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PM AJK expressed Condolence of Ghazi-e-Millat’s Son

Prime Minister prayed that may Allah elevate the ranks of the deceased and grant patience to the bereaved.

Islamabad: PM AJK expressed Condolence of Ghazi-e-Millat’s Son. Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq, expressed condolences on the passing of Ghazi-e-Millat Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan’s son, Sardar Javaid Ibrahim. In his condolence message, the Prime Minister prayed that may Allah elevate the ranks of the deceased and grant patience to the bereaved.

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Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan  22 April 1915 – 31 July 2003) was a Kashmiri revolutionary leader and politician, who led the 1947 Poonch Rebellion against absolute rule of the Maharaja in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and played a key role in the First Kashmir War, supporting Pakistan. He served as the President of Azad Kashmir for 13 years across four non-consecutive terms and still remains the longest-serving president of the state, since its establishment.

He is revered as Ghazi-e-Millat (Warrior of the Nation) in Azad Kashmir.

Early life and education

Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan was born on 22 April 1915 in Kot Mattay Khan, a village in the Poonch District of Kashmir to an elite Sudhan family. He received his primary education in his village. He attended college and received a Bachelors of Arts degree in 1937 at Islamia College (Lahore) and sought higher education abroad in 1938. He went to the UK in 1939 and obtained his LLB degree from the University of London in 1941. Khan then obtained a law degree from Lincoln’s Inn, and later started practicing law at Srinagar, Kashmir.

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