K. M. Azhar

Lieutenant General Khwaja Mohammad Azhar Khan (Urdu: خواجہ محمد اظہر خان‎) (usually shortened to K.M. Azhar) (1918 – 29 October 2006) was the chairman of the high-powered committee of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan and a former governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.[1]

Khwaja Mohammad Azhar Khan
7th Governor of North-West Frontier Province
In office 1 July 1970 – 23 December 1971
President	Agha Yahya Khan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Preceded by	Qurban Ali Khan
Succeeded by	Hayat Mohammad Khan Sherpao
Personal details
Born	January 1918[1] Aligarh, British India
Died	29 October 2006 (aged 88)[1] Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Military service
Allegiance	British India  Pakistan
Branch/service	British Indian Army  Pakistan Army
Years of service	1942–1971
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Pakistan Army
Commands	Pakistan Army General Infantry
Battles/wars	Burma Campaign World War II Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Early life

Lt Gen Azhar was born in Saugar, India in 1918 into the (Mian Sheikh Darvesh) Waziris and received his basic education in Aligarh, India.

General K.M. Azhar decided to join Jamiat Ulma-e-Pakistan Party after Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani convinced him to do so in 1978.[2]

Death and legacy

K.M. Azhar died at the Combined Military Hospital in Lahore on 29 October 2006, after receiving a head injury. He was 88 and was survived by five sons and two daughters; four of the sons being graduates of Cadet College Hasan Abdal.[1]

Upon his death in his remembrance his Waziri tribe named a mountain peak after him in Kaniguram Village Kaniguram of South Waziristan.

References

1. K.M. Azhar passes away Dawn (newspaper), Published 30 October 2006, Retrieved 3 May 2018
2. JUP leader KM Azhar dies The News International (newspaper), Published 30 October 2006, Retrieved 3 May 2018