Chaudhry Ali Akbar Khan

Chaudhry Ali Akbar Khan
Chaudhry Ali Akbar Khan
چوہدری علی اکبر خان
Minister for Home and Kashmir Affairs
	In office; 17 August 1965 – 30 November 1966
Preceded by	Ayub Khan
Succeeded by	Afzal Rahman Khan
Ambassador of Pakistan to Saudi Arabia
	In office; 1958–1962
Preceded by	Khawaja Shahabuddin
Ambassador of Pakistan to Sudan
	In office; 1957–1958
Minister for Education of Punjab
	In office; 1953–1955
Personal details
Born	28 September 1910; Kolian, All India Muslim League
Spouse	Begum Ali Akbar Khan
Children	Nisar Akbar Khan
Relatives	Chaudhry Umar Daraz Khan (son-in-law)
Occupation	Politician, diplomat

Chaudhry Ali Akbar Khan (

Minister for Home and Kashmir Affairs in the cabinet of president Ayub Khan from 1965 to 1966.^[1]

He was also appointed as Pakistan's first ambassador to Sudan from 1957 to 1958, and as ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1958 to 1962.^[1]

Early life and education

Chaudhry Ali Akbar Khan was born on 28 September 1910 in the village of Kolian, located in the Dasuya subdivision of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab, British India.^[1] He belonged to a Rajput family.^[2] He graduated from the Government College in Lahore in 1931 and obtained a law degree from the Punjab University in 1935.^[1]

Khan started practicing as a lawyer in Dasuya before shifting to

Lyallpur in 1949.^[1]

Political career

Khan became associated with the

All India Muslim League (AIML) in 1937. In 1944, he was nominated as a member of the Provincial Muslim League Working Committee and went on to serve as the president of the AIML's chapter in Hoshiarpur district, an appointment he held until the partition.^[1] He contested in the 1946 provincial general election from his constituency in Hoshiarpur district, and was elected as a member of the Punjab Provincial Assembly in British India.^[1]

Later, Khan was chosen by

Radcliffe Commission, which was constituted to demarcate the borders between India and Pakistan.^[1] After the independence of Pakistan, Khan became a member of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan

in 1950 and also served as secretary-general of the Provincial Muslim League Parliamentary Board.[1]

In 1951, he contested in the

Malik Feroz Khan Noon in April 1953, serving as the Education Minister of Punjab until 1955.^[1] In addition, he was given the portfolios of jails, information, law, public relations and village-aid. During his tenure as minister for education, he helped establish several educational institutions including the Cadet College Hasan Abdal.^[1]

In 1953, Khan represented the government of Pakistan at the

1965 Indo-Pakistani War, during which he visited and discharged duties on the war front in Azad Kashmir.^[1]

Diplomatic career

Khan was appointed as Pakistan's first

concurrently accredited to Ethiopia.^[1] In 1958, he was appointed as the ambassador to Saudi Arabia, a post he held until 1962 with concurrent accreditation to Yemen and Somalia.^[1] As the envoy in Riyadh, he established the Pakistan Embassy School in Jeddah in 1959 to serve the children of Pakistani expatriates living in the kingdom.^[1]

Death and legacy

Khan died on 8 October 1967 in his hometown, Lyallpur (now

partition of Punjab in 1947, Khan was known to have played an instrumental role in the rehabilitation of migrants from East Punjab who arrived in Pakistan.^[2]

Personal life

Khan was married to Begum Ali Akbar Khan.[1] His son, Nisar Akbar Khan, served as a member of the National Assembly in 1977 and from 1988 to 1990.^[2] His son-in-law, Chaudhry Umar Daraz Khan, was elected as a member of the Punjab provincial assembly in 1977 and 1988.^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Khan, Naweed Akbar (15 June 2022). "Strategic Vision" (PDF). Ali Akbar Khan Foundation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Triangular battle in NA-82". Dawn. 1 October 2002. Retrieved 19 July 2023. Nisar Akbar Khan, the PPP nominee, belongs to a respectable Rajput family of Hoshiarpur district, India. He is the son of Ch Ali Akbar Khan who had been one of the respected politicians of 60's...
^ Ijaz, Saroop; Cheema, Ali; Zahid, Shahid (23 May 2013). "Special Issue: Election 2013 – Political dynasties". Herald. p. 117. Retrieved 19 July 2023.

Political offices
Preceded by Ayub Khan	Minister for Home and Kashmir Affairs 1965–1966	Succeeded by Afzal Rahman Khan

[AAKF-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Khan, Naweed Akbar (15 June 2022). "Strategic Vision" (PDF). Ali Akbar Khan Foundation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.

[Dawn-2] "Triangular battle in NA-82". Dawn. 1 October 2002. Retrieved 19 July 2023. Nisar Akbar Khan, the PPP nominee, belongs to a respectable Rajput family of Hoshiarpur district, India. He is the son of Ch Ali Akbar Khan who had been one of the respected politicians of 60's...

[Herald-3] Ijaz, Saroop; Cheema, Ali; Zahid, Shahid (23 May 2013). "Special Issue: Election 2013 – Political dynasties". Herald. p. 117. Retrieved 19 July 2023.

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