Pakistani independence activist and politician (1899–1958)
Sardar
Abdur Rab Nishtar
سردار عبدالرب نشتر
Nishtar's official portrait
2nd Governor of West Punjab
In office 2 August 1949 – 24 November 1951
Monarch
George VI
Governors‑General
Khawaja Nazimuddin Malik Ghulam Muhammad
Chief Minister
Iftikhar Hussain Khan
Mumtaz Daultana
Preceded by
Francis Mudie
Succeeded by
I. I. Chundrigar
1st Minister of Communications
In office 15 August 1947 – 1 August 1949
Monarch
George VI
Governors‑General
Muhammad Ali Jinnah Khawaja Nazimuddin
Prime Minister
Liaquat Ali Khan
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Sardar Bahadur Khan
Personal details
Born
13 June 1899 Peshawar, British India (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Died
14 February 1958(1958-02-14) (aged 58) Karachi, Federal Capital Territory, Pakistan (present-day Sindh, Pakistan)
Resting place
Mazar-e-Quaid
Nationality
British Indian (1899-1947) Pakistani (1947-1958)
Political party
Muslim League (after independence) All India Muslim League (before independence)
Education
Edwardes College
Alma mater
University of the Punjab (B.A) Aligarh Muslim University (L.L.B)
Occupation
Politician
Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar (13 June 1899 – 14 February 1958) was a Pakistani independence activist and politician from the North-West Frontier Province (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).[1] He served as the first Minister of Communications of Pakistan from August 1947 to August 1949 and then as the second Governor of West Punjab from August 1949 to November 1951.
^"Abdur Rab Nishtar profile". Story of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
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aligned with the Khudai Khidmatgar movement. Along with Liaquat and AbdurRabNishtar, Jinnah represented Pakistan's interests in the Division Council to...
facilitate such measures. This sub-committee was headed by Sardar AbdurRabNishtar and later presented a revised report in the constituent assembly in...
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elected parliamentarian from Peshawar, MPA, widow of Haroon Bilour AbdurRabNishtar, leader in Pakistan Movement; first Governor of Punjab, Pakistan Bhim...
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dismissed Nazimuddin's government soon after. Husain along with Sardar AbdurRabNishtar and Abdul Sattar Pirzada refused to join the new cabinet constituted...
Congress on the Partition Council, with Jinnah, Liaqat Ali Khan and AbdurRabNishtar representing the Muslim League. Late in 1946, the Labour government...
Mohsin-ul-Mulk Bahadur Yar Jung Baba-e-Urdu Maulvi Abdul Haq Abdul Qayyum Khan AbdurRabNishtar Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman Choudhary Rahmat Ali A. K. Fazlul Huq Jamaat...
Pakistan through non violent resistance, including Yusuf Khattak and AbdurRabNishtar who was a close associate of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The Pashtuns of...
Sahibzada Aftab Ahmad Khan, founder of Anjuman Al-farz or Duty Society Abdur Rehman Bijnori Syed Ali Bilgrami Syed Nabiullah, member of Muhammedan Educational...
Hostel in Government College University, Lahore, the Allama Iqbal Hall at Nishtar Medical College in Multan, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town in Karachi, Allama Iqbal...
of the Muslim League Rallied Sindh's support for Pakistan movement AbdurRabNishtar (1899–1958) Peshawar, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor of Punjab First...
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members included several politicians, poets and musicians, including AbdurRabNishtar, Ahmad G. Chagla and Hafeez Jullundhri.[citation needed] The NAC encountered...