October 16, 1951: Pakistan’s 1st PM Liaquat Ali Khan assassinated in Rawalpindi
Liaquat Ali Khan was the first Prime Minister of Pakistan. On October 16, 1951, Pakistan’s 1st PM Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated in Rawalpindi's Company Bagh. His killer assassinated him during a public assembly of the Muslim City League. on October 25, only 10 days after Khan’s assassination, the authorities set up a commission to investigate the murder. The court declared Federal Court Judge Justice Muhammad Munir as the head of the commission along with Punjab Finance Commissioner Akhtar Hussain.
However, the court did assemble this commission to discover the reasons behind the assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan. Instead, the court advised the commission to research the circumstances under which Liaqat Ali Khan was killed. This task included finding the officials responsible for t...