Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani

Nawab Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani (Urdu: مشتاق احمد گرمانی‎; 1905–1981) was a Pakistani politician. Born in well known landlord Gurmani family of village Thatha Gurmani in Kot Addu district Muzaffargarh. In his role as Minister without Portfolio, he signed the Karachi Agreement of 1949 that established a ceasefire line between Pakistani and Indian areas of Kashmir, which later became known as the Line of Control. In 1951, he served as the Executive for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas and also served as Interior Minister of Pakistan from 1951 till 1954.[1]

Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani
1st Governor of West Pakistan
In office 14 October 1955 – 27 August 1957
President	Iskander Mirza
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Akhter Husain
3rd Minister of Interior
In office 26 November 1951 – 24 October 1954
Prime Minister	Khawaja Nazimuddin Mohammad Ali Bogra
Preceded by	Khwaja Shahabuddin
Succeeded by	Iskander Mirza
Personal details
Born	1905 Kot Addu, Punjab, British India (present day Punjab, Pakistan)
Died	1981

Between 1954 and 1957 he served as Governor of Punjab. In 1955, the post of Punjab Governor was abolished and Gurmani went on to become the first Governor of West Pakistan.[2] Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani belonged to the Gurmani Baloch tribe. After his death his family made a foundation called Gurmani Foundation which gave huge amount of one billion rupees in LUMS University Lahore for the establishment of new department named as Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani school of humanities and social sciences. Between the war of 1965 between Pakistan and India he and his brother Mian Niaz ahmed Gurmani gave 30 square of his fertile land to Pakistan defence fund in regard of the families of martyres in the wars. He also served as a prime minister in the princely state of Bahawalpur before partition.

Books

By him

• Kashmir, a survey, 1951.
• Agricultural crisis in Pakistan, speeches, 1957.

About him

• Nawab Mian Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani : some personal traits and leadership by S. Qalb-i-Abid, 2017.

References

1. Akhtar Balouch (16 October 2015). "The mystery that shrouds Liaquat Ali Khan's murder". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 6 March 2018.
2. Provinces of Pakistan since 1947 - World Statesmen website

Political offices
Preceded by Khwaja Shahabuddin	Interior Minister of Pakistan 1951 – 1954	Succeeded by Iskander Mirza
Preceded by Habib Ibrahim Rehmatullah	Governor of Punjab 1954 – 1955	Succeeded by Part of West Pakistan
Preceded by Office established	Governor of West Pakistan 1955 – 1957	Succeeded by Akhter Husain