Abstract
This research paper provides a comprehensive description of Khizr Hayat
Tiwana‘s role in the Punjab Politics and also examines briefly the settlement of the
Tiwana tribe in Kalra estate of Punjab Province along with his emergence in the
political field in detail. The Unionist Party had been enjoying unparalleled and
unrivaled pinnacles of popularity with strong power base in the British Punjab
since its inception. Further this article delineates the fall of the Unionist Party in
the Punjab and gives a detailed account about how it started waning in apolitical
hands of Khizr Hayat after Sir Sikandar‘s death. It was, in fact, a mighty task for
Khizr Hayat to steer the party on the magnificent path laid down by his
predecessors. This study chiefly encapsulates the incipient role of Khizr Hayat as a
Minister of Public Works in Sikandar‘s cabinet and later as a Premier of the
British Punjab. It further traces the Muslim League‘s disgraceful fall in the
provincial elections of 1937 and later its revival under the magnetic and
charismatic leadership of Jinnah during the elections of 1946. Besides this, the
dual policy and diplomatic approach of the British Government during Khizr‘s
Premiership in the Punjab has been highlighted minutely. The paper includes his
significant role as the Premier of the Punjab during WW-II for the fulfillment of
the British demands from the Punjab Province. Moreover, it discloses how the
British Government deluded Khizr and devastated his political career for their
vested interests in general, incompetent and shortsighted apolitical approach of
Khizr in the arena of the Punjab Politics in particular. The failure of Khizr-Jinnah
talks along with his expulsion from the Punjab Muslim League has been discussed
extensively. In addition to this, it sheds light on how Khizr Hayat Tiwana was
sandwiched between the tactful British Government and crafty Jinnah that marked
his downfall in the Punjab Politics.
Maqbool Ahmad Awan. (2018) Khizr Hayat Tiwana: The Last and Sole Voice of the Unionist Party in the British Punjab, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 55, Issue 2.
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