Lieutenant General Iftikhar Ali Khan
Born	(1941-01-05)5 January 1941 Chakri, Punjab, British India, (now Pakistan)
Died	22 August 2009(2009-08-22) (aged 68) Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1962 – 1997
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	11 Baloch Regiment 28 Baloch Regiment 5 Azad Kashmir Regiment
Commands held	Chief Instructor AFWC at NDC President National Defence College[1] Commander XXXI Corps Chief of General Staff (CGS)
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Awards	Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Basalat
Alma mater	Cadet College Hasan Abdal[2] Pakistan Military Academy
Relations	Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan[3] (brother)
Other work	Defence Secretary of Pakistan

Lieutenant General Iftikhar Ali Khan (Urdu: افتخار علی خان), HI(M) SBt (5 January 1941 – 22 August 2009) was a three-star rank army general of the Pakistan Army. He was the former Secretary of Defense and a Chief of General Staff (CGS) of the Pakistan Army.

Early life

Khan was born in a family of Jodhra and Alpial tribes of Rajput on 5 January 1941 to Brigadier (retired) Fateh Khan in Chakri village, Rawalpindi District.^[4]

Personal life

He was the older brother of Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan.^[5]

Military career

Iftikhar Ali Khan was commissioned in the Pakistan Army in October 1961 in the 26th PMA Long Course.^[6] Khan served as the Chief Instructor of the Armed Forces War College at National Defence College, Rawalpindi from April 1991 to May 1993.^[7] 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.

Death

He died on 22 August 2009 from a heart attack. He was buried on 23 August 2009 in his ancestral graveyard in Chakri and his funeral prayers were attended by politicians, senior army officials, and religious scholars.^[8]

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