Naseerullah Khan Babar

Major-General Naseerullah Khan Babar
Naseerullah Babar (1928–2011)
29th Minister of Internal Security
In office 21 October 1993 – 5 November 1996
President	Farooq Leghari
Prime Minister	Benazir Bhutto
Preceded by	Fateh Khan Bandial
Succeeded by	Omar Khan Afridi
12th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province
In office 1 March 1976 – 6 July 1977
President	Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
Preceded by	Syed Ghawas
Succeeded by	Abdul Hakeem Khan
Personal details
Born	1928 Pirpiai, North West Frontier Province, British India
Died	January 10, 2011(2011-01-10) (aged 82–83) Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province
Resting place	Pirpiai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Pakistan Peoples Party
Relations	Siblings: Wisal Babar
Children	one daughter shela babar
Alma mater	Presentation Convent School, Peshawar Pakistan Military Academy, Dehra Dun, Burn Hall
Occupation	Military administrator
Profession	Politician
Cabinet	Zulfikar Bhutto Government Bainazir Bhuttoo Government
Awards	Sitara-e-Jurat (1971) Hilal-i-Jur'at (1973)
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1948–1974
Rank	Major General
Unit	Pakistan Army Artillery Corps
Commands	23 Division, Jehlum IG Frontier Corps DG Military Intelligence
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Major-General Naseerullah Khan Babar (Urdu: نصيرالله خان بابر; born 1928—10 January 2011) was Minister of Internal Security of Pakistan. He is also famous because of Operation against MQM in Karachi in 1994-95. He was a retired 2-star general officer in the Pakistan Army, and later career military officer-turned statesman from, the Pakistan Peoples Party. In 1975, Babar took early voluntary retirement from the Pakistan Army to become Governor of NWFP (now Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa). He joined the Pakistan Peoples Party after Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's government was dismissed in 1977. A leading member of the Pakistan People's Party, Babar was born in Pirpiai, North-West Frontier Province, British Indian Empire. His family is from the Babar tribe of Pakhtuns and hails from the village of Pirpiai in district Nowshera.

Having started his military career in 1948, Babar rose to become a Major General and led the Frontier Corps as its Commandant in 1974. During 1974, Babar was tasked to fund and train Afghan mujahidin, by the order of Bhutto, to suppress the government of Davood Khan, and disbandment of Pashtunistan policies led by the government of Davood Khan. This operation was a complete and ultimate success after which Babar proceeded to retire from the army, in order to start his career in politics. However, the operation took a new direction when he became Governor of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa from 1975 to 1977 under Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's government until the term was cut short due to Operation Fair Play— a clandestine operation undertaken to remove Bhutto. In 1988, Babar was the "Special Advisor/Assistant on Internal Affairs" in Benazir Bhutto's first government and between 1993 and 1996, Babar was appointed and tenured as the Interior Minister during Benazir Bhutto's second government where he supervised and successfully contended Operation Blue Fox.