Liaquat Ali Khan

Liaquat Ali Khan


Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan ( ( listen), Urdu: لیاقت علی خان‎, Hindi: लियाक़त अली ख़ान; October 1, 1895 – October 16, 1951), often simply referred as Liaquat, was one of the leading Founding Fathers of modern Pakistan, statesman, lawyer, and political theorist who became and served as the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, in addition, was also the first Defence minister and minister of Commonwealth and Kashmir Affairs, from 1947 until his assassination in 1951.

Read more about Liaquat Ali Khan:  Family Background, Political Activism in British India, Pakistan Movement, Prime Minister, Assassination and Death, Legacy

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