Early Life

Liaquat Ali Khan (1895 - 1951) was Pakistan's first prime minister, serving from 1947 until his assassination in 1951. He was a lawyer, politician, and statesman who was a key figure in the Pakistan Movement. Born the son of a landowner, Liaquat was educated at Aligarh, Allahabad, and Exeter College, Oxford. A 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.

Political Career

Liaquat Ali Khan, the First Prime Minister of Pakistan, was aclose associate of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah in thestruggle for Pakistan. He was born into the Nawab family of the Punjab and the United Provinces and himself owned 300 villages(60 in the Punjab and 240 in Muzaffarnagar, UP). He was educated at Aligarh Muslim University and at Oxford in England.In politics he devoted himself to the cause of the Muslims in particular and of all Indians in general. When Jinnah started his efforts for the cause of Pakistan in 1936, he got him appointed as the Honorary Secretary-General of the All India Muslim League, largest Muslim political organization which later championed the cause of Pakistan under Jinnah’s leadership. During all the crucial times and moments of the Pakistan Movement, Liaquat was one ofthose leaders who enjoyed full confidence of Jinnah. In the last phase of the struggle, Liaquat was very close to Jinnah because in his dialogues with the British Government, it was Liaquat who all the times was with him. It was because of the confidence which Jinnah had in Liauqat that he was appointed as First Prime Minister of Pakistan. Jinnah died on 11 September 1948, but it was Liaquat who guided the Pakistani Nation in crucial moments after the demise of the Quaid. He was a brave and courageous leader who knew how to lead Pakistan in different directions. As a brave leader when he was about to address a public meeting in Rawalpindi on 16 October 1951 he was shot dead. His killing is still shrouded in mystery because of various factors. The role he played in the Pakistan Movement needs to be further probed. A number of books and articles have been written on Liaquat but the facts have not yet been fully explored. Now is the time that the young scholars should understand this gigantic task.. Even his role as Prime Minister is also shrouded in various mysteries and enigmas. But the focus of this paper is only on his role and contribution in the Movement of Pakistan as the ‘right hand’ of Jinnah as the Quaid himself termed him. There are certain facts