Editing Javed Hashmi (section)

===Politics and ministries in Sharif administrations: 1985–1999===
During the [[1985 Pakistani general election|nationwide general elections]] held in 1985, Hashmi returned to the [[Politics in Pakistan|national politics]] and successfully participated for [[Constituency NA-149|NA-149 (Multan-II)]] constituency on the platform of [[Pakistan Muslim League]] (PML).<ref name="Election Commission of Pakistan "/> In 1988, he sided with the [[PML N|conservative faction]] led by its [[President of Pakistan Muslim League (N)|President]] [[Fida Mohammad Khan|Fida Mohammad]] as opposed to [[Pakistan Muslim League (J)|nationalist faction]] led by then-[[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Mohammad Khan Junejo|Mohammad Junejo]].<ref name="Election Commission of Pakistan "/> Hashmi successfully defended his [[Constituency NA-149|NA-149 (Multan-II)]] constituency during the [[Elections in Pakistan|general elections]] held in [[1988 Pakistani general election|1988]] and [[1990 Pakistani general election|1990]].<ref name="Story Of Pakistan, Hashmi bio" /> During this time, Hashmi was elevated as the [[Minister of State]] for Youth Affairs in the [[First Sharif ministry|first administration]] of Prime Minister [[Nawaz Sharif]].<ref name="Story Of Pakistan, Hashmi bio" />

In 1993, his name was subsequently reported in the [[Mehran Bank scandal|financial scandal]] revealed by the [[Federal Investigation Agency]] when the agency interrogated [[Younis Habib]], the accountant with the [[Ministry of Defence (Pakistan)|Ministry of Defence]].<ref name="Story Of Pakistan, Hashmi bio" /> He later expressed his regret and grief when he testified his acceptance of financial endowment from accountant [[Younis Habib]] in 1993.<ref name="Story Of Pakistan, Hashmi bio" /><ref name="Dawn Newspapers, 2014, Allam" />

During the [[1997 Pakistani general election|general elections]] held in 1997, Hashmi again defended his [[Constituency NA-149|NA-149 (Multan-II)]] constituency and was elevated as the [[Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination|Minister of Health]] and [[Minister for Environment (Pakistan)|Minister for Environment]] in the second administration of Prime Minister [[Nawaz Sharif]], and paid the state visit to [[Morocco]] in 1999.{{rp|51}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Pakistan Foreign Relations|date=1998|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dKDcXXkh4XcC&q=javed+hashmi+minister+of+health|access-date=12 May 2018|language=en}}</ref> In 1998, he visited [[Switzerland]] to attend the environmental and [[climate change]] conference but immediately return to Pakistan after learning of India's [[Operation Shakti|nuclear tests]] in [[Rajasthan]].{{rp|128}}<ref name="Sager Publication, Hashmi, 2005" /> In an attendance [[National Security Council of Pakistan|NSC meeting]] with [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Nawaz Sharif]], Hashmi became a [[war hawk]] and greatly spoke in favor of decision-making process of authorizing the [[List of nuclear weapons tests of Pakistan|nuclear weapons-testing]], which eventually, Pakistan conducted out [[List of nuclear weapons tests of Pakistan|six nuclear weapons-testing]] in May 1998.{{rp|129}}<ref name="Sager Publication, Hashmi, 2005" /> At the session at the [[Parliament of Pakistan|Parliament]], Hashmi reportedly led a celebration while loudly chairing and tapping from his parliament desk: "Yes! Yes!.... We have done it.!"{{rp|128}}<ref name="Sager Publication, Hashmi, 2005" />

His tenure was abruptly ended when then-[[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee|Chairman joint chiefs]] General [[Pervez Musharraf]] went onto impose [[1999 Pakistani coup d'état|martial law against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif]] in 1999, and was appointed as [[President of Pakistan Muslim League (N)|Party President]] of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]], which he tenured until 2005.<ref name="pakistanileadersonline, javed" />