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Rahimuddin Khan
Rahimuddin Khan (21 July 1926 – 22 August 2022) was a Pakistani four-star general who served as the fourth Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Pakistan Army from 1984 to 1987. He also served as the seventh Governor of Balochistan, from 1978 to 1984, and briefly as the 16th Governor of Sindh in 1988.
After the Partition of British India, Rahimuddin enrolled as the first cadet of the Pakistan Military Academy. As a captain, he was part of military action during the 1953 Lahore riots. He later commanded 111 Brigade in Rawalpindi and II Corps in Multan. As Chairman Joint Chiefs, he rejected the future military plan for the Kargil Conflict.
As the longest-serving governor of Balochistan, Rahimuddin declared a general amnesty and ended all military operations in the province. His tenure saw widespread development, including the opening of Sui gas fields to Quetta, the construction of nuclear test sites in Chaghai, and the halting of the Baloch insurgency. He was credited with financial honesty, but controversially suppressed mujahideen entering the province during the Soviet war in Afghanistan.
Rahimuddin refused an extension of service as chairman joint chiefs, retiring in 1987.
Rahimuddin Khan was born on 21 July 1926, in Kaimganj, United Provinces, British India, to a Muslim Pathan Afridi family, with roots in Kohat and Tirah. He was the nephew of educationist Zakir Husain, later the President of India, and the son-in-law of Husain's brother, a Pakistan Movement figure and member of the first Constituent Assembly Mahmud Husain.
He attended Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi.
He opted for Pakistan during independence in 1947, enrolling as Gentleman Cadet-1 of the Pakistan Military Academy.
As a captain, Rahimuddin was part of the military operation under Azam Khan during the 1953 Lahore riots. He attended Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and Command and Staff College in Quetta in 1965, and was posted to Hyderabad in 1969. He served as inaugural commander of 111 Brigade in Rawalpindi in 1970. Rahimuddin served as Chief Instructor at the Armed Forces War College at the then National Defence College, Rawalpindi, until 1975.
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Rahimuddin Khan
Rahimuddin Khan (21 July 1926 – 22 August 2022) was a Pakistani four-star general who served as the fourth Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Pakistan Army from 1984 to 1987. He also served as the seventh Governor of Balochistan, from 1978 to 1984, and briefly as the 16th Governor of Sindh in 1988.
After the Partition of British India, Rahimuddin enrolled as the first cadet of the Pakistan Military Academy. As a captain, he was part of military action during the 1953 Lahore riots. He later commanded 111 Brigade in Rawalpindi and II Corps in Multan. As Chairman Joint Chiefs, he rejected the future military plan for the Kargil Conflict.
As the longest-serving governor of Balochistan, Rahimuddin declared a general amnesty and ended all military operations in the province. His tenure saw widespread development, including the opening of Sui gas fields to Quetta, the construction of nuclear test sites in Chaghai, and the halting of the Baloch insurgency. He was credited with financial honesty, but controversially suppressed mujahideen entering the province during the Soviet war in Afghanistan.
Rahimuddin refused an extension of service as chairman joint chiefs, retiring in 1987.
Rahimuddin Khan was born on 21 July 1926, in Kaimganj, United Provinces, British India, to a Muslim Pathan Afridi family, with roots in Kohat and Tirah. He was the nephew of educationist Zakir Husain, later the President of India, and the son-in-law of Husain's brother, a Pakistan Movement figure and member of the first Constituent Assembly Mahmud Husain.
He attended Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi.
He opted for Pakistan during independence in 1947, enrolling as Gentleman Cadet-1 of the Pakistan Military Academy.
As a captain, Rahimuddin was part of the military operation under Azam Khan during the 1953 Lahore riots. He attended Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and Command and Staff College in Quetta in 1965, and was posted to Hyderabad in 1969. He served as inaugural commander of 111 Brigade in Rawalpindi in 1970. Rahimuddin served as Chief Instructor at the Armed Forces War College at the then National Defence College, Rawalpindi, until 1975.
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