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University. He started his professional
career as a public prosecutor. When he
was transferred from Muzaffargarh to
Rajanpur for having secretly taken part
in Pakistan Movement, he resigned from
the service and started active politics. He
became District President of Muslim
League in 1944. He contested 1946
elections for the provincial assembly,
and because of his efforts, not only won
his own seat but also managed to get 2
out of 3 seats for his party from the
district. For the cause of independence,
he had to face frequent arrests and
detentions which he bravely did.
After the creation of Pakistan, he
remained federal minister for a long
time. On July 30, 1953, he laid the
foundations of first ever degree college of the district. He remained Chief
Minister Punjab from May 21, 1955 to October 14, 1955, i.e. for 146 days.
He bade farewell to this mundane world in 1985.
In recognition of his active role during the Pakistan Movement, and his
outstanding services for the people of Muzaffargarh, the ‘Hilal-e-
Muzaffargarh’ was conferred upon him posthumously during Shan-e-
Muzaffargarh Awards ceremony held on August 30, 2019.
NAWAB MUSHTAQ AHMAD GURMANI

Nawab Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani, a well-
known politician from early days of
Pakistan, was born in village Thatta
Gurmani in Tehsil Kot Addu in 1905.
Besides other stints in politics, he has
served as the Governor of Punjab from
November 26, 1954 to October 14, 1955.
He also had the honour of being the first
Governor of West Pakistan – a post he held
from October 14, 1955 to August 27,
1957.

Earlier, he had remained Interior Minister
of Pakistan (1951-54). In 1949, as a
Minister without Portfolio, he signed
the Karachi Agreement that established a
ceasefire line between Pakistani and Indian areas of Kashmir, which later

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