Jahan Dad Khan | |
Office: | 14th Governor of Sindh |
Term Start: | 7 April 1984 |
Term End: | 4 January 1987 |
Predecessor: | S.M. Abbasi |
Successor: | Ashraf W. Tabani |
President: | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq |
Primeminister: | Muhammad Khan Junejo |
Office1: | Founder President Al-Shifa Trust |
Term Start1: | 1985 |
Term End1: | 2011 |
Rank: | Lieutenant-General |
Serviceyears: | 1951–1984 |
Birth Date: | April 1, 1929 |
Birth Place: | Malhoo |
Death Date: | February 13, 2011 |
Death Place: | Rawalpindi |
Awards: | |
Honorific Prefix: | Lieutenant General |
Family: | Son: Shafi KhanGrandson: Ashraf Khan, Abdul Rasheed Khan, Abdul Waheed Khan, Abdul Hameed Khan and Shahzad Khan.Great Grandson: Maaz Ahmed Khan. |
Lieutenant General Jahan Dad Khan (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|جہانداد خان, 1929 – 2011) was an officer of the Pakistan Army and 14th Governor of Sindh, Pakistan. He was founder of Al-Shifa Trust. Jahan Dad Khan also served as chairman of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society.[1] [2] [3]
Jahan Dad Khan passed out from Pakistan Military Academy Kakul in 1951 and commissioned in the Regiment of Artillery. He went through normal command, staff and instructional assignments during his military career. He retired in 1984 after 33 years of service.[4]
Hilal-e-Imtiaz(Civilian) (Crescent of Excellence) | Hilal-e-Imtiaz(Military) (Crescent of Excellence) | Sitara-e-Basalat(Star of Good Conduct) | ||
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) | |
Pakistan Tamgha(Pakistan Medal) 1947 | Tamgha-e-Sad Saala Jashan-e-Wiladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam (100th Birth Anniversary of 1976 | Tamgha-e-Jamhuria(Republic Commemoration Medal) 1956 | Hijri Tamgha(Hijri Medal) 1979 |