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Roedad Khan

Roedad Khan
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Minister of Accountability
In office
6 August 1990 – 18 April 1993
President Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
Secretary General Ministry of Interior,
In office
17 August 1988 – 6 August 1990
President General Zia-ul-Haq
Prime Minister Muhammad Junejo
Interior Secretary of Pakistan
In office
16 September 1978 – 17 August 1988
President General Zia-ul-Haq
Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism
In office
3 August 1973 – 16 September 1978
President Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism
In office
25 March 1969 – 20 December 1971
President General Yahya Khan
Secretary of the Ministry of Industry
In office
27 October 1958 – 25 March 1969
President Field Marshal Ayub Khan
Personal details
Born (1923-09-28) 28 September 1923 (age 93)
Mardan, British India
Nationality Pakistani
Political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Alma mater Forman Christian College
Aligarh Muslim University
Occupation Civil servant
Religion Islam

Roedad Khan (Urdu: رؤداد خان; born 28 September 1923) is a Pakistani politician and former civil servant. He was Pakistani statesman from the start to the end of the Cold war. During his long career, Khan was one of the most senior civil servants of Pakistan. In 1923, Khan was born in Mardan, North-West Frontier Province, British Indian Empire, to an ethnic Pashtun family that belongs to a Yousufzai tribe. In 1939, he graduated from local high school and went to attend Forman Christian College and gained BA in English Literature in 1942. Respecting his father's wishes, Khan attended the Aligarh Muslim University and gained MA in English history in 1946. Upon his return to Mardan, Khan taught English history at Islamia College, Peshawar and opted Pakistan's citizenship in 1947. In 1949, Khan joined Central Superior Services and started his career in 1951. During his long career, Khan served with five Presidents of Pakistan and three Prime ministers of Pakistan. However, his career was at peak when he served with Chief Martial Law Administrator of Pakistan General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, responsible for country's internal security while an intelligence efforts were built up to sabotage Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan Soviet Republic. Khan, a part of General's Zia policy to enhance the secret establishment, Khan served as its elite member. After fall of communism, Khan officially retired from Pakistan's politics and civil services and went on to become a political analyst as of current.


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