Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan .... Geo Pakistan جیو پاکستان

Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, the second son of Nawab Rustam Ali Khan, was born on October 1, 1896 in a Madal Pathan family. After his graduation in 1918 from M.A.O. College, Aligarh, Liaquat Ali Khan was offered by the British Government to join the Indian Civil Services but he rejected the offer on the plea that he wanted to serve his nation. He was married to his cousin, Jehangira Begum in 1918. After his marriage, he went to London for higher education. In 1921, he obtained a degree in Law from Oxford and was called to Bar at Inner Temple in 1922. On his return from England in 1923 Liaquat decided to enter politics with the aim to liberate his homeland from foreign yoke. From the very beginning, he was determined to get rid of injustices and ill treatment meted out to the Indians by the British. In his early life, Liaquat Ali, like most of the Muslims leaders of his time, believed in Indian Nationalism but gradually his views changed. He was approached by the Congress leaders to join their party, but he refused and joined Muslim League in 1923. When Quaid-i-Azam, with the help of some other Muslim leaders, decided to put a new life in the Muslim League and held its annual session in May, 1924 at Lahore, Liaquat, like many other young Muslims, attended the session. Liaquat Ali started his parliamentary career from the U.P. Legislative Assembly in 1926 as an independent candidate. Later he formed his own party, The Democratic Party, in the Legislative Assembly and was elected its leader. He remained the member of the U.P. Legislative Council till 1940 when he was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly. In his parliamentary career, Liaquat Ali Khan established his reputation as an eloquent, un-purchasable, principled and honest spokesman who never compromised his principles even in front of severe odds. He always used his influence and good offices for the liquidation of communal tension and bitterness. He took active part in the legislative business. He was one of the members of the Muslim League delegation, which attended the National Convention held at Calcutta to discuss the Nehru Report, in December 1928.

After independence, Quaid-i-Azam and Muslim League had no better option than Liaquat to be appointed at the head of Pakistani government. Being the first Prime Minister of the country, Liaquat had to deal with a number of difficulties facing Pakistan in its early days. Liaquat Ali Khan helped Quaid-i-Azam in solving the riots and refugee problem and setting up an effective administrative system for the country. After the death of Quaid-i-Azam, Liaquat tried to fill in 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. Objective Resolution, presented by him in the Legislative Assembly, was passed by the house on March 12, 1947. Under his leadership a team also drafted the first report of the Basic Principle Committee. His efforts in signing Liaquat-Nehru pact on minorities in 1950 reduced tension between India and Pakistan. In May 1951, he visited USA and set the course of Pakistan''s foreign policy towards closer ties with the West.