Notes Witness to Liaquat’s Assassination

Abstract

Some incidents are so haunting that they remain etched on your memory forever. No matter how much you try they never leave you. For me, such an experience with lasting impact has been the assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, who was gunned down in broad daylight at a public meeting in Rawalpindi. And I was an eyewitness to this horrifying murder. Even after fifty-five years, I get shudders when I recall that nightmarish incident and the entire scene starts re-enacting in my mind like a slow-motion replay as if watching a horror movie. I do not think I can get over it ever.