Leader
Liaquat Ali Khan
ਲਿਆਕਤ ਅਲੀ ਖ਼ਾਨنوابزادہ لیاقت علی خان
Pakistan's first Prime Minister, born at Karnal in the east of the Punjab, assassinated at Rawalpindi in 1951.
From a landed family of Karnal, Liaquat was Jinnah's lieutenant in the Muslim League and became Pakistan's first Prime Minister in 1947.
In 1950 he signed the Nehru–Liaquat Pact on the protection of minorities in both countries. He was shot dead at a public meeting in Rawalpindi's Company Bagh in October 1951, now called Liaquat Bagh.