75 years on, Pakistan remembers founding leader Liaquat Ali Khan
— October 16, 2026ISLAMABAD (AIA) The 75th death anniversary of Pakistan’s first prime minister, Khan Liaquat Ali Khan, also known as Shaheed-e-Millat, was observed on Friday.
Born in Karnal, in what was then East Punjab, Liaquat Ali Khan received his education at Aligarh Muslim University in India and the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
He worked alongside Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the struggle to establish a separate homeland for Muslims of the subcontinent.
Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated on this day in 1951 while addressing a public meeting at Company Bagh in Rawalpindi. The park was later renamed Liaquat Bagh in his honour
