# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/altaf-husain
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:14:15.558Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/altaf-husain"
name: "Altaf Husain"
slug: "altaf-husain"
description: "Altaf Husain was an educationist, journalist, and Pakistan Movement activist. He is noted as one of the pioneers of print journalism in Pakistan and was the founding editor and the first editor-in-chief of English-language newspaper, Dawn, which he edited for almost twenty years."
tagline: "Pakistani politician (1900-1968)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1900-01-26"
deathDate: "1968-05-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.15
  momentum:             8.591549295774648
  historical:           5.090426666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AB_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8"
    title: "আলতাফ হোসেইন"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%81_%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%8A)"
    title: "ألطاف حسين (صحفي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%81_%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "الطاف حسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%81_%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C)"
    title: "الطاف حسین (صحافی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altaf_Husain"
    title: "Altaf Husain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%81_%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A"
    title: "الطاف حسين قريشي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4736030"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump