Abdul Qayyum (general)
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Abdul Qayyum | |
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| Nickname(s) | General Qayyum |
| Born | Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
| Awards | Hilal-i-Imtiaz (military) |
| Other work | Former Chairman of Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) Chairman of Pakistan Steel Mills |
Abdul Qayyum (
Early life
Abdul Qayyum,
Career
He entered the
Retirement
After his retirement, he became chairman of the board of
The retired general joined politics in April 2012 and is now part of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (N).[3] He has also been a member of the senate of Pakistan since March 2015. He has been chairman of Senate standing committee on Defence production for the last four years and is also member of senate Defence, Kashmir, Antinarcotics and Statistics. As a politico-Defence analyst Senator Lt General Qayyum is known for his balanced and objective inputs in both cold and print media on important national and international issues. The Senator was also sent to Britain in 2016 as a special envoy of the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Kashmir where he effectively highlighted the details of human right violations and blatant atrocities being committed by a seven-hundred-thousand-strong Indian Army to suppress the voice of unarmed Kashmiris demanding their right of self determination as promised by the United Nation. The general is a keen golfer with 14 handicap.
Bibliography[citation needed]
Qayyum is an author of four books:
- Islam in Perspective
- Fikr-o-khayal Parts 1 & 2
- Pakistan Kay androoni Masail
- Pakistan Aalmi Tanazur Main
References
- ^ a b "Lt. Gen (R) Abdul Qayyum". www.awaztoday.pk. Retrieved Feb 26, 2019.
- ^ "~*~*~ CHAKWAL First Urdu Online News Paper ~*~*~ DHUDIALNEWS". Archived from the original on 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
- ^ Hassan, Mirza (Apr 20, 2012). "Lt. Gen (R) Abdul Qayyum joins PML-N". Retrieved Feb 26, 2019.
