riaz Hussain migrated to Pakistan as a little child. He belonged to a well respected educationist Minhas (a sub cast of Rajputs)Family of Jalundhur.His family had a strong tradition of teaching and instructions. His Grandfather Babu Barkat Ali served the British Army for a considerable time, however, he soon had to quit because of the loss of eye sight. Babu Barkat Ali,afterwards, concentrated on imparting education in the subject of Mathematics to the needful on non commercial basis. He had devised a unique method of calculations through twisting the pages of different books. His grandmother, Hasan Ara Begum, was a very pious and a noble lady. Besides, she was also an educationist and used to serve as Headmistress in a nearby Primary school.Babu Barkat had two children, one boy Muhammad Hussain and a girl Inayat Begum respectively.These two were just at their btender age that they lost their mother and father one after the other. Then they were brought up by their uncle Muhammad Din. Muhammad Hussain(better known as Mian Muhammad Hussain, because of his pious and noble attitude, very unlikely of a Rajput in those days) married to one of the cousins named Aziz Begum. Professor Muhammad Riaz Hussain was the son of this very couple. After partition of India in 1947, the family had to move first to Lahore and then they opted for Haroon Abad, a border tehsil of Bahawalnagar District. After early education at a local High School, Riaz Hussain was sent to Lahore for better education. He got his intermediate and Graduate degrees from government Islamia College, Railway Road, Lahore and the University of the Punjab, Lahore. He got his Master Degree first in Political Science and then in History from the Departments of Political Science and of History of the same University. Afterwards he opted for teaching and instruction in the subject of Poltical Science at Government College, Lahore Cantt.