Attiqur Rahman Politician

Mohammed Attique Rahman (Urdu: محمد عتیق الرحمن‎), MC (24 June 1918 – 1 June 1996) was a three-star lieutenant general officer in the Pakistan Army, a noted military historian, as well as a senior government official. He was the martial law administrator of West Pakistan in the General Yahya Khan's military regime as well as the last Governor of West Pakistan and implemented the dissolution of the One Unit scheme. After that, he became the Governor of Punjab province.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 24, 1918
Birth nameMohammad Attiqur Rahman
Birth place
Rawalpindi District , British Raj
Nationality
Pakistani people
Date of deathJune 01, 1996
Education
Indian Military Academy
St Paul's School London

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Office holder

awards
Military Cross
military operations
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
Burma Campaign
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
military command
Adjutant General (AG)
12th Infantry Division Murree
15th Infantry Division Sialkot
7th Infantry Division Peshawar
I Corps Mangla
IV Corps Multan (later Lahore)
Vice Chief of General Staff (VCGS)
military rank
Lieutenant general
military unit
Frontier Force Regiment
officeGovernor of Punjab (Pakistan)
president
service end1971
service start1940
successor
Ghulam Mustafa Khar

Attiqur Rahman on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/1996/13Je96.html#herr