Hamid Nawaz Khan
{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox military person
|name = Hamid Nawaz Khan
|birth_place = Sheikhupura, Punjab
|death_date = 24 February 2014|
|title =
|death_place = Rawalpindi, Pakistan
|image = Hamid Nawaz Khan (cropped).jpg|
|caption = Khan in 2004
|allegiance = Pakistan
|branch = Pakistan Army
|serviceyears = 1966–2006
|rank = Lt. Gen.
|commands = 33rd Infantry Division
Command and Staff College
National Defence University
Vice Chief of General Staff (VCGS)
|battles = Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
|awards = Hilal-i-Imtiaz (military)
|laterwork = Civil servant
}}
Hamid Nawaz Khan, HI(M), was a Pakistan Army general who served as Interior Minister of Pakistan from November 2007 to April 2008 and Defence Secretary of Pakistan from 2001 to 2005. He also held the positions of chairman at Pakistan International Airlines, the Civil Aviation Authority and the Fauji Foundation.{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/279544/newspaper/column|title=Military may be called in for poll security |date=9 December 2007|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|access-date=26 May 2021}}{{cite news|title=Ex-Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz passes away|url=http://www.nation.com.pk/national/25-Feb-2014/ex-interior-minister-hamid-nawaz-passes-away|access-date=26 May 2021|newspaper=The Nation (newspaper)|date=25 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225190634/http://www.nation.com.pk/national/25-Feb-2014/ex-interior-minister-hamid-nawaz-passes-away|archive-date=25 February 2014}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/world/asia/07pakistan.html |title=Copter Crash Kills 7 Pakistani Army Officers|author=Salman Masood|date=7 February 2008|newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=26 May 2021}}
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 Sivia Jatt community.
Education and Army Career
Nawaz Khan was a commerce graduate with honours from Punjab University and a M.Sc. in War Studies from Quaid-i-Azam University. 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 National Defence University, Islamabad. He commanded the 33rd Infantry Division in Quetta 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 Lieutenant General in March 2000 and posted as the Vice Chief of the General Staff (VCGS).
Hamid led the army college at Abbottabad until 2004, when he was promoted to Quetta corps commander. In this role he led the crackdown on the Balochistan insurgency led by Akbar Bugti. He retired from the army in 2007 and was promoted as Interior Minister of Pakistan.{{cite web | url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/3196748 | title=President reviews Balochistan law & order | date=2 September 2005 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/208639/commanders-briefed-on-balochistan | title=Commanders briefed on Balochistan | date=2 September 2006 }}
Awards and recognition
- Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence) Award by the President of Pakistan.{{cite web|url=http://www.npb.gov.pk/npsc/Old%20member_chairperson-2.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216004153/http://www.npb.gov.pk/npsc/Old%20member_chairperson-2.asp |date=1 November 2007|archive-date=16 December 2008|website=National Police Bureau, Ministry of Interior, Government of Pakistan website|title= Profile of Hamid Nawaz Khan|access-date=24 May 2021}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081216004153/http://www.npb.gov.pk/npsc/Old%20member_chairperson-2.asp Profile at National Police Bureau website]
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{{succession box |title=Interior Minister of Pakistan
|years=2007 – 2008
|before=Aftab Ahmad Sherpao
|after=Rehman Malik}}
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{{Interior Minister of Pakistan}}
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Category:Pakistan Army lieutenant generals
Category:Interior ministers of Pakistan
Category:Defence secretaries of Pakistan
Category:Year of birth missing
Category:Quaid-i-Azam University alumni
Category:University of the Punjab alumni
Category:Academic staff of the National Defence University, Pakistan