Hamid Nawaz Khan

Lieutenant General Hamid Nawaz Khan, HI(M), was a career Pakistan Army general who served as Federal Interior Minister from November 2007 to April 2008 and Defence Secretary of Pakistan from 2001 to 2005. He also held Chair positions at Pakistan International Airlines, the Civil Aviation Authority and the Fauji Foundation. He was the nephew of Chaudhry Naseer Ahmad Malhi from his father's side, one of the founders of Pakistan and the first education minister of Pakistan belongs to the Sivia Jatt community.

Hamid Nawaz Khan
Nickname(s)Gen. Hamid Nawaz
BornAttock, Punjab
Died24 February 2014[1]
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Allegiance Pakistan
Service/branch Pakistan Army
Years of service1966–2001
RankLieutenant General
UnitPakistan Army Aviation Corps
Commands held33rd Infantry Division
Command and Staff College
National Defence University
Vice Chief of General Staff (VCGS)
Battles/warsIndo-Pakistani War of 1971
AwardsHilal-i-Imtiaz (military)
Other workCivil servant

Education and Army Career

Nawaz Khan was a commerce graduate with honours from Punjab University and M.Sc. in War Studies from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad. He was commissioned in the Army Aviation Corps in 1966 as a Bell AH-1 Cobra pilot and served for 34 years. He commanded a Helicopter Squadron, Wing, Group and Regiment (II Corps Aviation Regiment between 1986 and 1989). He was the chief of staff in a Corps Headquarters and Instructor in Command and Staff College, Quetta and National Defence University, Islamabad. He commanded the 33rd Infantry Division at Quetta for three years (1995–1998), served as Chief Instructor of Armed Forces War College at the then National Defense College, Islamabad (1998–2000). He was then promoted to Lieutenant General in March 2000 and posted as the Vice Chief of the General Staff (VCGS) from where he retired in March 2001.

References
  1. "Ex-Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz passes away". The Nation. 25 February 2014. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
Political offices
Preceded by
Aftab Ahmad Sherpao		 Interior Minister of Pakistan
2007 – 2008		 Succeeded by
Rehman Malik
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