Khalid Maqbool
Salmaan Taseer | |
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Personal details | |
Born | 1948 Governor of the Punjab former National Accountability Bureau |
Military education
Khalid Maqbool Vohra was born in
Career with Pakistan Army
He saw action with an infantry regiment in
He has vast experience of instructional assignments including Chief Instructor at premier institutions of Pakistan for example
Corps Command of Lahore
Khalid Maqbool was promoted to the rank of Lt. Gen. on 16 October 1998, and made the corps commander of Lahore in place of Lt Gen Mohammad Akram (who proceeded as QMG), a post he continued till August 2000. He then took over as Chairman of National Accountability Bureau until his retirement from Army in October 2001, when he was sworn in as Governor of Punjab province.
Political career
He was chairman,
During his tenure in the Governor House his contributions to education and health have been great. He was very respected among his staff. He changed the lives of families of workers that lived in the back area of the Governor house. This was done by building new accommodations and by providing better schooling and basic necessities to the workers. Brig. Ahad Muzzafar Shah was appointed his first Military Secretary from 2001-2004.
References
- ^ "Salmaan Taseer to be new Punjab governor" Daily Times, 15 May 2008
- ^ "Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Meets with US Officials" USIA News Report, 4 April 1994
- ^ "Chief Instructors Gallery" Archived 17 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine National Defence University, Islamabad accessed 6 October 2009