Allegiance Pakistan Role Nisar Ali Khan's brother Years of service 1962 – 1997 | Siblings Nisar Ali Khan Name Iftikhar Khan | |
Commands held Chief Instructor AFWC at NDCNational Defence College, RawalpindiXXXI Corps, BahawalpurChief of General Staff (CGS) Awards Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)Sitara-e-Basalat Other work Defence Secretary of Pakistan | ||
Lt. Gen. (R) Iftikhar Ali Khan (Urdu: افتخار علی خان) (died August 22, 2009), HI(M), SBT was the former Secretary of Defense and Chief of General Staff (CGS) of the Pakistan Army.
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Personal life
He was the elder brother of Nisar Ali Khan. He died on August 22, 2009 by heart attack.
Military career
Iftikhar Ali Khan was commissioned in the Pakistan Army on October 1961 in the 26th PMA Long Course. Khan served as the Chief Instructor of the Armed Forces War College at National Defence College, Rawalpindi from April 1991 to May 1993. He was promoted to Lieutenant General in May 1993 and did a brief stint as Commandant at the National Defence College, Rawalpindi until June 1993. He was later appointed Commander XXXI Corps, Bahawalpur, a post he held for two and a half years.
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