Abstract
There are very few prominent personalities like Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
who possessed a number of qualities of head and heart in one person. He was
graduated from Aligarh Muslim University, founded by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan,
worked in various capacities in a number of Muslim states like that of the
Hyderabad Deccan State, inherited the widely needed field of journalism from his
father from Wazirabad, played active role in Muslim politics since 1906 when he
participated in the founders’ meeting of the All India Muslim League, resorted to
journalism as Chief Editor of Zaminadar, most popular Urdu newspaper of his
times. After the death of his father in 1908, he became a prominent
parliamentarian, and significant writer, poet and leader of the Pakistan movement.
Amongst the Urdu newspapers and journals, his Zamindar played a prominent part
in popularizing the cause of Pakistan especially in areas of the Punjab, NWFP
(now KPK), Sindh and Baluchistan.
Kishwar Sultana. (2016) Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, Majlis-e- Ittihad-e-Millat and All India Muslim League, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 53, Issue 1.
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