Asghar Khan
Air Marshal Asghar Khan (17 January 1921 – 5 January 2018) was Pakistani politician, aviation historian, peace activist, and retired three star rank air force general.
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Khan served as the first native Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) under President Iskander Mirza (1956–59) and under President Ayub Khan until resigning in 1965 before the start of the air operations of the PAF during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
In 1970, Asghar Khan founded the secular party, the Tehrik-e-Istiqlal, but performed poorly in 1970 parliamentary elections.
Khan died on 5 January 2018 in Abbottabad, Pakistan of complications from Parkinson's disease at the age of 96.[1][2]
Asghar Khan Media
A flight of Gloster Meteors in 1955: Squadron Leader Asghar Khan became the First Indian to qualify to fly this aircraft in 1946.
Map of the northern frontier of Pakistan in 2004. Ashgar Khan reportedly disapproved of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, the second war with India over the Kashmir issue– later, he was replaced before that war broke out between the two nations.
An example of Dharna. Asghar Khan instigated multiple Dharna movements to remove the elected civilian governments in Pakistan over the accusations of monetary corruption throughout the 1970s and 1990s.
References
- ↑ "First Muslim air chief of PAF Asghar Khan dies". Daily Pakistan Global.
- ↑ Siddiqui - Dawn.com, Naveed (5 January 2018). "Air Marshal Asghar Khan passes away in Islamabad". DAWN.COM.