Jamshed Burki

Not to be confused with Jamshed Burki (vlogger).
Captain
Jamshed Burki
جمشید برکی
Jamshed at his wedding, Imran Khan is on the right (1962)
Interior Secretary of Pakistan
In office
13 August 1990 – 1997
Administrator Islamabad Club
In office
1990–1993
Deputy Commissioner and Relief Commissioner Malakand Division
In office
7 July 1974 – 1 June 1977
Other civil service positions
Political Agent Khyber
In office
9 March 1971 – 6 April 1973
Deputy Commissioner Sargodha
In office
22 March 1969 – February 1971
Deputy Commissioner Quetta
In office
19 June 1967 – 21 March 1969
Deputy Secretary Education of Lahore
In office
11 October 1962 – 15 May 1963
Political Agent Chagai
In office
30 March 1961 – 10 October 1962
Deputy Secretary to the Government of West Pakistan Planning & Development Department of Lahore
In office
16 June 1960 – 2 March 1961
Political Agent Quetta
In office
31 March 1959 – 8 June 1960
Registration Officer Khanewal
In office
1 March 1958 – 30 March 1959
Sub Divisional Officer Khanewal
In office
16 January 1958 – 30 March 1959
Assistant Commissioner, Administrator Municipal Committee, Assistant Rehabilitation Commissioner of Abbottabad
In office
12 June 1957 – 15 January 1958
Additional Assistant Commissioner Kohat
In office
18 October 1956 – 11 February 1957
Personal details
Born (1936-08-01) 1 August 1936 (age 88)
Jullundur, British India
Spouse
Abida Khanem
​
(m. 1962)​
Children2
Parent
RelativesJaved Burki (brother)
Majid Khan (cousin)
Imran Khan (cousin)
Humayun Zaman (uncle)
Jahangir Khan (uncle)
EducationSt Mary's Cambridge High School
Pakistan Military Academy
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
National School of Public Policy
Known forRole in Hostage release from the Afghan Embassy during the 1994 Peshawar school bus hijacking by ordering the assault on the hostage takers
Military service
Branch/service Pakistan Army
Years of service1956-61
RankCaptain
Unit5th Horse (Probyn's Horse) (1956)
Guides Infantry (1956-61)[1][a]

Captain Jamshed Burki (Urdu: جمشید برکی; born 1 August 1936) is a former military officer and retired Grade 22 DMG civil servant.[2][3] As the Interior Secretary of Pakistan, Burki was responsible for the hostage release from the Afghan Embassy during the 1994 Peshawar school bus hijacking. Alongside Lt. General Ghulam Malik, Jamshed ordered the assault on the three hostage takers resulting in their deaths.[4][5][6][7]

Jamshed first gained popularity while serving as the Home Secretary & Tribal Affairs Department North-West Frontier Province in the 1980s.[8][9]

In February 2009, Jamshed Burki gave a speech at the Pakistan Ex Servicemen Association seminar on the Defence of Pakistan.[10]

Geoffrey Moorhouse in his book, To the Frontier: A Journey to the Khyber Pass, recalled his initial meeting with Jamshed in the 1980s, depicting him as a "brisk, hatchet-faced man, friendly enough but at pains to indicate how very busy he was."[11][12]

In his autobiography, Jahan Zeb of Swat writes, "After the merger, I once contacted Jamshed Burki; he was Commissioner here and he was always very nice to me, respectful and friendly. He was interviewing boys for admission to medical college. And my chauffeur wanted his son to get into that college. So I telephoned Jamshed and said I had this small recommendation. "No Sir, no Sir, they will go by merit! And merit only!", I liked that very much — he being devoted to me, yet saying: By merit." In 1977, Dervla Murphy, in her book Where the Indus is Young, wrote, "Aurangzeb still represents Swat in the National Assembly— as a member of the opposition, naturally—and is on the friendliest terms with Captain Jamshed Burki, the very able and charming D.C. who has been appointed by Mr. Bhutto to replace the Wali. To me this seems a measure both of Aurangzeb’s fair-mindedness and Captain Burki’s tact."[13][14]

Emma Duncan described Jamshed as, "a professional high-flyer with snob value, being from a good family and Imran Khan's cousin."[15]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference GuidesRegimentHistory was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "'Ehtesab' or 'Intekhab'". 26 December 1996.
  3. ^ Study Mission to Pakistan. 1992. pp. 1, 12, 24.
  4. ^ Abbas, Murtaza (20 February 2016). "On this day in 1994: When Afghan gunmen held over 70 students hostage in Pakistan". The Express Tribune.
  5. ^ Our DCs Sargodha
  6. ^ Pakistan & Gulf Economist. Vol. 13. Economist Publications. March 1994. p. 38.
  7. ^ ICFTU-APRO/JIL Regional Symposium on Multinational Companies, Singapore. 22 July 1997.
  8. ^ PARD Quarterly Progress Report. Pakistan Academy for Rural Development (Peshawar). 1984. p. 11.
  9. ^ Guardians of the Khaibar Pass: The Social Organisation and History of the Afridis of Pakistan. 1985. p. 32.
  10. ^ Klasra, Rauf (9 February 2009). "Politicians ridicule ex-servicemen's presentation". The News. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25.
  11. ^ The London Magazine. Vol. 24. 1984. p. 88.
  12. ^ Moorhouse, Geoffrey. To the Frontier: A Journey to the Khyber Pass. p. 214.
  13. ^ The Last Wali of Swat: An Autobiography. 1985. p. 138.
  14. ^ Dervla Murphy (1977). Where the Indus is Young. p. 12.
  15. ^ Duncan, Emma (1990). Breaking the Curfew. p. 239.


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