Iftikhar Hussain Shah
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Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| In office 14 August 2000 – 15 March 2005 | |
| President | Pervez Musharraf |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Shafiq |
| Succeeded by | Khalilur Rehman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 March 1949[1] |
| Died | 15 March 2020 (aged 71)[1] Kohat, Pakistan |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Lieutenant General |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Pakistan |
| Branch/service | Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1964–2000 |
| Commands | Army Air Defense Command Deputy Director-General Inter-Services Intelligence |
| Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 |
Lieutenant General Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah (14 March 1949 – 15 March 2020) was a governor of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[2] Iftikhar Hussain Shah was commissioned in the Pakistan Army in October 1964 in 30th PMA Long Course and joined an anti-aircraft unit of the Regiment of Artillery. He later joined and graduated from Army Aviation School to become a pilot in the army. In 1993, Iftikhar Hussain Shah served in Inter-Services Intelligence as the Deputy DG of External Wing under Lt Gen Javed Ashraf Qazi.[3]
After his retirement from the Army in 2000, he was appointed Minister for Communications and later he became Governor of NWFP, a position which he held for 4½ years. He served as an Ambassador in Turkey. He served as an advisor with UN in Pakistan. He worked as the MD Zulfiqarabad Development Authority (ZDA). On May 21, 2016, he joined the political party Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI).[4]
He was married and had three daughters.
References
- ^ a b Ex-governor Iftikhar Shah passes away
- ^ Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
- ^ Ikram Sehgal. "Intelligence Happenings" Media Monitors, 24 November 2001
- ^ "Former K-P governor Iftikhar Hussain joins hands with PTI - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
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