independence, in the position of Major served in it till it was disbanded. Having overseen the safe evacuation of hundreds of thousands of Hindus and Sikhs from areas lying between the Sutlej and Ravi rivers to India, and was responsible to safely escort back hundreds of thousands of Muslims stranded in southern eastern Punjab province of India. In January 1948, he was seconded from the Pakistan Army as a Major to Zhob Militia (formally known as Fort Sandeman), Quetta, Baluchistan part of the Frontier Corps for 3 ½ years and also commanded Pishin Scouts. During this time, he saw action in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. In 1951, on posting back to the Army, he was posted first as a company commander and then a Brigade Major of an Infantry Brigade in Peshawar. After attending the Command and Staff College, Quetta in 1952, he took command of the 14th Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment (Pakistan) for the next 3 years. In 1956 to 1959, he was posted as General Staff Officer-1 (GSO-I) in Murree serving there for 3 ½ years. He received command of the 1st Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment in Lahore and paraded the Regiment on its 200th raising day. The parade was commanded by Lt. Col. Aftab Ahmad Khan and led by Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck former Commander-in-Chief. The 1/1 (or commonly known as the first/first) is the senior most Battalion of the Pakistan Army. Field Marshal M. Ayub Khan at that time the (President of Pakistan) and Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army took the salute at the march past. After having been posted as Colonel Staff of a Division, Colonel Aftab Ahmad Khan was promoted to command a Brigade and fought in defence of Lahore on the Wagah border, extremely successfully in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. After various staff appointments in General Headquarters, Rawalpindi, including as Vice Chief of General Staff, Director General Military Training, Research and Development, he commanded a division in Chamb Sector in 1972 followed by taking command of a newly raised X Corps with the rank of Lieutenant General from where he retired after 34 years of service. Post-military career After retirement, Lt. Gen. Aftab Ahmad Khan was sent as Ambassador of Pakistan to Libya between 1976 and 1980 and later appointed as Ambassador of Pakistan to the Philippines 1984–1986. Awards and citations Family Lt. General Aftab Ahmad Khan was married