Editing Javed Hashmi (section)

=== Early career ===
In 1978, Hashmi was taken in the [[Zia regime|Zia administration]] as the [[Minister of State]] for Youth and Student Affairs, and was the youngest minister at the age of 29.{{rp|460}}<ref name="Dawn Newspapers, 2014, Allam" /><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=23wlAQAAMAAJ&q=javed+hashmi+fida |title=Current World Leaders |date=1979 |publisher=International Academy at Santa Barbara |language=en |access-date=12 May 2018}}</ref> However, he later expressed his uncomfortableness with working with the [[Pakistan Armed Forces|uniform officials]] and soon departed from the administration where he began practicing law at the [[Lahore High Court]] while filling the role of agriculturist at his family farms.<ref name="Dawn Newspapers, 2014, Allam" />