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Mayo School of Arts (now NCA) Lahore c. 1880's

 

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1931 ...... Lahore Shalamar Gardens View

 

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1951: Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan with her two sons mourning at the graveside of Liaquat Ali Khan in Karachi

 

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Death anniversary Manzur Qadir
(28 November 1913 - 12 October 1974)

Manzur Qadir was Foreign Minister Pakistan from 1958 - 1962 and Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court from 1962-1963.

Qadir also served as Chairman of the constitutional committee which eventually formulated the Constitution of Pakistan of 1962.

 

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Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah With Mohammad Abdul Latif, Pir Sahib Zakori Sharif At Dera Ismail khan In April 1948.

Pir Abdul Latif Zakori (1914 - 1978)

Pir Sahib Zakori Sharif played a leading role in the 1945 NWFP Assembly elections and was instrumental in securing 17 seats for the Provincial Muslim League; himself returning from Lakki Marwat, Bannu District constituency.

During the crucial phase of Pakistan Movement he faced bravely a lot of hardships and imprisonment on many occasions. During the \'Civil Disobedience Movement\' he hoisted the Pakistan Muslim League flag after removing the Union Jack from the Deputy Commissioner's House in Bannu and was arrested soon after leading a procession against the British Rule. The arrest of Pir Sahib turned into a great public uproar and a large number of his followers turned up for voluntary arrest which almost filled the entire jails of NWFP; resultantly temporary prison houses had to be arranged at Serai Naurang, Bannu, and other places to lodge the protestors.

On his release on June 3,1947 he preceded to New Delhi on the special invitation of Quaid-e-Azam to participate in the All India Muslim League Council meeting at Imperial Hotel. He delivered there an impressive and forceful speech. Quaid-e-Azam had a great faith in Pir Sahibs political acumen and sagacity and reposed a great confidence in him to turn the forthcoming \'Referendum\' in NWFP a success.

Pir Sahib Zakori Sharif did, indeed, come to the high expectations of the Quaid and worked so tirelessly for the NWFP Referendum that the Quaid-e-Azam addressed him as \"Fateh Referendum\".

He was one of those luminaries of the Pakistan Movement who laid the foundation of Muslim League in NWFP and nullified the hold of all India Congress and other Anti-Pakistan forces in the Province. He remained a member of the NWFP Assembly from 1945 to 1950.

He died on February 2,1978 depriving the Country of a great freedom fighter and leaving millions of his followers to mourn his death.

To commemorate the Pioneers of Freedom (Series) Pakistan Postal Services Corporation is issuing a set of three commemorative postage stamps of Re. 1/- denomination on August 14,1993.

 

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Peshawar Airport, June 1948.

Quiad-E-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah At Peshawar Airport Followed By Miss Jinnah, Sir Ambrose Dundas Governor And Abdul Qayyum Khan Chief Minister Of North West Frontier Province And Major General Nazir Ahmed)

 

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Historic Letter Of The Founder Of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah To The Mohsin e Millat Pioneer Of Freedom Pir Sahib Of Manki Sharif Syed Muhammad Amin Ul Hasnat Rehmatullah Aley November 18, 1945.

Founder Of Pakistan Had Appreciated The Services Of The Forefathers Of The Pir Sahib Of Manki Sharif Rendered For The Cause Of Islam.

Courtesy - Pirzada Muhammad Abbas Qadri

 

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Sir George Roose Keppel, Sahibzada Sir Abdul Qayum At Darband, Mansehra, Circa 1917.

In This Photo: Nawab Muhammad Khan Zaman Khan (Seated Second From Left), Sir George Roos-Keppel (Seated Third From Left), Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum (Seated First From Right). Sitting L-R: Nawabzada Omer Khan (Khan Of Bhugwai And Brother Of Nawab Khan Zaman Khan) Nawabzada Farid Khan (Later Became Nawab Of Amb State) Nawabzada Mohammad Ismail Khan (Naib-i-Riasat Amb State, Khan Of Chansair And Brother Of Nawab Mohammad Khan Zaman Khan)

Amb Also Known As Fuedal Tanawal Was A Princely State Of The Former British Indian Empire Ruled Over By Chiefs Of The Tanoli Tribe Of Pashtun Descent. The Tanoli Submitted To British Colonial Rule In The 1840's, Following Pakistani Independence In 1947. And For Some Months Afterwards, The Nawabs Of Amb Remained Unaligned. At The End Of December 1947 The Nawab Of Amb State Acceded To Pakistan, While Retaining Internal Self-government. Amb Continued As A Princely State Of Pakistan Until 1969, When It Was Incorporated Into The North-West Frontier Province Now (Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa) Province.

 

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Peshawar Airport, Circa 1950.

Syed Aman Ali Shah Banoori, first in the row welcoming Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi who was first head of State visited Pakistan in 1950, after its independence Peshawar Pakistan.

 

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1906: All India Muhammadan Educational Conference at Dhaka, which laid the foundation of Muslim League in 1906 under Nawab Wiqar-ul-Mulk while the convention was organised by Nawab Muhsan-ul-Mulk, the then Organizer as well as the Secretary of the Muhammadan Educational Conference at Ali garh.

 

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Habibullah Khan The Amir Of Afghanistan (Reign 1901 - 1919) .
Arrival At Rawalpindi, January 1907.

 

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Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and President of Pakistan Ayub Khan busy in conversation in London.
Date: 1965.

 

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Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah During His Visit To Bannu, April 1948.

In 1948 Lt. Col. Mohammed Yousuf was promoted to the rank of Brigadier and given command in Bannu. In April 1948 the Quaid, on his tour of the (then) North-West Frontier Province, visited the Dera Ismail Khan Guides Cavalry, And on April 16 he spent a day in Bannu. He was accompanied by Miss Fatima Jinnah. After lunch at a Battalion Mess, he came to Brigade House in the Fort in Bannu.

After tea, Mr. Jinnah addressed a large gathering from the ramparts. Colonel Sahibzada Khurshid (later Governor NWFP) was also in attendance. In the late afternoon the Quaid, with Miss Jinnah, flew to Peshawar to present colours to an Infantry Brigade, and to hold a large garden party at Government House. Brigadier Yousuf, later Lieutenant General, Ambassador to Australia in 1957 and twice High Commissioner to Great Britain (1959-63 and 1971-72), accompanied the Quaid on this visit to Bannu.