Iftikhar Ali Khan (general)

Lt. Gen. (R) Iftikhar Ali Khan () (died August 22, 2009), HI(M), SBT was the former Secretary of Defense and Chief of General Staff (CGS) of the Pakistan Army.
Personal life.
He was the elder brother of Nisar Ali Khan. He died on August 22, 2009 by heart attack.
Military career.
Iftikhar Ali Khan was commissioned in the Pakistan Army in October 1961 in the 26th PMA Long Course. Khan served as the Chief Instructor of the Armed Forces War College at National Defence College, Rawalpindi from April 1991 to May 1993. He was promoted to Lieutenant General in May 1993 and did a brief stint as Commandant at the National Defence College, Rawalpindi until June 1993. He was later appointed Commander XXXI Corps, Bahawalpur, a post he held for two and a half years.