Chaudhry Muhammad Ali Becomes Prime Minister
On October 24, 1954, Malik Ghulam Muhammad dissolved the Constituent Assembly of Muhammad Ali Bogra on the grounds that it had “lost...
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Bogra Formula
While taking charge as Prime Minister, Muhammad Ali Bogra declared that formulation of the Constitution was his primary target. He worked...
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Bogra – Nehru Negotiations
Muhammad Ali Bogra became the Prime Minister of Pakistan in April 1953. He made an impassioned appeal to Pandit Nehru to settle all...
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Muhammad Ali Bogra becomes Prime Minister
Khawaja Nazimuddin was dismissed by the Governor General, Malik Ghulam Muhammad, on April 17, 1953, and replaced by Muhammad Ali Bogra....
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Ghulam Muhammad becomes Governor General
When Khawaja Nazimuddin took over as Prime Minister in 1951, Ghulam Muhammad was appointed as the Governor General. After coming to power,...
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Khawaja Nazimuddin becomes Prime Minister
Under Quaid-i-Azam’s constitutional framework, executive powers lay with the Prime Minister. When Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated...
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Aligarh Movement
The War of Independence 1857 ended in disaster for the Muslims. The British chose to believe that the Muslims were responsible for the...
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Liaquat-Nehru Pact
At the time of independence, many communal riots broke out in different areas of India and Pakistan. These riots had a great impact on the...
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Chaudhry Rehmat Ali
Chaudhry Rahmat Ali, founder of the Pakistan National Movement, was born in 1895. From his early childhood, Rahmat Ali showed signs of...
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Basic Principles Committee
After the Objectives Resolution was passed in 1949, the Constitution Assembly set up a number of committees to draw the future constitution...
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Objectives Resolution is passed
The history of formulation of the constitution of Pakistan begins with the Lahore Resolution in 1940. It was here that the idea of...
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Allama Iqbal
Allama Iqbal, great poet-philosopher and active political leader, was born at Sialkot, Punjab, in 1877. He descended from a family of...
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Khawaja Nazimuddin Becomes Governor General
After Pakistan came into being on August 14, 1947, Nazimuddin was appointed the first Chief Minister of the Province of East Bengal. When...
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Jinnah Passes Away
Quaid-i-Azam had been ailing since long before Independence. By the time of Independence, he was quite an old man but still possessing a...
Read MoreKashmir Crisis
Kashmir, the last of the defiant states, was the reverse of Hyderabad. It had a Hindu ruler, Maharaja Hari Singh, but his subjects were...
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Jinnah – Mountbatten Talks
The history of bilateral negotiations pertaining to Kashmir between the leaders of India and Pakistan at the state level can be traced back...
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Maulana Shaukat Ali
Both brothers, Shaukat Ali and Muhammad Ali were among the architects of Pakistan’s freedom. Maulana Shaukat Ali, being the elder of...
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Liaquat Ali Khan as Prime Minister
Liaquat Ali Khan’s contributions to the struggle for independence were numerous. After independence, he was thus the natural choice...
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Syed Ameer Ali
Syed Ameer Ali traced his lineage through the eighth Imam, Ali Al-Raza, to the Holy Prophet (S. A. W.). One of his forefathers held office...
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Aga Khan III
Sultan Muhammad Shah was born in 1877 at Karachi. At the age of eight he lost his father Aly Shah, the Aga Khan II, and assumed the title...
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Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk
Named Mushtaq Hussain by his parents, Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk was born on March 24, 1841. He started his education at a maktab and later on...
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Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk
Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk, fondly known as Syed Mehdi Ali, was born to a family of Barah Syeds on December 9, 1837 at Etawah. Mehdi Ali received...
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Ghiyas ud din Balban
Ghiyas-ud-din Balban was born in a well-to-do Turk family of the Ilbari tribe. The Mongols captured him when he was a child. They sold him...
Read MoreRule of Congress Ministries
The Government of India Act of 1935 was practically implemented in 1937. The provincial elections were held in the winter of 1936-37. There...
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Government of India Act 1935
After the failure of the Third Round Table Conference, the British government gave the Joint Select Committee the task of formulating the...
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