Khwaja Mohammad Azhar Khan | |
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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[1] Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | (aged 88)
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 |
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]