Mian Arshad Hussain

Mian Arshad Hussain (9 January 1910 – 4 October 1987) was a Pakistani politician and diplomat who served as Foreign Minister of Pakistan (1968–1969).^[1]

Mian Arshad Hussain
10th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 1 May 1968 – 4 April 1969[1]
President	Ayub Khan
Preceded by	Sharifuddin Pirzada
Succeeded by	Yahya Khan
Personal details
Born	(1910-01-09)9 January 1910[2]
Died	4 October 1987(1987-10-04) (aged 77)[3]
Political party	All-India Muslim League (Before 1947) Muslim League (1947–1958)

In 1959, Mian Arshad Husain was appointed Pakistan's Ambassador to Sweden, in 1961 to Moscow, and in 1963, he was appointed High Commissioner to India.^[1][4] In 1968, he gave the Chinese leader Mao Zedong a basket of Pakistani mangoes, which caused the rise of a "Mango Cult" in China.^[5]