Nawab Mian Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani ( ur, ; (1905 – 1981) was a Pakistani

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who served as the Diwan of the

Bahawalpur State Bahawalpur (Urdu, skr, ) was a princely state of British India, and later Dominion of Pakistan, that was a part of the Punjab States Agency. It existed as an autonomous state, within Pakistan from 1947 to 1955, when it was dissolved and merg ...

. He was from Sinanwan. After the

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and the accession of Bahawalpur, he served as a 'Minister without Portfolio' in the central Government of Pakistan in charge of the

Ministry of Kashmir Affairs The Ministry of Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit-Baltistan ( ur, وزارت امور کشمیر و گلگت بلتستان; abbreviated as MoKGB) is a ministry of the Government of Pakistan. It handles the regional affairs of Azad Jammu and Kashmir a ...

, and served as prime minister in the princely state of Bahawalpur before partition. He left for the eternal abode in 1981.

Early life

Mian Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani was born in a Gurmani family of village Thatha Gurmani, Tehsil Kot Addu, District Muzaffargarh, in the Punjab Province of Pakistan.

Career

In his role as 'Minister without Portfolio' but in charge of Kashmir Affairs, he signed the

Karachi Agreement The Karachi Agreement of 1949 was signed by the military representatives of India and Pakistan, supervised by the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan, establishing a cease-fire line in Kashmir following the Indo-Pakistani War of 1 ...

of 1949 that established a ceasefire line between Pakistani and

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n areas of

Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...

, which later became known as the

Line of Control The Line of Control (LoC) is a military control line between the Indian and Pakistanicontrolled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir—a line which does not constitute a legally recognized international boundary, but serve ...

. In 1951, he served as the Executive for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas and also served as

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from 1951 till 1954. 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 West Pakistan ( ur, , translit=Mag̱ẖribī Pākistān, ; bn, পশ্চিম পাকিস্তান, translit=Pôścim Pakistan) was one of the two Provincial exclaves created during the One Unit Scheme in 1955 in Pakistan. It was d ...

. Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani belonged to the

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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.

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

1905 births 1981 deaths Interior Ministers of Pakistan Governors of Punjab, Pakistan Governors of West Pakistan Pakistani sports executives and administrators Pakistan Hockey Federation presidents Baloch people Prime Ministers of Bahawalpur (princely state) People from Muzaffargarh Politicians from Muzaffargarh {{Pakistan-politician-stub