Sultan Mohammed Khan

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Sultan Mohammed Khan
10th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
In office
1 July 1970 – 31 March 1972
PresidentYahya Khan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Preceded byS.M Yusuf
Succeeded byIftikhar Ali
Pakistan Ambassador to the United States
In office
15 May 1972 – 8 December 1973
PresidentZulfikar Ali Bhutto
Preceded byN.A.M Raza
Succeeded bySahabzada Yaqub Khan
Personal details
Born(1919-02-19)19 February 1919
Jaora, Undivided India
Died8 November 2010(2010-11-08) (aged 91)
Nationality Pakistani
Spouse(s)Abeda Sultan Khan
ChildrenShaheda Sultan
Nuzhat Sultan Khan
Sultan Riaz Khan
Sultan Shahid Khan.
Alma materAllahabad University
OccupationCivil servant Foreign service officer

Sultan Mohammed Khan (19 February 1919 – 8 November 2010) was the former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan.[1] He was also Pakistan's ambassador to the United States in the Nixon[2] and Jimmy Carter presidency.[3][4]

Early life[]

Sultan Mohammed Khan was born in Jaora, Undivided India, on 19 February 1919. He graduated from Allahabad University.

Military service[]

Sultan Mohammed Khan joined the British Indian army as an officer cadet and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 4th Indian Grenadiers, during World War II he served in India and the Malays-Indonesia front . He took an early release from the British Indian army as a major and after independence of Pakistan from the British, Mr Khan joined the Pakistan foreign service.

Pakistan's ambassador to[]

Personal life[]

Sultan Mohammed Khan was married to Abeda Sultan Khan, the couple had four children.

References[]

  1. ^ "Ex-foreign secretary Sultan Khan passes away". dawn.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Nixon's meeting with Pakistan president". pbs.org. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Sultan M. Khan, Pakistan ambassador". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Former Pakistani Foreign Secretary Sultan Mohammed Khan". wrmea.org. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Sultan Mohammed Khan, Pakistan's foreign secretary at the time and a former ambassador to the U.S." ibtimes.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

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