- On 16 October 1951, Khan was shot twice by Syed Akbar in the chest while he was addressing a gathering of 100,000 at Company Bagh (Company Gardens), Rawalpindi. Was buried in Karachi near Quaid.
- Said Akbar Babrak was an Afghan national from the Pashtun Zadran tribe. an Urdu daily published in Bhopal, India, saw a Russian hand behind the assassination
- Liquate Ali Khan visited USA:1951