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Hamid Nawaz Khan, HI(M), was a career Pakistan Army general who served as

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from November 2007 to April 2008 and

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from 2001 to 2005. He also held the positions of chairman at

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, the Civil Aviation Authority and the

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. He was the nephew of Chaudhry Naseer Ahmad Malhi from his father's side, one of the founders of Pakistan and the First Education Minister of Pakistan. His family is a part of the

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community.

Education and Army Career

Nawaz Khan was a

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graduate with honours from Punjab University and a

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from

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. He was commissioned in the Army Artillery Corps in 1966 as a Butt Shikan, in the 28th medium ARTY Punjab Regiment in which he served for 34 years. He commanded a Helicopter Squadron, Wing, Group and Regiment (II Corps Aviation Regiment between 1986 and 1989). He was the chief of staff in a Corps Headquarters and Instructor in Command and Staff College in Quetta and

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. He commanded the 33rd Infantry Division in

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for three years (1995–1998), served as Chief Instructor of Armed Forces War College at the then National Defense College (1998–2000). He was then promoted to

in March 2000 and posted as the Vice Chief of the General Staff (VCGS) from where he retired in March 2001.

Awards and recognition

Hilal-i-Imtiaz The ''Hilaal-e-Imtiaz'' (; ), also spelled and transliterated as Hilāl-e-Imtiyāz, is the second-highest (in the hierarchy of "Hilal") civilian award and honour given to both civilians and military officers of the Pakistan Armed Forces by the ...

(Crescent of Excellence) Award by the President of Pakistan.

References

External links

Profile at National Police Bureau website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Hamid Nawaz 2014 deaths Pakistani generals Interior Ministers of Pakistan Defence Secretaries of Pakistan Year of birth missing Quaid-i-Azam University alumni University of the Punjab alumni National Defence University, Pakistan faculty Pakistani MNAs 1977 Pakistani MNAs 1988–1990 Recipients of Hilal-i-Imtiaz