Abdur Rab Nishtar

Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar (13 June 1899 – 14 February 1958; Pashto: سردار عبد الرب نښتر‎) was a Muslim League stalwart, a Pakistan movement leader and activist and later on a Pakistani politician from North-West Frontier Province (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). Quotes Attributed Pakistan can only be achieved through shedding blood of ourselves, and if need be, and if opportunity arose, by shedding blood of others. Muslims are no believers in Ahimsa. Attributed by Gurbachan Singh Talib in Muslim League Attack on Sikhs and Hindus in the Punjab 1947, p. 34, 1950, Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee Sardar Abdul Rab Nishtar was reported to have said that Pakistan could only be achieved by shedding blood and, if opportunity arose, the blood of non-Muslims must be shed, for “ Muslims are no believers in ahimsa' Khosla GD (1989) Stern Reckoning: A Survey of Events Leading Up To and Following the Partition of India, Oxford University Press, Delhi, also quoted in M.A. Khan Islamic Jihad: A legacy of forced conversion, imperialism and slavery (2011) External links Category:Politicians from Pakistan Category:Communications and postal ministers Category:Activists from Pakistan Category:Muslims from Pakistan Category:1899 births Category:1958 deaths