For other people with the same or similar name, see Liaqat Ali (disambiguation). Liaquat Ali Khan لیاقت علی خان Liaquat Ali Khan.jpg Prime Minister of Pakistan In office 14 August 1947 – 16 October 1951 Monarch George VI Governor General Muhammad Ali Jinnah Khawaja Nazimuddin Preceded by State proclaimed Succeeded by Khawaja Nazimuddin Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan In office 14 August 1947 – 27 December 1949 Preceded by Office established Succeeded by Muhammad Zafarullah Khan Minister of Defence of Pakistan In office 14 August 1947 – 16 October 1951 Preceded by Office established Succeeded by Khawaja Nazimuddin Minister of Finance of India In office 29 October 1946 – 14 August 1947 Preceded by Office established Succeeded by Shanmukham Chetty Personal details Born 1 October 1895 Karnal, Punjab, British India (now in Haryana, India) Died 16 October 1951 (aged 56) Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan Political party Muslim League Alma mater Aligarh Muslim University Exeter College, Oxford Inns of Court School of Law Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan (Næʍābzādāh Liāqat Alī Khān (About this sound listen (help·info)), Urdu: لیاقت علی خان; 1 October 1895 – 16 October 1951), often simply referred as Liaquat, was one of the leading Founding Fathers[1] 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 he was the first Finance Minister of India, and minister of Commonwealth and Kashmir Affairs and from 1947 until his assassination in 1951.[1][1] Born and hail from Karnal, East Punjab, Ali Khan was educated at the Aligarh Muslim University in India, and then the Oxford University in the United Kingdom.[2] 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.[2][3] 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.[3] Ali Khan assisted Jinnah in campaigning for the creation of a separate state for Indian Muslims.[4] Ali Khans credentials secured him the appointment of Pakistans first Prime Minister, Ali Khans foreign policy sided with the United States and the West, though his foreign policy was determined to be a part of the Non-Aligned Movement.[5] Facing internal political unrest, his government survived a coup hatched by the leftists and communists. Nonetheless, his influence grew further after Jinnahs death, and he was responsible for promulgating the Objectives Resolution. In 1951, at a political rally in Rawalpindi, Ali Khan was assassinated by a hired assassin, Saad Babrak.[2][5] He is Pakistans longest serving Prime Minister spending 1,524 days in power, a record which has stood for 63 years to the present [6]
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