On 16 October 1951, Khan was shot twice by Syed Akbar in the chest while he was addressing a gathering of 100,000 at Company Bagh, Rawalpindi now called Liaqat Bagh.
Syed Akbar was an Afghan national from the Pashtun Zadran tribe. an Urdu daily published in Bhopal, India, saw a Russian hand behind the assassination
Liquate Ali Khan visited USA:1951
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Liaqat Ali Khan Born: October 1, 1895, Karnal, India
Liaqat Ali Khan was assassinated on October 16, 1951, in Rawalpindi
Liaqat Ali Khan was the first PM of Pakistan
Liaqat Ali Khan Place of burial: Mazar-e-Quaid, Jinnah's Mausoleum, Karachi
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Exactly 55 years later, in this very Liaquat Garden, another prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, was to be assassinated.