Saad Akbar

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Saad Akbar(? - 16 October, 1951) assassinated the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaqat Ali Khan. On the 16th of October, 1951, Liaqat was shot twice by Saad in a park in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, during a public meeting. The assassin was killed by police officers seconds later, so it is unknown what his motive or who his backers were. Liaqat also died on the scene.

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