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For Indian politician and army officer, see <a href="/wiki/Zulfikar_Ali_Khan" title="Zulfikar Ali Khan">Zulfikar Ali Khan</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-weight: normal;">Air Chief Marshal</div><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Zulfiqar Ali Khan</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:ACM.Zulfiqar_Ali_Khan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/ACM.Zulfiqar_Ali_Khan.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="232" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="232" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Air_Chief_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Chief Marshal">ACM</a> Zulfiqar Ali Khan (1930–2005)</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Ambassador_to_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan Ambassador to the United States">Pakistan Ambassador to the United States</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />12 July 1989 – 15 September 1990</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Ishaq_Khan" title="Ghulam Ishaq Khan">Ghulam Ishaq Khan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto" title="Benazir Bhutto">Benazir Bhutto</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jamsheed_Marker" title="Jamsheed Marker">Jamsheed Marker</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Najmuddin_Shaikh" title="Najmuddin Shaikh">Najmuddin Shaikh</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Ambassadors_of_Pakistan_to_Switzerland" title="Category:Ambassadors of Pakistan to Switzerland">Pakistan Ambassador to Switzerland</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1979–1981</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Air_Staff_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)">Chief of Air Staff</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />16 April 1974 – 22 July 1978</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Air_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Marshal">Air Mshl</a> <a href="/wiki/Zafar_Chaudhry" title="Zafar Chaudhry">Zafar Chaudhry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">ACM <a href="/wiki/Anwar_Shamim" title="Anwar Shamim">Anwar Shamim</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1930-12-10</span>)</span>10 December 1930<br /><a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab, British India">Punjab</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">India</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Present-day Lahore, Punjab in Pakistan)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">8 March 2005<span style="display:none">(2005-03-08)</span> (aged 74)<br /><a href="/wiki/PAF_Hospitals" class="mw-redirect" title="PAF Hospitals">PAF Hospital Islamabad</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cause of death</th><td class="infobox-data">Cardiac arrest</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Military Cemetery in Islamabad</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Citizenship</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj"><img alt="British Raj" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/23px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/35px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg/46px-British_Raj_Red_Ensign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span><a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1930–47)</span><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1947–2005)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Begum Sajida Zulfiqar<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1965–2005; d. 2012 )</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general" title="Brigadier general">Brig. Gen.</a> <p>Agha Ali Hassan<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(nephew)</span> </p> <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general" title="Brigadier general">Brig. Gen</a> Muhammad Azam Agha<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(nephew)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force_Academy" title="Pakistan Air Force Academy">PAF Academy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/PAF_Air_War_College" title="PAF Air War College">Air War College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Diplomat</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Air_Force_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Air_Force_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Air_Force_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Pakistan Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1948–78</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ACM_Pakistan_Air_Force.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/ACM_Pakistan_Air_Force.png/10px-ACM_Pakistan_Air_Force.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/ACM_Pakistan_Air_Force.png/15px-ACM_Pakistan_Air_Force.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/ACM_Pakistan_Air_Force.png/20px-ACM_Pakistan_Air_Force.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="161" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O10_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/30px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/45px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/60px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2514" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Air_chief_marshal" title="Air chief marshal">Air chief marshal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commands</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Director-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Director-General">DG</a> <a href="/wiki/Air_Operations_Branch" title="Air Operations Branch">Air Operations</a> (DGAO)<br /><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(Pakistan)" title="Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (Pakistan)">DCAS (Planning)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_Headquarters_(Pakistan)" title="Air Headquarters (Pakistan)">AHQ</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force_Academy" title="Pakistan Air Force Academy">Pakistan Air Force Academy</a><br />Officer Commanding, Operations Wing, PAF Base Dacca<br /><a href="/wiki/PAF_Base_Mushaf" title="PAF Base Mushaf">Mushaf Air Force Base</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sargodha" title="Sargodha">Sargodha</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1965">Indo-Pakistani War of 1965</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1971">Indo-Pakistani War of 1971</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Bangladesh Liberation War">Bangladesh Liberation War</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nishan-e-Imtiaz.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Nishan-e-Imtiaz.png/40px-Nishan-e-Imtiaz.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Nishan-e-Imtiaz.png/60px-Nishan-e-Imtiaz.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Nishan-e-Imtiaz.png/80px-Nishan-e-Imtiaz.png 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="705" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-i-Imtiaz" class="mw-redirect" title="Nishan-i-Imtiaz">Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military)</a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png/40px-US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png/60px-US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png/80px-US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="123" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Merit" title="Legion of Merit">Legion of Merit</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Air_chief_marshal_(Pakistan)" title="Air chief marshal (Pakistan)">Air Chief Marshal</a> <b>Zulfiqar Ali Khan</b> (<a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a>: ذوالفقار علی خان; 10 December 1930 – 8 March 2005) <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a></span>, was the first <a href="/wiki/Four_star_general" class="mw-redirect" title="Four star general">four-star</a> <a href="/wiki/Air_officer" title="Air officer">air officer</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Pakistan Air Force</a> and later a diplomat.<sup id="cite_ref-Vij_Books_India_Pvt_Ltd_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vij_Books_India_Pvt_Ltd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: contents">: contents </span></sup> He was the Air Force's <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Air_Staff_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)">Chief of Air Staff</a> from 15 April 1974 to 22 July 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-NYU_Press,_Cheema_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYU_Press,_Cheema-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon retirement, he served on a diplomatic assignment, and headed the diplomatic mission to the United States as <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_Pakistan_to_the_United_States" title="List of ambassadors of Pakistan to the United States">Pakistan's ambassador</a> from 1989 to 1990. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zulfiqar_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Zulfikar Ali Khan was born in <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab, British India">Punjab</a>, British India, on 10 December 1930.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_Newspaper,_2005_(staff)_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn_Newspaper,_2005_(staff)-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended a local school in Lahore where he did his matriculation.<sup id="cite_ref-Dar-ut-Tazkeer,_1999_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dar-ut-Tazkeer,_1999-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 100–103">: 100–103 </span></sup> </p><p>From 1947, he attended the <a href="/wiki/Military_College_Jhelum" title="Military College Jhelum">Military College Jhelum</a>, but joined the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Pakistan Air Force</a> (PAF) in 1948 when he transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force_Academy" title="Pakistan Air Force Academy">Pakistan Air Force Academy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Risalpur" title="Risalpur">Risalpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/North-West_Frontier_Province_(1901%E2%80%9355)" class="mw-redirect" title="North-West Frontier Province (1901–55)">NWFP</a> in Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-–_Military_College_Jhelum_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-–_Military_College_Jhelum-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_Newspaper,_2005_(staff)_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn_Newspaper,_2005_(staff)-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was <a href="/wiki/Commissioned_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioned officer">commissioned</a> in the Air Force as a <a href="/wiki/Pilot_officer" title="Pilot officer">pilot officer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Passing_out_(military)" title="Passing out (military)">passed out</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force_Academy" title="Pakistan Air Force Academy">PAF Academy</a> in 1950 in the class of 7th <a href="/wiki/General_duty_clause" title="General duty clause">GD</a> pilot course on 21 December 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_Newspaper,_2005_(staff)_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn_Newspaper,_2005_(staff)-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> IN 1956, <a href="/wiki/Flight_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Flight Lieutenant">Flt-Lt.</a> Khan first command assignment was to <a href="/wiki/List_of_Pakistan_Air_Force_squadrons" title="List of Pakistan Air Force squadrons">No. 20 Squadron <i>Eagles</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1960s, <a href="/wiki/Squadron_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="Squadron Leader">Squadron-Leader</a> Khan was educated at the <a href="/wiki/PAF_Air_War_College" title="PAF Air War College">Air War College</a>, where he earned a degree in <a href="/wiki/Staff_college" title="Staff college">staff course</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="What does staff course? (September 2023)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. In 1965, <a href="/wiki/Squadron_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="Squadron Leader">Sq-Ldr.</a> Zulfikar Ali Khan participated in the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1965">Indo-Pakistani War of 1965</a>, commanding <a href="/wiki/No._9_Squadron_(Pakistan_Air_Force)" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 9 Squadron (Pakistan Air Force)">No. 9 Squadron <i>Griffins</i></a> against the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Indian Air Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dar-ut-Tazkeer,_1999_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dar-ut-Tazkeer,_1999-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 76–80">: 76–80 </span></sup> From 1966 to 1968, <a href="/wiki/Wing_commander_(rank)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing commander (rank)">Wg-Cdr.</a> Zulfiqar Ali Khan was posted in the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Pakistan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)">Foreign ministry</a> and briefly served as <a href="/wiki/Air_attach%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Air attaché">air attaché</a> at the <a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_Pakistan,_New_Delhi" title="High Commission of Pakistan, New Delhi">High Commission of Pakistan</a> in New Delhi, led by <a href="/wiki/His_Excellency" class="mw-redirect" title="His Excellency">H.E.</a> <a href="/wiki/Mian_Arshad_Hussain" title="Mian Arshad Hussain">Arshad Hussain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1968, he was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Group_captain" title="Group captain">group captain</a> and was posted in <a href="/wiki/East_Pakistan" title="East Pakistan">East Pakistan</a>, where he was appointed as officer commanding of operations wing of Dacca Air Base, under its <a href="/wiki/Air_Officer_Commanding" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Officer Commanding">Air Officer Commanding</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_commodore" title="Air commodore">Air Cdre.</a> <a href="/wiki/Inamul_Haque_Khan" title="Inamul Haque Khan">Inamul Haq</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dar-ut-Tazkeer,_1999_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dar-ut-Tazkeer,_1999-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 101–102">: 101–102 </span></sup> Air Cdre. Khan participated in <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Bangladesh Liberation War">Bangladesh Liberation War</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Pakistan" title="East Pakistan">East Pakistan</a> against the Indian Air Force.<sup id="cite_ref-Dar-ut-Tazkeer,_1999_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dar-ut-Tazkeer,_1999-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 101–102">: 101–102 </span></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Group_Captain" class="mw-redirect" title="Group Captain">Gp-Capt.</a> Khan was taken <a href="/wiki/Prisoners_of_war_during_the_Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="Prisoners of war during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971">prisoner</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Eastern_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan Eastern Command">Eastern Command</a> was <a href="/wiki/Instrument_of_Surrender_(1971)" class="mw-redirect" title="Instrument of Surrender (1971)">surrendered</a> by its <a href="/wiki/General_Officer_Commanding-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="General Officer Commanding-in-Chief">GOC-in-C</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-General">Lieutenant-General</a> <a href="/wiki/AAK_Niazi" class="mw-redirect" title="AAK Niazi">A. A. K. Niazi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dar-ut-Tazkeer,_1999_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dar-ut-Tazkeer,_1999-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 103–104">: 103–104 </span></sup> In 1973, he was <a href="/wiki/Delhi_Agreement" title="Delhi Agreement">repatriated</a> to <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> and was allowed to continue his military service and was promoted to a <a href="/wiki/One_star_general" class="mw-redirect" title="One star general">one-star</a> rank, <a href="/wiki/Air_commodore" title="Air commodore">air-commodore</a>, and took over the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force_Academy" title="Pakistan Air Force Academy">Air Force Academy</a> as its <a href="/wiki/Commandant" title="Commandant">commandant</a> in 1973, but later posted as commandant of the <a href="/wiki/PAF_Air_War_College" title="PAF Air War College">Air War College</a> for a short time.<sup id="cite_ref-Dar-ut-Tazkeer,_1999_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dar-ut-Tazkeer,_1999-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 101–102">: 101–102 </span></sup> </p><p>His assignments include <a href="/wiki/Officer_commanding" title="Officer commanding">Officer commanding</a> <a href="/wiki/No._11_Squadron_(Pakistan_Air_Force)" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 11 Squadron (Pakistan Air Force)">No. 11 Squadron <i>Arrows</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Global_Security,_No._11_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Global_Security,_No._11-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/No._9_Squadron_(Pakistan_Air_Force)" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 9 Squadron (Pakistan Air Force)">No. 9 Sq. <i>Griffins</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Air_Officer_Commanding" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Officer Commanding">AOC</a> of the <a href="/wiki/PAF_Base_Sargodha" class="mw-redirect" title="PAF Base Sargodha">Sargodha Air Force Base</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_Newspaper,_2005_(staff)_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn_Newspaper,_2005_(staff)-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chief_of_Air_Staff">Chief of Air Staff</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zulfiqar_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Chief of Air Staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1974, <a href="/wiki/Air_Commodore" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Commodore">Air-Cdre.</a> Zulfiqar Ali Khan was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Air_vice_marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air vice marshal">air vice marshal</a> and was appointed as <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(Pakistan)" title="Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (Pakistan)">Deputy Chief of the Air Staff</a> of Aerial Planning at the <a href="/wiki/Air_Headquarters_(Pakistan)" title="Air Headquarters (Pakistan)">Air Headquarters</a> in <a href="/wiki/Islamabad" title="Islamabad">Islamabad</a> but was later posted as Director-General of Air Operations.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_Newspaper,_2005_(staff)_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn_Newspaper,_2005_(staff)-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 April 1974, <a href="/wiki/Air_Vice_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Vice Marshal">AVM</a> Zulfiqar Ali Khan was surprisingly appointed the second <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Air_Staff_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)">Chief of Air Staff</a> to take over the command of the Air Force as an <a href="/wiki/Air_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Marshal">air-marshal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BYU_Press_Cheema_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BYU_Press_Cheema-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 199">: 199 </span></sup> The appointment was controversial since Air-Marshal <a href="/wiki/Zafar_Chaudhry" title="Zafar Chaudhry">Zafar Chaudhry</a> resigned, and Air-Marshal Khan had succeeded<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="Superceded? (September 2023)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> seven senior <a href="/wiki/Air_officer" title="Air officer">air officers</a> in the Air Force.<sup id="cite_ref-Springer,_Rizvi_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Springer,_Rizvi-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 144">: 144 </span></sup> </p><p>In 1975, he helped established the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Pakistan_Air_Force_Bases" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Pakistan Air Force Bases">Northern Air Command</a>, based in PAF Base Kalabagh, oversaw the induction of the <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-15" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15">MiG-15</a> as a jet trainer, establishment<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="Established or helped establish? (September 2023)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> of the Air Defence Command, and provided his support to rebuilding <a href="/wiki/Mirage_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirage III">Mirage III</a> aircraft at the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Aeronautical_Complex" title="Pakistan Aeronautical Complex">Pakistan Aeronautical Complex</a>. </p><p>On 1 January 1976, <a href="/wiki/Air_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Marshal">Air-Mshl.</a> Khan was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Four-star_rank" class="mw-redirect" title="Four-star rank">four-star rank</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_chief_marshal" title="Air chief marshal">air chief marshal</a> (ACM), becoming the first four-star officer in the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Pakistan Air Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Vij_Books_India_Pvt_Ltd_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vij_Books_India_Pvt_Ltd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BYU_Press_Cheema_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BYU_Press_Cheema-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 199">: 199 </span></sup> <a href="/wiki/Air_Chief_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Chief Marshal">ACM</a> Zulfiqar Ali Khan was then made senior member of the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee">Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee</a>, and honored with the <a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a> for meritorious services.<sup id="cite_ref-Springer,_Rizvi_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Springer,_Rizvi-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 144">: 144 </span></sup> During this same time, <a href="/wiki/Air_chief_marshal" title="Air chief marshal">ACM</a> Zulfikar Ali Khan helped establish the <a href="/wiki/Combat_Commanders%27_School" title="Combat Commanders' School">Combat Commanders' School</a> set up under <a href="/wiki/Group_captain" title="Group captain">Gp-Capt.</a> <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Chaudhry" title="Cecil Chaudhry">Cecil Chaudhry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Defence_Journal_Amin_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Defence_Journal_Amin-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over the issue of clandestine <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_and_its_Nuclear_Deterrent_Program" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan and its Nuclear Deterrent Program">atomic bomb programme</a>, ACM Zulfiqar Ali Khan reportedly advised Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Zulfikar_Bhutto" class="mw-redirect" title="Zulfikar Bhutto">Bhutto</a> against the acquisition of the aging <a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">A-7</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">F-5</a> military aircraft in order to stop the work on the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Atomic_Research_Reactor#New_Labs" title="Pakistan Atomic Research Reactor">reprocessing plant</a> for <a href="/wiki/Plutonium" title="Plutonium">plutonium</a> development, noting that "atomic bomb programme should not stop for any reason be compromised."<sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_Newspaper,_2009_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn_Newspaper,_2009-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 5 July 1978, ACM Zulfikar Ali Khan was appointed <a href="/wiki/Chief_Martial_Law_Administrator" title="Chief Martial Law Administrator">Deputy CMLA</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Staff_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)">naval chief</a> <a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Shariff" title="Mohammad Shariff">Moh'd Sharif</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Army_Staff_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)">army chief</a> General <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Zia-ul-Haq" class="mw-redirect" title="Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq">Zia-ul-Haq</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chairman_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee" title="Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee">Chairman joint chiefs</a> General <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Shariff" class="mw-redirect" title="Muhammad Shariff">Muh'd Shariff</a> after the <a href="/wiki/1977_Pakistani_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" class="mw-redirect" title="1977 Pakistani coup d'état">military coup d'état</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Pakistan" title="Government of Pakistan">civilian government</a> led by Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Zulfikar_Bhutto" class="mw-redirect" title="Zulfikar Bhutto">Zulfikar Bhutto</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_Newspaper,_1977_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn_Newspaper,_1977-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 July 1978, ACM Zulfiqar Ali Khan tendered his resignation from the command of the air force over the disagreement with the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Fair_Play" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Fair Play">military take over</a> of the civilian government, and handed over the command to newly appointed ACM <a href="/wiki/Anwar_Shamim" title="Anwar Shamim">Anwar Shamim</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Foreign_service">Foreign service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zulfiqar_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Foreign service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Upon retirement, Zulfikar Ali Khan joined the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Service_of_Pakistan" title="Foreign Service of Pakistan">Foreign Service</a> and was appointed Pakistan's ambassador to Switzerland, serving from 1979 to 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1989, he was appointed as chief investigator to lead investigations on <a href="/wiki/Operation_Midnight_Jackal" title="Operation Midnight Jackal">possible military funding to political parties</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Pakistani_intelligence_community" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistani intelligence community">intelligence community</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1989, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto" title="Benazir Bhutto">Benazir Bhutto</a> appointed him as the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Ambassador_to_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan Ambassador to the United States">Pakistan Ambassador to the United States</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Washington D.C.">Washington DC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 978">: 978 </span></sup> However, his tenureship was marked with controversy involving the continuation of <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_and_its_Nuclear_Deterrent_Program" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan and its Nuclear Deterrent Program">atomic deterrence</a>, which he failed to cover up in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_Newspaper,_2009_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn_Newspaper,_2009-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1990, he was recalled to Pakistan after serving as ambassador for only a year.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_Newspaper,_2009_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn_Newspaper,_2009-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zulfiqar_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 8 March 2005, Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan died of cardiac arrest in <a href="/wiki/Islamabad" title="Islamabad">Islamabad</a> when he suffered a heart attack at his residence and was taken to the <a href="/wiki/PAF_Hospitals" class="mw-redirect" title="PAF Hospitals">PAF Hospital</a>, but the doctors pronounced him dead.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_Newspaper,_2005_(staff)_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn_Newspaper,_2005_(staff)-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was given a state funeral with full honours.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Begum Sajida Zulifqar, wife of Air Chief Marshal Zulifqar Ali Khan, died on 30 September 2012 and her funeral prayers were attended by all former PAF Air Chiefs, politicians, bureaucrats, senior serving and retired military officials and a large number of people from all walks of life.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_decorations">Awards and decorations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zulfiqar_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards and decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nishan-e-Imtiaz.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Nishan-e-Imtiaz.png/130px-Nishan-e-Imtiaz.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Nishan-e-Imtiaz.png/195px-Nishan-e-Imtiaz.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Nishan-e-Imtiaz.png/260px-Nishan-e-Imtiaz.png 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="705" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sitara-e-Khidmat_(SK)_(1957-86).png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Sitara-e-Khidmat_%28SK%29_%281957-86%29.png/130px-Sitara-e-Khidmat_%28SK%29_%281957-86%29.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Sitara-e-Khidmat_%28SK%29_%281957-86%29.png/195px-Sitara-e-Khidmat_%28SK%29_%281957-86%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Sitara-e-Khidmat_%28SK%29_%281957-86%29.png/260px-Sitara-e-Khidmat_%28SK%29_%281957-86%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="705" /></a></span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:War_Medal_1965(Tamgha-e-Jang,_A.H.1385).png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/War_Medal_1965%28Tamgha-e-Jang%2C_A.H.1385%29.png/130px-War_Medal_1965%28Tamgha-e-Jang%2C_A.H.1385%29.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/War_Medal_1965%28Tamgha-e-Jang%2C_A.H.1385%29.png/195px-War_Medal_1965%28Tamgha-e-Jang%2C_A.H.1385%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/War_Medal_1965%28Tamgha-e-Jang%2C_A.H.1385%29.png/260px-War_Medal_1965%28Tamgha-e-Jang%2C_A.H.1385%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="705" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tamgha-e-Jang_1971_War.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Tamgha-e-Jang_1971_War.png/130px-Tamgha-e-Jang_1971_War.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Tamgha-e-Jang_1971_War.png/195px-Tamgha-e-Jang_1971_War.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Tamgha-e-Jang_1971_War.png/260px-Tamgha-e-Jang_1971_War.png 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="705" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Republic_Medal_1956_(Pakistan).png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Republic_Medal_1956_%28Pakistan%29.png/130px-Republic_Medal_1956_%28Pakistan%29.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Republic_Medal_1956_%28Pakistan%29.png/195px-Republic_Medal_1956_%28Pakistan%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Republic_Medal_1956_%28Pakistan%29.png/260px-Republic_Medal_1956_%28Pakistan%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="705" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png/130px-US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png/195px-US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png/260px-US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="123" /></a></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">Nishan-e-Imtiaz</a></b> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">(Military)</a></b> </p><p>(<i>Order of Excellence</i>) </p> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Civil_decorations_of_Pakistan" title="Civil decorations of Pakistan">Sitara-e-Khidmat</a></b> <p><i>(SK)</i> </p> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1965">Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War</a></b> <p>(<i>War Medal 1965</i>) </p> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1971">Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War</a></b> <p>(<i>War Medal 1971</i>) </p> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Pakistan_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces">Tamgha-e-Jamhuria</a></b> <p>(<i>Republic Commemoration Medal</i>) </p><p><b>1956</b> </p> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Merit#Insignia" title="Legion of Merit">The Legion of Merit</a></b> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Merit#Insignia" title="Legion of Merit">(Degree of Commander)</a></b> </p><p><i><b>(United States)</b></i> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_decorations">Foreign decorations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zulfiqar_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Foreign decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="background:#006400; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"><b>Foreign Awards</b> </th></tr> <tr> <th><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">USA</a></b> </th> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Merit#Insignia" title="Legion of Merit">The Legion of Merit (Degree of Commander)</a></b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png/130px-US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png/195px-US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png/260px-US_Legion_of_Merit_Commander_ribbon.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="123" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zulfiqar_Ali_Khan&action=edit&section=7" 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Air Staffs</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081205093242/http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/spedition/2005_year_supp/p6.htm">Air Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan, Former chief of air staff, dies</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #CF9C65;">Military offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Zafar_Chaudhry" title="Zafar Chaudhry">Zafar Chaudhry</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Air_Staff_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)">Chief of Air Staff</a> </b><br />1974–1978 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Anwar_Shamim" title="Anwar Shamim">Anwar Shamim</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FACEFF;">Diplomatic posts </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jamsheed_Marker" title="Jamsheed Marker">Jamsheed Marker</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Ambassador_to_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan Ambassador to the United States">Pakistan Ambassador to the United States</a> </b><br />1989–1990 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Najmuddin_Shaikh" title="Najmuddin Shaikh">Najmuddin Shaikh</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output 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