21 Facts About Mian Iftikharuddin

Mian Iftikharuddin was a Pakistani politician, activist of the Indian National Congress, who later joined the All-India Muslim League and worked for the cause of Pakistan under the leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Mian Iftikharuddin was known for his left-wing politics and briefly served as the Provincial Minister for Rehabiilitation of Refugees in Punjab.

Mian Iftikharuddin's relations included Sir Mian Muhammad Shafi and Sir Mian Abdul Rashid.

Mian Iftikharuddin was educated at Aitchison College and the University of Oxford.

Mian Iftikharuddin was elected to the Punjab Provincial Assembly in 1937 and became the President of the Punjab Provincial Congress in 1940, serving in that position until 1945.

Mian Iftikharuddin was a member of the All India Congress Committee from the 1930s to the mid-1940s.

In 1945, Mian Iftikharuddin resigned from the Congress Party and joined the Muslim League.

Mian Iftikharuddin joined the All India Muslim League in September 1945.

Mian Iftikharuddin was elected to the Punjab Provincial Assembly in 1946 as a Muslim League member, and led the civil disobedience movement against the Unionist government of Khizar Hayat Tiwana.

Mian Iftikharuddin was elected the first president of the Punjab Provincial Muslim League after the Independence of Pakistan in 1947.

Mian Iftikharuddin was appointed the Minister for rehabilitation of refugees in the Government of Punjab.

Mian Iftikharuddin was the founder-owner of The Pakistan Times, a newspaper started by the leftists in the Muslim League to create a balance to the centrist Muslim League mouthpiece Dawn newspaper as well as the Hindu press in pre-1947 British India.

In 1947, Mian Iftikharuddin played a key role in the development of the Kashmir conflict.

Mian Iftikharuddin then spent a week in Srinagar, and came back convinced that the Maharaja was intending to accede to India and Pakistan needed to help the Muslims of Kashmir to fight for freedom.

Mian Iftikharuddin was dejected and concluded, 'Kashmir is lost to us'.

Mian Iftikharuddin briefly served as Minister for Rehabiilitation of Refugees in the provincial government of Punjab in 1947.

In frustration, Mian Iftikharuddin resigned from his Ministry in 1949 and was formally expelled from the Muslim League in 1951.

Mian Iftikharuddin was the only Muslim member in the parliament house who opposed the 'objectives resolution' as he felt that the resolution was vague.

Mian Iftikharuddin further suggested that such a resolution should be the decision of the 70 million people of Pakistan.

Mian Iftikharuddin was considered a leading light of the National Awami Party as well.

Mian Iftikharuddin died at the age of 54, after suffering a heart attack on 6 June 1962.