Abdur Rab Nishtar

Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar
سردار عبدالرب نشتر
Nishtar's official portrait
2nd Governor of West Punjab
In office 2 August 1949 – 24 November 1951
Monarch	George VI
Governors‑General	Khawaja Nazimuddin Malik Ghulam Muhammad
Chief Minister	Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mumtaz Daultana
Preceded by	Francis Mudie
Succeeded by	I. I. Chundrigar
1st Minister of Communications
In office 15 August 1947 – 1 August 1949
Monarch	George VI
Governors‑General	Muhammad Ali Jinnah Khawaja Nazimuddin
Prime Minister	Liaquat Ali Khan
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Sardar Bahadur Khan
Personal details
Born	13 June 1899 Peshawar, British India (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Died	14 February 1958(1958-02-14) (aged 58) Karachi, Federal Capital Territory, Pakistan (present-day Sindh, Pakistan)
Resting place	Mazar-e-Quaid
Nationality	British Indian (1899-1947)  Pakistani (1947-1958)
Political party	Muslim League (after independence) All India Muslim League (before independence)
Education	Edwardes College
Alma mater	University of the Punjab (B.A) Aligarh Muslim University (L.L.B)
Occupation	Politician

Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar (13 June 1899 – 14 February 1958) was a Pakistani independence activist and politician from the North-West Frontier Province (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).^[1] He served as the first Minister of Communications of Pakistan from August 1947 to August 1949 and then as the second Governor of West Punjab from August 1949 to November 1951.