Sawar Khan

General Sawar Khan NI(M)  HI(M)  SBt
سوار خان
1st Vice Chief of Army Staff
In office 1 May 1980 – 23 March 1984
President	Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Succeeded by	General Khalid Mahmud Arif
Personal details
Born	Sawar Khan (1924-12-01)1 December 1924 Rawalpindi District, Punjab Province, British India
Died	November 2023(2023-11-00) (aged 98) Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Resting place	Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Spouse	Khadijah Bano
Residence(s)	Westridge 1 Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Alma mater	Officers' Training School (Bangalore, India)
Military service
Allegiance	British India (1946–47) Pakistan (1947–84)
Branch/service	British Indian Army Pakistan Army
Years of service	1946–1984
Rank	General
Unit	Artillery
Commands	XI Corps Peshawar Adjutant General (AG) IV Corps, Lahore Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS)
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Awards	Nishan-i-Imtiaz Hilal-i-Imtiaz Sitara-i-Basalat Order of Military Merit
Post-Retirement Work	Community Service President Northern University, Nowshera Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa

General Sawar Khan NI(M)  HI(M)  SBt (Urdu: سوار خان; 1 December 1924 – November 2023) was a four-star general of the Pakistan Army who was the Governor of the largest province, Punjab and the Vice Chief of Army Staff during the era of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, when Zia was simultaneously the Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan) and the President of Pakistan.

Khan died in November 2023, at the age of 99.^[1]