Sikandar Khan

Army career

Khan was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the SHERNI Regiment, 35 Heavy Regiment of Artillery in the 65th PMA Long Course in March 1982. He has commanded an Infantry Mujahid Battalion, a Mountain Artillery Regiment, both on the Line of Control in Kashmir, and a Divisional Artillery Brigade, has served as the Deputy Inspector General Frontier Corps (Balochistan), and served at various key staff appointments at the Division, Corps and Unit level.

Khan has served in the Military Intelligence as a captain on the Western border and as a major in the interior Sindh. He is a graduate of the Command and Staff College, National Defense University (Islamabad), University of Balochistan, Canadian Forces College and the National University of Modern Languages.

As a major, Khan has served as a company commander/term commander in the prestigious Pakistan Military Academy (Kakul, Abbottabad) and as a 2IC in his parent unit 35 Self-Propelled Heavy Artillery Regiment. He has also served as General Staff Officer-2 (GSO-2) in 14th Infantry Division. He graduated from the Command and Staff College as a major and received his bachelor's degree. As a lieutenant colonel, Khan has served as General Staff Officer-1 (GSO-1) at the headquarters of the Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) in Karachi and General Staff Officer-1 (GSO-1) at the headquarters of the XXX Corps (Gujranwala). He also graduated from the National Defense University as a lieutenant cololonel and received his master's degree in war studies.

In 2005, Khan was promoted as FBTS (Fit Brigadier Two Step). During his 1 year of service as a full colonel (colonel), he served as Colonel Staff at the Headquarters of the 8th Infantry Division (Sialkot).

As a brigadier, Khan took over the command of Artillery for 8th Infantry Division. In 2007, Brigadier Khan was selected to attend Canadian Forces College (Toronto) where he displayed brilliant performance and received a commendation letter from the chief of army staff. He also received his master's degree in national security studies from Canadian Forces College (Toronto). In late 2008, he was posted as Deputy Inspector General Frontier Corps (Balochistan, Quetta) where he commanded approximately 48,000 Frontier Corps troops. During his stay as DIG FC Balochistan, he was a member of the tripartite negotiation team (Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Canada) and attended meetings in UAE and Murree (Pakistan). He also studied at University of Balochistan (Quetta) while serving as DIGFC (Balochistan) and received his master's degree in international relations.

As DIGFC (Balochistan), Khan worked jointly with the United States Army and ISAF and was awarded by Force Commander (ISAF) Afghanistan for his co-operation and support. From 2009 to 2010, attended the National Defense University (Islamabad) and received his master's degree in National Defense Studies.

In 2010, Khan was posted as Commander Artillery IV Corps (Lahore). In 2012, he completed his masters in business administration from National University of Modern Languages (Lahore). In early 2012, Khan became the chairman of the Soldier Welfare Organization Lahore and managed all commercial ventures including Fortress Stadium in Lahore.

In July 2013, Khan retired voluntarily and started his own security company, Ever Ready Security Management (Pvt) Ltd. He has also started his new business in the renewable energy sector, Solar Vision (Pvt) Ltd, a joint venture of pm e of Germany.

Deputy Inspector General Frontier Corps (DIGFC) appointment

As Deputy Inspector General Frontier Corps (DIGFC) Balochistan, Khan successfully dealt with challenges like Insurgency in Balochistan, joint operations with the United States Army and ISAF, political instability in Balochistan, a law and order situation in Balochistan and the 2008 Ziarat earthquake.

Awards

On 23 March 2012, Khan was awarded the prestigious Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) by president Asif Ali Zardari for his distinguished services rendered for the state of Pakistan, world peace, and for his educational achievements.