Lt Gen Tariq Khan

Commissioned in Pakistan Army in April 1977 Lt Gen Tariq Khan won the coveted “Sword of Honour” in the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA). A graduate of Command and Staff College Quetta, National Defence University (NDU) Islamabad, he subsequently served on the faculty at both institutions. Employed on various command, staff and instructional assignments, his greatest achievement when as Inspector General Frontier Corps (IGFC) he transformed the Frontier Corps (FC) from its established role as a Border Management Force to the equivalent of a professional Army Formation, fully trained, equipped and motivated to perform beyond its normal para-military role. During the counter-insurgency in KPK, he led his FC units in actual combat from the front. Before his retirement he commanded an elite Corps of the Pakistan Army. Since retirement, he is on the honorary faculty of NDU as a Senior Mentor.