Altaf Husain (Bengali: আলতাফ হোসেইন, Urdu: الطاف حسين‎; 26 January 1900 – 15 May 1968), was an eminent East Pakistani 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.