The Desai–Liaquat Pact was signed in April 1950 between India and Pakistan. The agreement aimed to protect minority rights after Partition-related violence.

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• Signed in April 1950 after Partition violence
• Signatories: India’s Govind Ballabh Pant and Pakistan’s Liaquat Ali Khan (commonly known as the Nehru–Liaquat Pact)
• Objective: protection of religious minorities
• Applied to Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan
• Applied to Muslims in India
• Guaranteed equality before law
• Assurance of full religious freedom
• Protection of life, property, and culture
• Provision for minority commissions in both countries
• Helped reduce mass migration temporarily