Rahimuddin Khan Politician
Rahimuddin Khan (Urdu: رحیم الدین خان آفریدی; born 21 July 1926) is a retired four-star general of the Pakistan Army. He served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1984 to 1987, and as Governor of Balochistan from 1978 to when he resigned in 1984. He was involved in ending the 1973 operation in Balochistan and credited with unprecedented development, but also controversially suppressed the Afghan mujahideen entering the province during the Soviet war in Afghanistan.He later served as Governor of Sindh in 1988, from which he also resigned.
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| military command | Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee II Corps Multan 111 Brigade Rawalpindi 8th Army Infantry Division Ras Koh nuclear test sites |
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| service end | 1988 |
| service start | 1950 |
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