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1. On October 16th, 1951, Liaquat was assassinated in broad daylight while addressing a gathering. He had just reached the venue an hour earlier from Karachi. Where was he assassinated?
2. Liaquat only had time to say one sentence before he was shot - two bullets hit him and though he was conscious for some time, he died at the hospital. What was the only sentence he said?
3. Who was identified as the assassin?
4. The assassination was not without its fair share of controversy. Even though the assassin was overpowered by three to four people after he fired the bullets, a police officer came to the scene and shot the assassin dead. This vindicated the stand of a lot of people that there was more to the assassination than what met the eye. Who was the police officer?
5. The initial accusations that the assassin was an Afghani were a clear embarrassment to the government of Afghanistan - the relations between the two countries was quite tense at that time. Later it was found that this was actually a Pakistani line of propaganda. The then Afghan Ambassador to India cleared all this when he revealed that the assassin had revolted against the Afghani regime and was expelled by the latter. He (the alleged assassin) then got asylum from another government? Which Government?
6. Prior to the assassination, the assassin had checked himself at a hotel and gave a false profession. It was strange that the Pakistani police got wind of this and decided to "shadow" him. However at no point of time did they try to arrest him for impersonation. What profession did the assassin assume while checking in at the hotel?
7. After Liaquat's assassination, the top brass of the Muslim League decided to appoint his wife Begum Liaquat as ambassador to a foreign country to preventing her from creating controversies. However on her return from that country, she promptly reopened the case and issued a statement accusing the Government with suppression of truth. Where was she posted as ambassador in the first place?
8. Months prior to his assassination, Liaquat had created a sensation by revealing that his government foiled a plan to overthrow his government by some senior Military officers. Who was the ring leader of this plot?
9. It was quite strange that the results of the enquiry and investigation committee were not made public despite pressure from the press. For some time, even the press who attended the enquiry proceedings was told not to publish any information revealed during the enquiry. Then in 1953, an incident pertaining to the evidence occurred which was intriguing to say the least. What was it?
10. Weeks prior to the assassination, Liaquat's authority was being challenged by a number of leaders across the state. He was so bothered by one particular leader (an ex-chief minister of East Bengal) that Liaquat publicly denounced him as a "traitor". Who was that person?
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