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- Asghar_Khan abstract "Asghar Khan (Urdu: ائیر مارشل اصغر خان; b. January 17, 1921) is a Pakistani veteran aviation historian, peace activist, and retired military figure— a three star rank air marshal— who served as the first native Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) from 1957 until resigning in 1965 prior to the start of the air operations of the PAF during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.Initially commissioned in the Indian Army, Asghar Khan was drafted into Royal Air Force in 1940, seeing actions in Burma Campaign and later acceded to United Kingdom where he graduated from RAF Staff College at Bracknell, completing his collegiate courses from Joint Service Defence College, and completed his post-graduate studies from Imperial Defence College. Upon return to British Indian Empire, Asghar Khan resumed his active duty with the Royal Air Force and opted for Pakistan following the independence in 1947, and settled in West-Pakistan. Asghar Khan became first commandant of Pakistan Air Force Academy in 1947 and was also the first to head the Directorate-General for Air Operations (DGAO) in 1950. Finally in 1957, Asghar Khan became the youngest to-date and the first native Air Force Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Air Force. His tenure as air commander saw the extensive modernization of PAF, in terms of both technical and military equipment, but controversially he was not taken in confidence prior to launch of Operation Gibraltar by the president which led to his resignation. After retiring from air force, Asghar Khan became president of civilian national flag carrier, the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) which he led until 1968.In 1970, Asghar Khan founded the secular party, the Tehrik-e-Istiqlal, but performed poorly in 1970 parliamentary elections. However, in 1977, the party significant gained momentum and participated with full force in 1977 parliamentary elections, although the party failed to grasp any support in the public as compared to democratic socialist, the Pakistan Peoples Party. He was designated a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, and conferred with the Gold Medal by the Human Rights Commission, and Jinnah Award Award by the Jinnah Society for the cause of democracy. After years of founding the Independence Movement, Asghar Khan merged his party with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, led by cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan, in January 2012.".
- Asghar_Khan almaMater Indian_Military_Academy.
- Asghar_Khan almaMater Royal_Air_Force_College_Cranwell.
- Asghar_Khan battle Burma_Campaign_1944–45.
- Asghar_Khan battle Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1947.
- Asghar_Khan battle World_War_II.
- Asghar_Khan birthDate "1921-01-17".
- Asghar_Khan birthName "Mohammad Asghar Khan".
- Asghar_Khan birthPlace British_Raj.
- Asghar_Khan birthPlace Jammu.
- Asghar_Khan birthPlace Kashmir.
- Asghar_Khan birthYear "1921".
- Asghar_Khan child Ali_Asghar_Khan_(politician).
- Asghar_Khan child Omar_Asghar_Khan.
- Asghar_Khan country Pakistan.
- Asghar_Khan country United_Kingdom.
- Asghar_Khan militaryCommand "Assistant Chief of Air Staff".
- Asghar_Khan militaryCommand "Directorate-Generalfor theAir Operations(DGAO)".
- Asghar_Khan militaryCommand "No. 1 Stryker Group,Peshawar AFB".
- Asghar_Khan militaryCommand "Pakistan Air Force Academy".
- Asghar_Khan militaryCommand "Precision Engineering Complex".
- Asghar_Khan militaryRank Air_marshal.
- Asghar_Khan militaryUnit No._9_Squadron_(Pakistan_Air_Force).
- Asghar_Khan orderInOffice "Chairmanof theTehrik-e-Istiqlal".
- Asghar_Khan orderInOffice "Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Air Force".
- Asghar_Khan orderInOffice "PresidentofPakistan International Airlines".
- Asghar_Khan otherParty Tehrik-e-Istiqlal.
- Asghar_Khan party Pakistan_Tehreek-e-Insaf.
- Asghar_Khan predecessor Air_vice-marshal.
- Asghar_Khan predecessor Arthur_McDonald.
- Asghar_Khan president Ayub_Khan_(President_of_Pakistan).
- Asghar_Khan president Iskander_Mirza.
- Asghar_Khan profession Fighter_pilot.
- Asghar_Khan religion Islam.
- Asghar_Khan residence Abbottabad.
- Asghar_Khan serviceEndYear "1965".
- Asghar_Khan serviceStartYear "1940".
- Asghar_Khan successor Air_marshal.
- Asghar_Khan successor Imran_Khan.
- Asghar_Khan termPeriod Asghar_Khan__1.
- Asghar_Khan termPeriod Asghar_Khan__2.
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