His son in law, Nawab Sadiq Hussain Qureshi served as both Governor and Chief Minister of Punjab during the regime of Bhutto.

After his early education at Col Brown Cambridge School and Aligarh Muslim University, Sir Liaqat Hayat found employment as a junior police officer in the Patiala princely state, and in due course, rose to be head of the police in this territory.

His other son in law was Nawab Sadiq Hussain Qureshi who was Governor and later the Chief Minister of Punjab during the regime of Bhutto.

His excellent performance was noticed by Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala at the Imperial Durbar in 1911 at Delhi.

[8][9] His administrative skills were widely hailed and appreciated, so much so that rival princely states would scheme and plan to get him to jump ship but he would remain loyal to Maharaja Bhupinder Singh till he lived, and retired soon after his demise.

He served Patiala’s people with utmost honesty and fairness, without any biases on religious or cast grounds.