Nazir Ahmed

Nazir Ahmed (???-died June 8, 1972) was a Pakistani politician and medical doctor who served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan until his murder on June 8, 1972.

Biography Nazir Ahmed was born in Fazilpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, to a family that had originally resided in Tehang, Jalandhar district, before moving to Faisalabad and eventually settling in Dera Ghazi Khan.

Nazir began his political career after he was introduced to Jamaat-e-Islami literature by a friend.

Two assassination attempts were made in June 1972, with the first on 6 June 1972 which he survived. The subsequent murder investigation implicated four police officials and an alleged hired assassin. Under interrogation, the assassin confessed that the assassination had been ordered by the then Prime Minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, through Ghulam Mustafa Khar, the Governor of Punjab at the time, who later became a special assistant to Bhutto. The alleged motive for the murder was Ahmed's criticism of Bhutto's role in the 1971 loss of East Pakistan, which had become the independent nation of Bangladesh.