Sikandar Khan | |
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![]() Brigadier Sikandar Khan at NDU Islamabad
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Born |
Kohat, Pakistan |
9 November 1961
Allegiance |
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Service/branch |
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Years of service | 1982–2013 |
Rank |
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Unit | Artillery |
Commands held |
Artillery 8th Infantry Division Deputy Inspector General Frontier Corps (Balochistan) Chairman Fortress Stadium (Lahore) Artillery IV Corps (Lahore) Mountain Regiment Artillery, LOC (Kashmir) Mujahid Infantry Battalion, LOC (Kashmir) Self-Propelled Artillery - 2IC 35 SP Heavy Artillery Regiment |
Awards |
Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)![]() |
Brigadier Sikandar Khan (Urdu: سکندر خان; born 9 November 1961) was the commander of the artillery corps of the IV Corps (Pakistan), Pakistan's main Line of Defense against India, from October 2010 until July 2013. He was due to retire in 2014, but he voluntarily retired in 2013 as a one-star general to run his own security company, Ever Ready Security Management (Pvt) Ltd. He was offered to be the director of National University of Modern Languages (Lahore Campus) after his voluntary retirement in 2013 but he respectfully refused to expand his security company. Khan has been awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz for his distinguished services.
Khan was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the SHERNI Regiment, 35 Heavy Regiment of Artillery in the 65th PMA Long Course in March 1982. He has commanded an Infantry Mujahid Battalion, a Mountain Artillery Regiment, both on the Line of Control in Kashmir, and a Divisional Artillery Brigade, has served as the Deputy Inspector General Frontier Corps (Balochistan), and served at various key staff appointments at the Division, Corps and Unit level.
Khan has served in the Military Intelligence as a captain on the Western border and as a major in the interior Sindh. He is a graduate of the Command and Staff College, National Defense University (Islamabad), University of Balochistan, Canadian Forces College and the National University of Modern Languages.