Liaquat Ali Khan
Liaquat Ali Khan | |
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| 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan | |
| In office 14 August 1947 – 16 October 1951 | |
| Preceded by | Office Created |
| Succeeded by | Khawaja Nazimuddin |
| 1st Finance Minister of British India | |
| In office 17 August 1943 – 14 August 1947 | |
| Preceded by | Office Created |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 October 1896 Karnal, British India |
| Died | October 16, 1951 (aged 55) Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| Political party | Muslim League |
Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan (Urdu: لیاقت علی خان, Liāqat Alī Khān, October 1, 1895 – October 16, 1951) was a Pakistani politician. He was the first Prime Minister of Pakistan and Defence Minister. Liaquat rose to political importance as a member of the All-India Muslim League.
He played an important and crucial role in the independence movement of Pakistan from the British Empire. In 1947, he became the prime minister, a position that he held until his assassination in October 1951.[1]
In Pakistan, he is regarded as one of the right-hand men of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the leader of the Muslim League and first governor-general of Pakistan, but stands largely a controversial figure due to his bad relations with Miss Fatima Jinnah an account of which has been published in Qudrat Shahab's "Shahab Nama". He was one of the architect as well as one of the few builders of Pakistan. He tried to organize the social and political life in Pakistan along these lines "in Pakistan, consensus can be desired in all areas of civil life, such as art and literature, politics, religion and education. Liaquat Ali Khan was given the titles of Quaid-e-Millat (Leader of the Nation), and, after his death, Shaheed-e-Millat (Martyr of the Nation).
Liaquat Ali Khan Media
Khan with faculty members of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May 1950
Khan inspecting the Royal Pakistan Air Force's fleet at the RPAF Station Mauripur in Karachi—accompanied by RPAF Commander-in-Chief Richard Atcherley and Wing Commander Nur Khan—during Independence Day celebrations, 1950
Khan with U.S. President Harry S. Truman in Washington, D.C., May 1950
Khan with George VI of the United Kingdom, British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley, and South African Prime Minister D. F. Malan at the 1951 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference in London
Khan with his family, 1949
References
- ↑ First Pakistan PM Liaquat Ali Khan's Murder: What's the Mystery? (October 2019).