Nasir Ali Khan

Nasir Ali Khan (born 16 December 1906) was a Pakistani former three-star rank general who served as the first native Chief of Staff of the Pakistan Army from May 1951 He had a sister named Sughra.

Military career British Indian Army (1926–1947) Nasir Ali Khan was commissioned into the British Indian Army from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1928. After a brief period with the Cheshire Regiment in Poona, he was posted to the 1st Rajput Regiment.

At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, Khan was serving as Administrative Commandant of the 11th Rajput Regiment and conducted railway security duties in India. He attended the Staff College, Quetta in late 1940 and later served on the staff of General Headquarters. He subsequently served with the 20th Division in Bangalore and Ceylon before being posted to the 9th Rajput Regiment, which he commanded in 1944. The tribunal, presided over by Major General Alan Bruce Blaxland, was composed of seven officers tasked with trying Captain Shah Nawaz Khan, Captain Prem Sahgal, and Lieutenant Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon on charges arising from their service in the INA under Indian anti-colonial nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose.

In April 1946, he was posted to General Headquarters as an Assistant Military Secretary. In March 1947, Colonel Nasir Ali Khan was appointed Deputy Military Secretary at General Headquarters and became the first Indian officer to hold the appointment. He completed the 5th post-war course at the Imperial Defence College, which concluded on 15 December 1950.

On 2 May 1951, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General and appointed Chief of Staff of the Army. He served in this role until his retirement on 28 February 1957 and was succeeded by Lt. General Musa Khan.

Later life He was appointed as the Chairman of the West Pakistan Public Service Commission on 31 March 1959. He was a resident of Gulberg, Lahore.