Aslam Riaz Hussain (c. 1924 – 10 March 2004)[2] was a former Pakistani jurist and the first ombudsman who served as 28th chief justice of the Lahore High Court from 1976 to 1978,[3] and 19th governor of Punjab from July 1977 to September 1978.
He was born to Tasaddaq Husain who was a poet and an assistant advocate-general of the Punjab Province.
His mother, Begum Salma Tasaddaq Husain was a political activist and one of the two women who was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly on the ticket of All-India Muslim League in 1946 Indian provincial elections.
He received his education from Central Model School and later went to Government College, Lahore.
He was also appointed governor of Punjab when Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq declared military coup.