Introduction

Liaquat Ali Khan was born on first October 1895, in India. He was the first prime minister
of Pakistan (1947–51). He was the son of a landowner; Liaquat was educated
at Aligarh Allahabad, and Exeter College. Liaquat Ali khan was barrister by profession, like his
leader, Mohammed Ali Jinnah he entered politics in 1923, being elected first to the provincial
legislature of the United Provinces and then to the central legislative assembly. He joined
the Muslim League and soon became closely associated with Jinnah. By degrees he won first the
respect and then the admiration of the Muslim community for his share in the struggle
for Pakistan; when independence was won in 1947 and Jinnah became the first governor-general,
Liaquat was the obvious choice as prime minister. In this post his achievements were
outstanding. If Jinnah founded Pakistan, Liaquat established it, laying down the main lines of
policy, domestic and foreign, that afterward guided the country. After Jinnah’s death, Liaquat
was acclaimed as qaid-i-millet (“leader of the country”). Liaquat was assassinated
in Rawalpindi in 1951 by a Muslim fanatic who resented his steady refusal to contemplate war
with India.

Liaquat Ali Khan returned to India in 1923 and soon entered national politics. He was disturbed
by the injustices and ill-treatment meted out to the Indian Muslims under the British and wanted
to work towards eliminating this discrimination. He also strongly believed in Hindu-Muslim
unity.He was approached by the Congress party but he refused to join them and instead joined
the All India Muslim League in 1923. The Muslim League was led by another lawyer
Muhammad Ali Jinnah with whom Khan went on to foster a close political relationship in
future.In 1926, he began his political career as an elected member of the United Provinces
Legislative Council from the rural Muslim constituency of Muzzafarnagar. In 1932, he was
unanimously elected Deputy President of UP Legislative Council. Liaquat Ali KhanKhan
worked closely with Jinnah over the following years. In 1928, the two men decided to discuss the
Nehru Report and in 1930, they attended the First Round Table Conference. The conference
proved to be a disaster following which Jinnah moved from British India to Great Britain.
Jinnah returned to British India after a few years and began re-organizing the Muslim League. In
1936, Jinnah moved a resolution proposing Khan as the Honorary General Secretary which was
accepted. In 1940, Khan was made the deputy leader of the Muslim League Parliamentary party.
Liaquat Ali Khan’s stature continued to grow in the ensuing years. Following the 1945–46
elections, the Muslim League won 87% of seats reserved for Muslims of British India and Khan
was elected Chairman of the League's Central Parliamentary Board. The Indian independence
movement was in its final phase, and Khan helped Jinnah in his negotiations with the members
of the Cabinet Mission and the leaders of the congress.

After Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Liaquat Ali Khan has been the most influential
politician in Pakistan’s history. In 1943, Jinnah called him “my right hand” and he was. A loyal
supporter of Jinnah since 1928, he was appointed by the Quaid as general-secretary of the All-India
Muslim League in 1936. For a decade before independence, he was at the centre of all the League’s
activities. Liaquat Ali Khan, the first prime minister of Pakistan, was really the unsung hero of
Pakistan’s history, said Roger D Long, who is currently writing a book on Khan.Read Personally
and intellectually, he was ideally suited for the role and he handled it with skill and distinction for
four years until he was assassinated on October 16, 1951. Lord Wavell, the penultimate British
viceroy of India, recorded that Liaquat Ali Khan, with whom he had a number of long talks, was
one of the few politicians who could discuss a wide range of topics and carry on a serious
conversation for hours on end. Wavell had a high opinion of him as an administrator and a person
of intellect, character and common sense. This was shared by a number of people who came to
know him well.

After independence, Quaid-i-Azam and Muslim League appointed Liaquat to be the head of the
Pakistan Government. Being the first Prime Minister of the country, He had to deal with a
number of difficulties facing Pakistan in its early days. Liaquat Ali Khan helped Quaid-i-Azam
in solving the riot and refugee problem and setting up an effective administrative system for the
country.After the death of Quaid-i-Azam, Liaquat tried to fill the vacuum created by the
departure of the Father of the Nation. Under his premiership, Pakistan took its first steps in the
field of constitution making, as well as foreign policy. He presented the Objectives Resolution in
the Legislative Assembly. The house passed this on March 12, 1949. Under his leadership a team
also drafted the first report of the Basic Principle Committee. His efforts in signing the Liaquat-
Nehru pact pertaining to the minority issue in 1950 reduced tensions between India and Pakistan.
In May 1951, he visited the United States and set the course of Pakistan’s foreign policy towards
closer ties with the West. On October 16, 1951, Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated. He had been
scheduled to make an important announcement in a public meeting at Municipal Park,
Rawalpindi. The security forces immediately shot the assassin, who was later identified as Saad
Akbar. Killing the assassin erased all clues to the identity of the real culprit behind the murder.
Liaquat Ali Khan was officially given the title of Shaheed-Millat.

Statement of the Problem

The topic of this research is unique and important one. Many people have done research on
Liaquat Ali Khan but there is a gap that no one has discussed the role which Liaquat Ali Khan
has played. Therefore this study is an overview of Liaquat Ali khan. The main statement of the
study is to investigate the role which liaquat Ali Khan has played.

Significiance of the Study

The topic is significance in a sense that no work has been done on it prior to the study. The study
is also of utmost importance because it willprovide knowledge aboutLiaquat Ali Khan
Personality. It will also analyse the contributions or role played by Liaquat Ali Khan.

Objectives of the Study

The main objectives of the study are:

To know about the political services of Liaquat Ali Khan.

To highlight the role of Liaquat Ali Khan as first prime minister of Pakistan.

sTo know about the academic career of Liaquat Ali Khan.

Research Questions
The study would aim to get answers of the following questions

What are political services of Liaquat Ali Khan?

What was the role of Liaquat Ali Khan as first prime minister of Pakistan?

How was the academic career of Liaquat Ali Khan?

Universe of the Study

The universe of the study will be the teachers and students.

Methodology
The study is Qualitative and Discriptive in nature. The researcher will collect data by consulting
both primary and secondary methods of data collection.

Primary Data
For primary data collection the researcher will conduct interviews with people.

Secondary Data
In secondary data collection, the researcher will collect data from books, journals, magazines,
newspapers and internet.

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3.M.Rafiq Afzal,Speeches and Statementsvof Liaquat Ali Khan,(1941-51),Research

society of Pakistan university of Punjab,Lahore,!975.

4.Khalid Bin Saeed Pakistan the Formative Phase,(1857-1948),oxford university

Press,Karachi,1978.

5.Ziauddin Ahmed, Liaquat Ali Khan,leader and Statesman Asma

Printers,Karachi,1970.