Mumtaz Daultana

Mian Mumtaz Daultana (Urdu: میاں ممتاز دولتانہ) was the renowned activist of "Teherek-e-Azadi" and one amongst the close friends of Quaid e Azam M Ali Jinah. His uncle Chaudhry Sir Shahab-ud-Din was the speaker of Punjab assembly before independence of Pakistan. and he was the 2nd Chief Minister of Punjab from 1951 to 1953, when he was dismissed by Khwaja Nazimuddin following the Lahore riots. He was also Defence Minister of Pakistan in the short-lived government of Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar in 1957. He belonged to the Daultana clan of the Johiya tribe, settled in Punjab, Pakistan. He was appointed High Commissioner to the United Kingdom by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Tehmina Daultana former minister and Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) MNA is his niece.

See also

• Daulatana
• Azeem Daultana

Role of Mumtaz Daultana in Lahore Martial Law 1953

After the 1951 Punjab elections, Punjab’s chief minister, Mumtaz Daulatana, a member of the Muslim League, called for legislation that would declare the Ahmadis non-Muslims for legal purposes. The plan was that violent street protesters would call for the resignation of Pakistan’s first foreign minister, Sir Zafarulla Khan, who was an Ahmadi, and bring down the federal government. Mumtaz Daultana hoped to benefit from the fall of the central government and expected to become prime minister. The riots could not be calibrated, however, and law and order collapsed and the army was called in to control the situation through a declaration of martial law in Lahore, the capital of Punjab.

External links

• Government of Punjab, Pakistan
• Punjab Assembly Website