Major General Akbar Khan | |
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| Born | 1 December 1912 Utmanzai, North-West Frontier Province, British India (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) |
| Died | 1993 (aged 80–81) Karachi‚ Sindh, Pakistan |
| Allegiance |  British India (1934-1947) Pakistan (1947-1951) |
| Service/ |  British Indian Army Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1934–1951 |
| Rank | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:OF-7_Pakistan_Army.svg){kind=small} Major General |
| Unit | 13th Frontier Force Rifles |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Dso-ribbon.svg){kind=small} Distinguished Service Order |
| Spouse(s) | Nasim Jahan (divorced) |
| Relations | Haji Akram Khan (father) |
| Other work | National Security Adviser Author of Raiders in Kashmir |
Major General Akbar Khan, DSO (1912–1993) was a decorated officer of the British Indian Army and later Pakistan Army. He commanded the Kashmiri rebels and Pashtun irregulars in the First Kashmir War under the pseudonym 'General Tariq'.[1][2] In 1951, he was convicted of an attempted coup that came to be known as the Rawalpindi Conspiracy, and served a five-year prison sentence. Later he served as the Chief of National Security under prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Under his guidance, the Army quelled the Baloch Insurgency during the early mid-1970s.
- ^ "Partition 70 years on: When tribal warriors invaded Kashmir". BBC News. 22 October 2017.
- ^ Jalal, The State of Martial Rule (1999), pp. 58–59: "The commander-in-chief of the Azad Forces was a Pakistani army officer, colonel Mohammad Akbar, who went under the pseudonym of 'General Tariq' and was known to be in close contact with Qayum Khan and through him with Jinnah and the League leaders in Karachi."