Aftab Ahmad Khan

Lieutenant General
Aftab Ahmad
Pakistan Ambassador to Libya
In office
1976–1980
Pakistan Ambassador to Philippines
In office
1984–1986
Personal details
Born22 October 1923
Batala, Punjab, India
Died12 July 2011(2011-07-12) (aged 87)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
AwardsDatu of the Order of Sikatuna

Großes Verdienstkreuz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Military service
AllegianceBritish Raj British India (1941-47)
Pakistan Pakistan (1947-76)
Branch/serviceBritish Raj British Indian Army
Pakistan Pakistan Army
Years of service1941–1976
Rank Lieutenant General
UnitPunjab Regiment
CommandsX Corps, Rawalpindi
VCGS
Battles/warsWorld War II
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
As an ode to Aftab Ahmad Khan for raising the X Corps, the Pakistan Army created an insignia for the Corps which reflected a Rising Sun (Urdu for Aftab) with ten rays extruding from it.

Lieutenant-General Aftab Ahmad Khan was a Pakistan Army Infantry Officer, born in Batala, Gurdaspur District, British India on 22 October 1923 to the illustrious family of Khan Bahadur Mian Altaf Hussain Khan (1874–1946) and Mehndi Begum.