 In memory of Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan who were assassinated in 1951, the National Hospital was renamed as Liaquat National Hospital.Syed Wajid Ali was selected as the president of a committee of citizens, philanthropists, technocrats and government functionaries in November 5, 1958, and remained so till his death in 2008.In 1978, the institute entered into the field of education.