Masood Sharif Khan Khattak
| Masood Sharif Khan مسعود شریف خان خٹک |
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Masood Sharif Khan Khattak @ WEF
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| Director General of the Intelligence Bureau | |
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In office 1993–1996 |
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| President | Farooq Leghari |
| Prime Minister | Benazir Bhutto |
| Directorate-General of the Federal Investigation Agency | |
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In office 1992–1993 |
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| President | Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
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Masood Sharif Khan Khattak 5 June 1950 District Karak, Karak, North-West Frontier Province, West Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
| Residence | Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory (ICL) |
| Alma mater |
Command and Staff College Pakistan Military Academy Cadet College Petaro |
| Occupation | Politician and intelligence officer |
| Military service | |
| Nickname(s) | Major Khan |
| Allegiance |
 Pakistan
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| Service/branch |
 Pakistan Army
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| Years of service | 1968–1986 |
| Rank | Major |
| Unit | Armoured Corps |
| Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
Major Masood Sharif Khan Khattak {Urdu: مسعود شریف خان خٹک); born 5 June 1950 in the city of Karak- Karak, West Pakistan is a civilian intelligence officer and the first and former Director General of the Intelligence Bureau (I.B). He has served as the Vice-President of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians(PPPP) under the leadership of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto. He also led a famous intelligence operation named Midnight Jackals, which thwarted a military coupe attempt of the elected PPP government in 1990. He was imprisoned in 1996 by the government of Farooq Leghari where he was charged with launching widespread wiretapping against government officials.
In 2002 he was appointed as the Senior Vice-President of Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarian. He was defeated in the 2002 general elections by a candidate of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal in his home constituency NA-15(KARAK KPK). He resigned from the PPP in 2007 in protest against political arrangements (In famous NRO deal) of Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians with Gen. Musharaf. He Joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on 11 November with the meeting with chairman Imran Khan.
Masood Sharif Khan Khattak was born on 5 June 1950 to Captain Muhammad Sharif Khan of the Pakistan Navy and Begum Jan both belonging to the same village in Karak District village billand kala . Masood grew up in a typical armed forces household with strict discipline, complete with a dinner bell at the dining table. Masood is the eldest of three siblings, one sister and two brothers. Traveling and reading for education were the order of the day at the Sharif household. Formal dining engagements involving the royalty and influential people of Pakistan, Britain and India were a regular feature at the Sharif residence in Karachi and Delhi.
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