Major General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

(R) Khurshid Ali Khan was the

Governor of the North-West Frontier Province The Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the appointed head of state of the provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province), Pakistan. Although the governor is the head of the province on paper, it is largely a ce ...

from 1993 to 1996.

Early life and education

He was born on 5 October 1933 to the

Swat In the United States, a SWAT team (special weapons and tactics, originally special weapons assault team) is a police tactical unit that uses specialized or military equipment and tactics. Although they were first created in the 1960s to ...

State Prime Minister Khan Bahadur Hazrat Ali Khan and he was his eldest son. His uncle, Khan Bahadur Ahmad Ali Khan was the Commander-in-Chief of the Swat State Army. He was educated at

Aitchison College Aitchison College ( ur, ایچیسن کالج) is an independent, semi-private boys school for boarding and day students from grade 1–13 in Lahore, Pakistan. It has a tradition of providing an education that uses academics, sports, and co-curri ...

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

. He belongs to Dargai, Malakand Agency, KPK. Khurshid obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul in 1955 and post graduated from Command & Staff College, Quetta in 1967. He obtained a master's degree in strategic studies from the National Defense College, Rawalpindi in 1975.

Personal life

He married Sujat Begum on 31 March 1956. They have 3 children, Naushad Ali Khan, Shandana Khan, and Zainab Khan. His son Naushad Ali Khan was Chief Commissioner Income tax.

Political career

Major General (Retd) Khurshid Ali Khan served as the

from 1993 to 1996 during Prime Minister

Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto ( ur, بینظیر بُھٹو; sd, بينظير ڀُٽو; Urdu ; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 t ...

's government.

Death

He died on 3 November 2021. Chief Minister of KPK Mehmood Khan expressed sorrow and grief over the passing of the former governor of

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

, Major General (Retd) Khurshid Ali Khan. His funeral prayers were offered at Wazirabad Dargai in Malakand where he was buried with full military honours in his ancestral local graveyard. The body of the deceased army officer was saluted.

References

Governors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Aitchison College alumni Pakistani generals 1933 births 2021 deaths {{Pakistan-politician-stub