60th death anniversary of Liaquat Ali Khan observed

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Pakistan on Sunday observed the 60th death anniversary of the first prime minister of the country, Liaquat Ali Khan.
Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan was born on October 1, 1896 in Karnal (Punjab), India. He graduated from Anglo Oriental College in 1918. He refused to join Indian civil service and left for England for higher education.
He returned to country in 1923 after completing his studies. Soon after his return, he decided to join politics. He was a member of the United Provinces Legislative Council from 1926-1940. He was also the leader of the Democratic Party of the Council.
In 1937, he went to London as a member of the Indo-British Trade Delegation. When Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah reorganized the All India Muslim League in 1936, Liaquat Ali Khan was elected its honorary general secretary.
In 1940, he was elected to the central legislative assembly and became the deputy leader of the Muslim League. He was the convener of the Action Committee of the League and member of the Parliamentary Board in 1943.
In 1946, he was appointed as a member of the Governor General’s Executive Council and the leader of the Muslim League Party in the Indian interim government. He held the portfolio of finance, becoming the first Indian Finance Minister. The budget for 1947-48 which he presented was acclaimed throughout the country as a ‘Poor man’s Budget’.
On August 14, 1947, he became the first Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence of Pakistan.
He wielded effective power and provided dynamic leadership to Pakistan during the most crucial phase of its history. In 1950, he signed the “Liaquat-Nehru Pact” in New Delhi to address the the problem of minorities.
He died at the hands of an assassin on October 16 1951 while addressing a public meeting at Rawalpindi and was buried in the courtyard of the Quaid-e-Azam’s mausoleum.

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  1. Sixty years have passed and every year we pay mock homage to our first Prime Minister who could have given a solid foundation to this country but failed to deliver.
    Had Qaid e Azam survived the years 1948 and 1949 he would have replaced Liaqat Ali Khan as his number two either with Sardar Rab Nisthar or Khawaja Nazimuddin.

    • But our self-interest tells us to bury the history and label your comment 'a troll', so that the 'self-interest' does not have to have any burden of proof…

    • Dear

      USSR did not accept as independent state till 1948. as Europe and US admit,
      USSR not given any +ve sign for relation, due Indian influence and that time USSR capturing the Muslims states too,like Uzbikistan, Tajikistan, Qazikistan etc etc.

      USSR haven't large market for trading, Indian already in his camp and close relation with Indian leaders.

      Liaquat Ali khan was wise man. Pak have no choice to join Bad or very Bad. so Bad is better than very bad.

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