Ghulam Safdar Butt (13 March 1928 – 1 May 2006) was the first
three-star rank
An officer of three-star rank is a senior commander in many of the armed services holding a rank described by the NATO code of OF-8. The term is also used by some armed forces which are not NATO members. Typically, three-star officers hold the ...
General in the
Corps of engineers of the Pakistan Army. He also held the honour of being the first PhD of the Pakistan army.
Military career
He was commissioned in the
Pakistan Army in 1950 after graduating from the
Pakistan Military Academy (PMA). He was part of the first PMA Long Course which was the first course to graduate from the
PMA that was selected, trained and graduated in Pakistan after its partition from India in 14 August 1947. He had an illustrious career starting from Professorship at the
Military College of Engineering, Professor of Highways, Airfields, Soil and Foundation engineering, integral work on the
Karakorum Highway KKH, Platoon Commander at
PMA,
Director General Frontier Works Organization
The Frontier Works Organization ( ur, )); abbreviated as FWO), is a military engineering organization, and one of the major science and technology commands of the Pakistan Army. Commissioned and established in 1966, the FWO includes active dut ...
,
Director General Lowari Tunnel Organization (LTO), Managing Director
Pak Arab Refinery Co (PARCO), Chairman
Water & Power Development Authority
The Pakistan Water & Power Development Authority (WAPDA; ur, ) is a government-owned public utility maintaining power and water in Pakistan, although it does not manage thermal power. WAPDA includes Tarbela and Mangla dams among its resources ...
(WAPDA), Chairma
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman
National Highway Authority (NHA) and finally Chairman
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL)] were some of the prestigious posts held by him in his career.
Post retirement work
He was
President (corporate title), President of the
Pakistan Cricket Board
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, serving in the position from February 1984 to February 1988. He was a founding member, Secretary General and
President (corporate title), President of the
Alpine Club of Pakistan.
Death
A passionate mountaineer, he died on May 1, 2006, after an aggressive bout with a brain tumor at the age of 78, and was buried the same day.
References
1928 births
2006 deaths
Pakistan Army officers
Pakistan Cricket Board Presidents and Chairmen
Pakistani generals
Pakistani military engineers
Pakistani people of Kashmiri descent
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