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Events on Tuesday 16 October 1951 1
1951Assassination of Liaquat Ali KhanPakistan's first prime minister shot at a public rallyLiaquat Ali Khan was shot and killed while addressing a public meeting in Rawalpindi, becoming the first of several Pakistani leaders to die violently in office. His assassin was killed on the spot, and the motive behind the killing was never conclusively established. His death deepened political instability in the young state.