Farrakh Khan

Farrakh Khan (12 December 1938 – 25 June 2016) was a three-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army who was notable for his tenureship as the Chief of General Staff (CGS) at the Army GHQ from 1991 to 1994.

Biography

Farrakh Khan studied at Army Burn Hall College before joining the Pakistan Army in 1954, and entered the Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul in 1956 where he passed out of the class of 20th PMA Long Course in 1959, and gained commission in the 15th Lancers of the Armoured Corps. At the PMA, 2nd-Lt Khan was notable for his role as a peer leader among the military cadets, serving as their section leader.

He attended the Command and Staff College in Canada, and earned master's degree from the National Defence University in Islamabad. In 1985, Maj-Gen Khan was elevated as GOC of the 6th Armoured Division in Kharian, and oversaw the combat deployment in response to the massive military exercise by the Indian Army in 1985–86.

In 1988–1991, Lieutenant-General Khan was appointed as the Field Commander of the XI Corps, stationed in Peshawar. After the sudden death of General Asif, Lt-Gen. Khan was one of the five most senior army generals in the race for the promotion to four-star rank.

Due to his office stature of Chief of General Staff, Lt-Gen. Khan had met both the necessary seniority and profound ability to become the army chief, despite the senior most Lt-Gen. Javed Nasir who was overlooked and never considered for this appointment. Eventually, General Kakar was appointed and elevated as four-star general in the army, and became the army chief in 1994. He was buried in the Army Graveyard, Rawalpindi on 26 June 2016.