Ali Kuli Khan Khattak

Military Intelligence (DGMI)
Military Intelligence (DGMI)
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani war of 1965; Indo-Pakistani war of 1971
Awards	Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

three-star rank general officer and former field commander of X Corps

.

Prior to this field assignment, he was the

Prime minister Benazir Bhutto

.

He was superseded by the former

chief of army staff

.

Personal life

Ali Kuli Khan Khattak comes from a military family; his father,

four-star admiral) of Navy. Khattak stood first in his course and high academic marks in his educational courses comparing to other officers of joint forces. Khattak was commissioned in the 12th Battalion of the Baloch Regiment

, the same regiment his father had earlier served.

He participated well in the 1965 war with India and commanded a small infantry platoon during the conflict.

Career in the military

Indo-Pakistani conflict

After the 1965 war, Kuli attended the

Prime minister

Benazir Bhutto publicly and was succeeded to three-star appointment.

Exposing the 1995 coup d'état attempt

As the DGMI, he exposed the

Akbar Khan, then CGS tried to overthrow the Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan government over the handling of 1948 Kashmir War, the second one was the Attock Conspiracy Case during tenure of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and the third one was during General Zia-ul-Haq's era when Maj Gen Tajammal Hussain Malik was arrested along with other conspirators.^[1]

Staff and field appointments

Ali Kuli took over the X Corps in October 1995 after his investigations led the Army to uncover the coup attempt. He replaced the then X corps commander Lt Gen

Chief of General Staff after Lt Gen Iftikhar Ali Khan

was made the Defence Secretary by then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He retired from the army when Musharraf was made the COAS in October 1998. At that time, Musharraf superseded two senior officers; Ali Kuli Khan Khattak and Khalid Nawaz, the then Quarter-Master General (QMG).

Resignation

In 1995, he was promoted to

relieved General Karamat of his duties (see Dismissal of General Jehangir Karamat).^[3] Prime minister ignored General Ali Kuli Khan's appointment and decided to promote Pervez Musharraf to four star rank and assigned duties over him.^[3]

Awards and decorations

Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) (Crescent of Excellence)	Tamgha-e-Diffa (General Service Medal) Siachen Glacier Clasp		Sitara-e-Harb 1965 War (War Star 1965)
Sitara-e-Harb 1971 War (War Star 1971)	Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War (War Medal 1965)	Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War (War Medal 1971)	Tamgha-e-Baqa (Nuclear Test Medal) 1998
10 Years Service Medal	20 Years Service Medal	30 Years Service Medal	Tamgha-e-Sad Saala Jashan-e- Wiladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam (100th Birth Anniversary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah) 1976
Hijri Tamgha (Hijri Medal) 1979	Jamhuriat Tamgha (Democracy Medal) 1988	Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha (Resolution Day Golden Jubilee Medal) 1990	Tamgha-e-Salgirah Pakistan (Independence Day Golden Jubilee Medal) 1997

References

^ Ihtashamul Haque. "Coup leaders wanted Islamic revolution" Dawn, 15 October 1995
^
ISBN 074-3283449
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^
ISBN 9780765614964
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External links

Military offices
Preceded by Iftikhar Ali Khan	Chief of General Staff 1997 – 1998	Succeeded by Aziz Khan

[1] Ihtashamul Haque. "Coup leaders wanted Islamic revolution" Dawn, 15 October 1995

[Free_Press-2] 
ISBN 074-3283449
.

[Yale_University_Press-3] 
ISBN 9780765614964
.

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