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 activist and later on a Pakistani politician.
Education
Nishtar's ancestors belonged to a prominent Kakar Pashtun family of Zhob and settled in Peshawar, Pakistan. He completed his early education in a christian mission school and later Sanatan Dharram High School in Mumbai, India. He graduated from Edwardes College in Peshawar,Pakistan but later on completed his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Punjab University. He later went to Aligarh and received an LL.B degree with honours from Aligarh Muslim University (now in India) in 1925.
Political career
A man of deep religious convictions, he also had a deep interest in Islamic mysticism, a fact which probably reflects the influence of his associate Maulana Ali. Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar remained member of Indian National Congress 1927–31, was elected Municipal Commissioner, Peshawar Municipal committee, successively from 1929 to 1938, joined All-India Muslim League, became a confidante of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah. From 1932 to 1936, Nishtar was a member of All India Muslim League (AIML) Council, member NWFP (Northwest Frontier Province) legislative Assembly 1937 to 1945, Finance Minister NWFP 1943–45, member AIML Working Committee, 1944–47, represented the All India Muslim League at the Simla Conference in 1945.
