Iftikhar Ali Khan (general)

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Iftikhar Ali Khan
Born	5 January 1941
Died	22 August 2009 Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1962 – 1997
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	28 Baloch Regiment 5 Azad Kashmir Regiment
Commands held	Chief Instructor AFWC at NDC National Defence College, Rawalpindi XXXI Corps, Bahawalpur Chief 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.

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 in 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.^[1] 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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