Nasreddin Murat-Khan

Nasreddin Murat-Khan[a] TI (1904 – 15 October 1970) was a Russian-born Pakistani architect and civil engineer.

[13] After the six-year-long exile in West Germany, Murat-Khan migrated with his family to Pakistan, in 1950.

[18] He later served as Chief Engineer and Director of the North Caucasian Project Trust in Woroschilowsk, Ukraine, till August 1942.

[19] Murat-Khan planned and designed many buildings of the Soviet Union, which includes a Lenin Memorial.

[20] In 1950, after his migration to Pakistan, he was hired as Executive Engineer for PWD at Wah Ordinance Factory.

[32][33] In recognition of Murat-Khan's services, the then President of Pakistan, General Ayub Khan, conferred on him the Tamghah-yi Imtiyaz (Medal of Excellence) in 1963.

Minar-e-Pakistan , Murat-Khan's masterpiece