NAWABZADA Nasrullah Khan, widely regarded as Baba-e-Jamhoriat (Father of Democracy), was a veteran politician, statesman, humanist and charismatic opposition leader who devoted his life to parliamentary democracy, constitutionalism and the rule of law. Distinctive in his dark achkan, Turkish cap and huqqa, he was known for character, integrity and opposition to corruption and nepotism. He refused to compromise his democratic principles and became a prominent counterweight to undemocratic governments and political elites.

Born in 1918 into a feudal family in Khangarh, Muzaffargarh, Nasrullah Khan received his early education at Aitchison College, Lahore and later graduated from Aligarh Muslim University. During his student years, he developed an interest in literature and wrote ghazals and poetry........

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