Aftab Ahmad Khan

As an ode to Aftab Ahmad Khan for raising the X Corps, the Pakistan Army created an insignia for the Corps which reflected a Rising Sun (Urdu for Aftab) with ten rays extruding from it.

Aftab Ahmad Khan (22 October 192312 July 2011) was a lieutenant general in the Pakistan Army.

Biography

Early life, military education and honours Aftab Ahmad Khan was born in Batala, Gurdaspur District, British India to the family of Khan Bahadur Mian Altaf Hussain Khan (1874–1946) and Mehndi Begum. After his early education, at the Municipal Board (MB) High School Batala, he graduated from the Government College, Lahore, and joined the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun.

Family Lt. General Aftab Ahmad Khan was married to Nasreen Hayat Khan in 1960 and had a daughter Umbereen A. Khan married to Syed Fahim Inaam who have a daughter Syeda Sharmeen Inaam.

Mrs. Nasreen Aftab Khan died of a protracted illness in 2001.

He had an elder brother Professor Namdar Khan (late – died 2002), a renowned educationalist, who taught Comparative Education at University of California's School of Education (Tollman Hall) from 1972 to 1976, a younger brother Air Marshall Iftikhar Ahmad Khan, (HI)M & (SBt) Sitara-e-Basalat and two sisters Mrs. Ismat Akhtar and Mrs. Najma Chaudhury.

Death Lt. General Aftab Ahmad Khan died of a sudden Heart Attack on 12 July 2011 at the age of 88, and was laid to rest with Pakistan Army's traditional Military Honors for retired commanders.