Alumni
Pakistan Society gives students an opportunity to get involved with the Alumni, and offers current students a valuable insight into what life after university can entail. In order to achieve this objective, we are in the process of compiling profiles of Oxford Pakistan Society Alumni.
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Liaqat Ali Khan
First Prime Minister of PakistanFirst Finance Minister of British India
Nawabzada Liaqat Ali Khan (1-Oct-1896 to 16-Oct-1951), an Oxford Alumnus, studied Law at Exeter College, Oxford. He joined Oxford in 1921 after graduating from Muhammedan Anglo-Oriental College (later known as Aligarh Muslim University), Aligarh. While a student at Oxford University, he was elected Honorary Treasurer of the Indian Majlis. Thereafter he joined the Inner Temple, one of the Inns of Court in London. He was called to the Bar in 1922. He was the first Finance Minister of the British India. Being a prominent member of the All India Muslim League, Liaqat Ali Khan played a vital role in the creation of Pakistan. He served as the First Prime Minister and the First Foreign Minister of Pakistan before he was shot dead at a public meeting of the Muslim City League at Municipal Park, Rawalpindi now known after him as "Liaqat bagh". Upon his death, He was given the honorific title of "Shaheed-e-Millat", or "Martyr of the Nation".
Imran Khan
International Cricket All RounderMNA & Founder Tehreek-e-Inssaf Chancellor, Bradford University
Imran Khan studied Economics and Politics at Keble College, Oxford, in 1972, and was captain of Oxford's cricket team in 1974. He was declared international cricketer of the year in 1989-90 and led Pakistan to numerous victories, clinching the World Cup in 1992. Imran joined politics in 1996 and launched Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf, the Pakistani Justice Movement. Among his social and welfare activities, he opened Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust Cancer Hospital, worked in earthquake striken areas of Pakistan and serves as a Special Representative of UNICEF and Imran Khan Foundation. Imran is Chancellor of Bradford University.
Benazir Bhutto
Former Prime Minister of PakistanFormer Chairman Pakistan People's Party
Benazir Bhutto (21-05-1953 to 27-12-2007), an Oxford Alumnus, studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. She was elected president of the Oxford Union, becoming the first Asian woman to head the prestigious debating society. Prior to her studies at Oxford, she did Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in comparative government from Harvard University and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She became the first woman head of government in the Muslim world when she was elected prime minister of Pakistan in 1988. She was the first to be elected twice as the prime minister of Pakistan yet both of her tenures are only remembered as periods of corrupt, failed governments.