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  "ar": "عبد الرب نشتر",
  "en": "Abdur Rab Nishtar",
  "ur": "سردار عبدالرب نشتر"
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  "ar": "ناشط استقلال وسياسي باكستاني (1899–1958) من بيشاور؛ أول وزير اتصالات لباكستان (1947–1949) ثم ثاني حكام البنجاب الغربية (1949–1951)، وأحد المقربين من محمد علي جناح في الرابطة الإسلامية. ترأس الرابطة الإسلامية من 1956 حتى وفاته بنوبة قلبية في كراتشي سنة 1958 ودُفن في مزار قائد.",
  "en": "Pakistani independence activist and politician (1899–1958) of Peshawar; Pakistan's first minister of communications (1947–1949) and then second governor of West Punjab (1949–1951), and a confidant of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the Muslim League. He led the Muslim League from 1956 until his death by heart attack at Karachi in 1958, and was buried at Mazar-e-Quaid.",
  "ur": "پاکستانی ناشطِ آزادی و سیاست دان (1899ء–1958ء) جن کا تعلق پشاور سے تھا؛ پاکستان کے پہلے وزیر مواصلات (1947ء–1949ء) اور پھر مغربی پنجاب کے دوسرے گورنر (1949ء–1951ء)، اور مسلم لیگ میں محمد علی جناح کے معتمد۔ 1956ء سے کراچی میں دل کے دورے سے اپنی وفات (1958ء) تک مسلم لیگ کے صدر رہے اور مزارِ قائد میں دفن ہوئے۔"
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  "earliest": 1899.4468743369132,
  "latest": 1958.1229594036522
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   "note": "Born on 13 June 1899 at Peshawar in British India, as the English article states citing the Story of Pakistan and Overseas Pakistanis Foundation profiles, and as the Urdu and Arabic articles and Wikidata agree. Peshawar has no place entity, so no born_in edge is written. The Hijri year is a conversion of the followed date.",
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   "edtf": "1958-02-14",
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   "note": "Died of a heart attack on 14 February 1958 at Karachi, as all three articles and Wikidata agree, and was buried at Mazar-e-Quaid beside Jinnah's tomb, as the English article records. Karachi has no place entity and Mazar-e-Quaid has no building entity, so no died_in or buried_in edge is written. The Hijri year is a conversion of the followed date.",
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    "value": "سردار عبدالرب نشتر",
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   "note": "Died of a heart attack on 14 February 1958 at Karachi, as all three articles and Wikidata agree, and was buried at Mazar-e-Quaid beside Jinnah's tomb, as the English article records. Karachi has no place entity and Mazar-e-Quaid has no building entity, so no died_in or buried_in edge is written. The Hijri year is a conversion of the followed date.",
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    "note": "His school is not recorded: no source names a school for Nishtar, and the readings are preserved here. The English article describes his religious household (his father was Maulvi Abdul Hannan), calls him a man of deep religious convictions with a deep interest in Islamic mysticism, and credits him with creating Islamic spirit among the Muslims of the subcontinent — family background, personal piety and political reputation, none of which is an attestation of a school. The Urdu article's infobox religion field is empty, the Arabic stub names no religion, and Wikidata carries no religion value at all. Under the two-source rule the value stays unknown.",
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "سردار عبد الرب نشتر (13 حزيران 1899 – 14 شباط 1958) ناشط استقلال وسياسي باكستاني من مقاطعة الحدود الشمالية الغربية، ومن المقربين من محمد علي جناح في الرابطة الإسلامية.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-ar} كان أول وزير اتصالات لباكستان (1947–1949)، وثاني حكام البنجاب الغربية (1949–1951)، ورئيس الرابطة الإسلامية من 1956 حتى وفاته.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "نشأته وتعليمه",
     "markdown": "وُلد في 13 حزيران 1899 في بيشاور في بيت متدين من قبيلة كاكر البشتونية؛ وكان أبوه مولوي عبد الحنان شخصية بارزة عارضت الحكم البريطاني.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en} تلقى تعليمه أولاً في مدارس تبشيرية ومدرسة سناتان دارم ثم في كلية إدواردز ببيشاور، ونال البكالوريوس من جامعة البنجاب سنة 1923 وشهادة الحقوق بامتياز من جامعة عليكرة الإسلامية سنة 1925.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en} وتصفه المقالة الإنجليزية بأنه رجل ذو قناعات دينية عميقة واهتمام عميق بالتصوف الإسلامي، متأثراً بوالديه وبصاحبه محمد علي جوهر الذي شاركه في حركة الخلافة في 1919–1920.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en} ولا يسمي أي مصدر مذهباً له، وسجلّه لا يذكر مذهباً.{cite:wikidata-abdur-rab-nishtar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مسيرته السياسية",
     "markdown": "كان عضواً في مجلس رابطة مسلمي عموم الهند من 1932 إلى 1936، وفي جمعية مقاطعة الحدود من 1937 إلى 1945 — وزيراً لماليتها في 1943–1945 — وفي اللجنة العاملة للرابطة من 1944 إلى 1947، ومثّلها في مؤتمر سيملا سنة 1945.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en} وبعد الاستقلال صار أول وزير اتصالات لباكستان، فأدخل استعمال الأردية في سكك حديد باكستان ومصلحة البريد، وفي آب 1949 عُيّن حاكماً للبنجاب الغربية، أول باكستاني يتولى هذه الحاكمية، حتى تشرين الثاني 1951.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المعارضة وقيادة الرابطة",
     "markdown": "كان مرشحاً جدياً لرئاسة الوزراء بعد اغتيال لياقت علي خان، ثم انتقل إلى المعارضة بعد إقالة حكومة خواجة ناظم الدين، رافضاً المشاركة في ما رآه فعلاً غير ديمقراطي.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en} وفي 1956، مع اعتماد أول دستور باكستاني، انتُخب رئيساً للرابطة الإسلامية خلافاً لرغبة الرئيس إسكندر ميرزا، وبقي في المنصب حتى وفاته.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-ar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "وفاته وإرثه",
     "markdown": "توفي بنوبة قلبية في 14 شباط 1958 في كراتشي ودُفن في مزار قائد قرب ضريح جناح.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en} وتخليداً لاسمه سُميت كلية نشتر الطبية ومستشفى نشتر في ملتان وقاعة نشتر في بيشاور وحديقة نشتر وطريق نشتر في كراتشي، وأصدر بريد باكستان سنة 1990 طابعاً تذكارياً له في سلسلة «رواد الحرية».{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "المراجع",
     "markdown": "{{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-ar}} {{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en}} {{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-ur}} {{cite:wikidata-abdur-rab-nishtar}}"
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  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar (13 June 1899 – 14 February 1958) was a Pakistani independence activist and politician from the North-West Frontier Province, a confidant of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the Muslim League.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en} He was Pakistan's first minister of communications (1947–1949), the second governor of West Punjab (1949–1951), and president of the Muslim League from 1956 until his death.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Early life and education",
     "markdown": "He was born on 13 June 1899 at Peshawar into a religious household of the Pashtun Kakar tribe; his father, Maulvi Abdul Hannan, was a prominent figure who had opposed British rule.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en} Educated first in mission and Sanatan Dharam schools and at Edwardes College, Peshawar, he took his BA from the University of the Punjab in 1923 and his LL.B with honours from Aligarh Muslim University in 1925.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en} The English article describes him as a man of deep religious convictions with a deep interest in Islamic mysticism, shaped by his parents and by his associate Muhammad Ali Jauhar, with whom he took part in the Khilafat Movement of 1919–1920.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en} No source names a school for him, and his record states none.{cite:wikidata-abdur-rab-nishtar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Political career",
     "markdown": "He sat on the All-India Muslim League Council from 1932 to 1936, in the NWFP legislative assembly from 1937 to 1945 — serving as the province's finance minister in 1943–1945 — and on the League's Working Committee from 1944 to 1947, representing the League at the Simla Conference of 1945.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en} After independence he became Pakistan's first minister of communications, introducing the use of Urdu in Pakistan Railways and the Post Office, and in August 1949 he was appointed governor of West Punjab, the first Pakistani to hold that governorship, serving until November 1951.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Opposition and League leadership",
     "markdown": "Considered a serious contender for the premiership after Liaquat Ali Khan's assassination, he went into opposition after the dismissal of Khawaja Nazimuddin's government, refusing to be involved in what he saw as an undemocratic act.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en} In 1956, when Pakistan's first constitution was adopted, he was elected president of the Muslim League against the wishes of President Iskander Mirza, a post he held until his death.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Death and legacy",
     "markdown": "He died of a heart attack on 14 February 1958 at Karachi and was buried at Mazar-e-Quaid, near Jinnah's tomb.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en} Nishtar Medical College and Nishtar Hospital in Multan, Nishtar Hall in Peshawar, and Nishtar Park and Nishtar Road in Karachi are named in his honour, and in 1990 Pakistan Post issued a commemorative stamp for him in its Pioneers of Freedom series.{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "References",
     "markdown": "{{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en}} {{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-ur}} {{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-ar}} {{cite:wikidata-abdur-rab-nishtar}}"
    }
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  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "سردار عبدالرب نشتر (13 جون 1899ء – 14 فروری 1958ء) پاکستانی ناشطِ آزادی و سیاست دان تھے، جن کا تعلق صوبہ سرحد (موجودہ خیبر پختونخوا) سے تھا اور جو مسلم لیگ میں محمد علی جناح کے معتمد تھے۔{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-ur} وہ پاکستان کے پہلے وزیر مواصلات (1947ء–1949ء)، مغربی پنجاب کے دوسرے گورنر (1949ء–1951ء)، اور 1956ء سے وفات تک مسلم لیگ کے صدر رہے۔{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "ابتدائی زندگی اور تعلیم",
     "markdown": "وہ 13 جون 1899ء کو پشاور میں کاکڑ پشتون قبیلے کے ایک مذہبی گھرانے میں پیدا ہوئے؛ ان کے والد مولوی عبدالحنان برطانوی راج کے مخالف معروف شخصیت تھے۔{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en} مشن اسکول، سناتن دھرم اسکول اور ایڈورڈز کالج پشاور سے تعلیم پانے کے بعد انھوں نے 1923ء میں جامعہ پنجاب سے بی اے اور 1925ء میں علی گڑھ مسلم یونیورسٹی سے اعزاز کے ساتھ ایل ایل بی کیا۔{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-ur} انگریزی مضمون انھیں گہری مذہبی عقیدت اور اسلامی تصوف میں گہری دلچسپی رکھنے والا بیان کرتا ہے، جس میں والدین اور ساتھی محمد علی جوہر کا اثر تھا؛ جوہر کے ساتھ انھوں نے 1919ء–1920ء کی تحریک خلافت میں حصہ لیا۔{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en} کوئی ماخذ ان کا مسلک نہیں بتاتا، اور ان کے ریکارڈ میں بھی کوئی مسلک درج نہیں۔{cite:wikidata-abdur-rab-nishtar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "سیاسی زندگی",
     "markdown": "وہ 1932ء–1936ء میں آل انڈیا مسلم لیگ کونسل کے رکن، 1937ء–1945ء میں صوبہ سرحد کی اسمبلی کے رکن — 1943ء–1945ء میں صوبے کے وزیر خزانہ — اور 1944ء–1947ء میں لیگ کی ورکنگ کمیٹی کے رکن رہے اور 1945ء کی شملہ کانفرنس میں لیگ کی نمائندگی کی۔{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en} آزادی کے بعد وہ پاکستان کے پہلے وزیر مواصلات بنے اور پاکستان ریلویز و محکمہ ڈاک میں اردو کے استعمال کو رواج دیا؛ اگست 1949ء میں وہ مغربی پنجاب کے گورنر مقرر ہوئے — اس عہدے پر فائز ہونے والے پہلے پاکستانی — اور نومبر 1951ء تک رہے۔{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-ur}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مخالفت و لیگ کی قیادت",
     "markdown": "لیاقت علی خان کے قتل کے بعد وزارت عظمیٰ کے سنجیدہ امیدوار سمجھے جانے کے باوجود وہ خواجہ ناظم الدین کی حکومت کی برطرفی پر حکومت سے الگ ہو گئے، کیونکہ اسے غیر جمہوری اقدام سمجھتے تھے۔{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en} 1956ء میں، پہلے آئین کی منظوری کے سال، وہ صدر اسکندر مرزا کی خواہش کے خلاف مسلم لیگ کے صدر منتخب ہوئے اور وفات تک اس عہدے پر رہے۔{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-ar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "وفات و ورثہ",
     "markdown": "14 فروری 1958ء کو کراچی میں دل کے دورے سے ان کا انتقال ہوا اور وہ مزارِ قائد میں جناح کے مزار کے قریب دفن ہوئے۔{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en} ان کے نام پر ملتان میں نشتر میڈیکل کالج و نشتر ہسپتال، پشاور میں نشتر ہال، کراچی میں نشتر پارک و نشتر روڈ ہیں، اور 1990ء میں پاکستان پوسٹ نے «Pioneers of Freedom» سلسلے میں ان کا یادگاری ڈاک ٹکٹ جاری کیا۔{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حوالہ جات",
     "markdown": "{{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-ur}} {{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-en}} {{cite:wikipedia-abdur-rab-nishtar-ar}} {{cite:wikidata-abdur-rab-nishtar}}"
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