First Army Chief of Pakistan: Who failed to take Oath
He was killed along with two British citizens on his way to London at Dec 13, 1949
A Minhas Rajput, Iftiqar was promoted Captain 29 August 1938 and Major 29 August 1946. He had been nominated to become the first local Commander in Chief (C-in-C) of the Pakistan Army after General Douglas David Gracey's retirement.
He was killed along with two British citizens on his way to London at Dec 13, 1949
A Minhas Rajput, Iftiqar was promoted Captain 29 August 1938 and Major 29 August 1946. He had been nominated to become the first local Commander in Chief (C-in-C) of the Pakistan Army after General Douglas David Gracey's retirement.
NEW YORK,
Dec. 13 (A.A.P.)
A
Pakistan Airways Dakota crashed in a
deep ravine near Karachi last night. Twenty one
passengers and four crew were killed.
Two
Pakistan Army generals were among
the 25 killed in the Pakistan
Airways Dakota, which crashed
near Karachi.
They were
Major-General Mohammed Iftikhar
Khan, on his way to attend a
course at the Imperial Defence
College in Britain, and
Brigadier-General Sher Khan, who was, on his way
to New York with his wife for the
U.N. Security Council discussion on Kashmir.
There
were two Europeans aboard the
plane Len Mitchell, British owner of a fruit farm
in Pakistan; and Mrs. Bergle,
wife of a British bank manager in
Karachi
The
Dakota was flying from Lahore to Karachi.
Source of the News item
Profile of General IftiqarBrothers in ArmyMuhammed Akbar Khan First Four Star Native General not only in British Indian Army but also in Pakistan Army PA-1Brigadier Muhammed Zafar KhanLieutenant-General Raja Muhammad Anwar Khan
Had General Iftiqar took oath , Pakistan's political history would be different
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