ISLAMABAD: The death anniversary of first Prime Minister of Pakistan Shaheed-e-Millat Khan Liaquat Ali Khan was observed on Friday (Oct 16).
Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated on 16 October 1951, during a public meeting the Muslim League at Company Bagh in Rawalpindi which was later named Liaquat Bagh after him.
He was a close confidante of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. He assisted Muhammad Ali Jinnah in campaigning for the creation of a separate state for Indian Muslims.
Various organizations held functions to pay tribute to Shaheed-e-Millat for his services for the nation.
Born and hail from Karnal, East Punjab, Liaquat Ali Khan was educated at the Aligarh Muslim University in India, and then the Oxford University in the United Kingdom.
Well educated, he was an Islamic democracy political theorist who promoted the parliamentarism in India.
After being invited by the Congress Party, he opted for the Muslim League led by influential Mohammad Ali Jinnah who was advocating and determining to eradicate the injustices and ill treatment meted out to the Indian Muslims by the British government.
He pushed his role in the independence movements of India and Pakistan, while serving as the first finance minister in the interim government of British Indian Empire, prior to partition.
Khan assisted Muhammad Ali Jinnah in campaigning for the creation of a separate state for Indian Muslims.
Upon his death, he was given the title of "Shaheed-e-Millat", or "Martyr of the Nation".
Khan Liaquat Ali Khan died on 16th October 1951, during a public meeting of the Muslim City League at Company Bagh (later named Liaquat Bagh after him) in Rawalpindi.
He was buried at Mazar-e-Quaid compound in Karachi.
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