Lieutenant General Khwaja Mohammad Azhar Khan (Urdu: خواجہ محمد اظہر خان) (usually shortened to K.M. Azhar) (1918 – 29 October 2006) was the chairman of the high-powered committee of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan and a former governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.[1][2]
Khwaja Mohammad Azhar Khan | |
|---|---|
| 7th Governor of North-West Frontier Province | |
| In office 1 July 1970 – 23 December 1971 | |
| President | Agha Yahya Khan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
| Preceded by | Qurban Ali Khan |
| Succeeded by | Hayat Mohammad Khan Sherpao |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1918[1] Aligarh, British India |
| Died | 29 October 2006 (aged 88)[1] Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  British India Pakistan |
| Branch/service |  British Indian Army Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1942 – 1971 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant General |
| Unit | Pakistan Army |
| Commands | Pakistan Army General Infantry |
| Battles/wars | Burma Campaign World War II Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
Early life
editLt Gen Azhar was born in Saugar, India in 1918 into the (Mian Sheikh Darvesh) Waziris and received his basic education in Aligarh, India.
General K.M. Azhar decided to join Jamiat Ulma-e-Pakistan Party after Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani convinced him to do so in 1978.[3]
Death and legacy
editK.M. Azhar died at the Combined Military Hospital in Lahore on 29 October 2006, after receiving a head injury. He was 88 and was survived by five sons and two daughters; four of the sons being graduates of Cadet College Hasan Abdal.[1]
Upon his death in his remembrance his Waziri tribe named a mountain peak after him in Kaniguram Village Kaniguram of South Waziristan.
References
edit- ^ a b c d K.M. Azhar passes away Archived 19 September 2023 at the Wayback Machine Dawn (newspaper), Published 30 October 2006, Retrieved 21 March 2022
- ^ Condolence on the sad demise of K. M. Azhar[permanent dead link] Pakistan Cricket Board website, Published 1 November 2006, Retrieved 21 March 2022
- ^ JUP leader KM Azhar dies Archived 27 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine The News International (newspaper), Published 30 October 2006, Retrieved 3 May 2018