Lt.
General (Retd) Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah was commissioned in
the Pakistan Army i 1964 and joined an antiaircraft unit of the
Regiment of Artillery. He later joined and graduated from Army
Aviation School to become a pilot in the army.
He is a graduate of
Royal Military College of Science Shrivenham (UK), Command and
Staff College Quetta and National Defence College. He has served
as Instructor at the Pakistan Military Academy, School of Army
Air Defence and Air Force Staff College.
He has served in
Saudi Arabia and also in India where he was Defence & Army
Attaché.
He was promoted to
the rank of Lieutenant General in 1996 and remained Director
General Joint Staff in Joint Staff Headquarters and commanded
Army Air Defence Command.
After his retirement from the Army in the
year 2000 he was appointed Minister for Communications and later
he became Governor of NWFP, a position which he held for 4
½ years.
He is married and has three daughters.
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