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Nawab Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani (Urdu: مشتاق احمد گرمانی; 1905–1981) was a Pakistani politician. Born in well known landlord Gurmani family of villageThatha Gurmani in Kot Addu district Muzaffargarh.In his role as Minister without Portfolio, he signed the Karachi Agreement of 1949 that established a ceasefire line between Pakistani and Indian areas of Kashmir, which later became known as the Line of Control. In 1951, he served as theExecutive for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas and also served as Interior Minister of Pakistan 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. Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani belonged to the GurmaniBaloch tribe. After his death his family made a foundation called Gurmani Foundation which gave huge amount 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. Between the war of 1965 between Pakistan and India he and his brother Mian Niaz ahmed Gurmani gave 30 square of his fertile land to Pakistan defence fund in regard of the families of martyres in the wars. He also served as a prime minister in the princely state of Bahawalpur before partition.
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.
