Ali Jan Orakzai (general)

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Ali Jan Orakzai
26th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office 23 May 2006 – 8 January 2008
President	General Pervez Musharraf
Prime Minister	Shaukat Aziz
Preceded by	Cdr Khalilur Rehman, PN
Succeeded by	Owais Ahmed Ghani
Personal details
Born	Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai 1947 Hangu, Hangu District, Orakzai Agency, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Nationality	Pakistani
Alma mater	Pakistan Military Academy Command & Staff College Quetta
Awards	Tamgha-i-Khidmat
Nickname	General Jan Orakzai
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1965–2004
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Frontier Force Regiment
Commands	XI Corps Northern Military Command Adjutant General Western Military Command
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Soviet–Afghan War Indo-Pakistani War of 1999 War in North-West Pakistan

Lieutenant-General Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai (Urdu language: على محمدجان اوركزى Pashto language: علي محمد جان یاکزی ), is a retired three-star rank general officer in the Pakistan Army who served as the Corps Commander of XI Corps and the principle commander of the Western Command. As Commander, he commanded all military combat assets and oversaw the peaceful deployment of XI Corps in the Northern Areas and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

Orakzai was the leading army general who led the Pakistan combatant forces in response to the American invasion of Afghanistan as an aftermath of the terrorist attacks in the United States. After retiring from the military he was elevated as the governor of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan, from May 2006 until his resignation in January 2008.^[1]