Ghulam Jilani Khan
Ghulam Jilani Khan غلام جيلانى خان | |
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| 21st Governor of Punjab | |
| In office 1 May 1980 – 30 December 1985 | |
| President | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq |
| Preceded by | Sawar Khan |
| Succeeded by | Sajjad Hussain Qureshi |
| Defence Secretary of Pakistan | |
| In office 6 October 1977 – 4 April 1980 | |
| President | General Zia-ul-Haq |
| Preceded by | Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Riaz |
| 5th Director General of the ISI | |
| In office 16 December 1971 – 16 September 1978 | |
| Preceded by | Akbar Khan |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Riaz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ghulam Jilani Khan 1924 |
| Died | 1999 (aged 74–75) |
| Relations | Zia Ullah Khan |
| Children | Shaukat Jilani Khan Usman Jilani Khan Saulat Jilani Khan Omer Jilani Khan Sadia Jilani Khan |
| Education | The Doon School Indian Military Academy |
| Occupation | Soldier and military administrator |
| Cabinet | Zia regime |
| Awards | Hilal-i-Imtiaz Sitara-i-Basalat |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | British India (1944–1947) Pakistan (1947–1985) |
| Branch/service | British Indian Army Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1944–1985 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Unit | 10th Baluch Regiment Military Intelligence Corps |
| Commands | Military Intelligence (MI) Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) |
| Battles/wars | Second World War Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
| Other work | Founder Chand Bagh School |
Ghulam Jilani Khan HI(M) SBt (Punjabi, Urdu: غلام جيلانى خان (1924–1999) was a general of the Pakistan Army who served as the 14th Governor of Punjab Province and the 11th Defence Secretary of Pakistan in the military government of President General Zia-ul-Haq.
Commissioned in 1944, Jilani was a junior officer in the Indian Army and served with distinction in the Second World War, then with the partition of 1947 opted for Pakistan and took a leave of absence to join the fighting in Kashmir as an irregular. He returned to the regular army and joined the Military Intelligence Directorate. He later commanded field operations in the 1965 and 1971 wars against India. In 1971 he assumed the directorship of the Directorate-General for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). After six years there, he assisted General Zia in the operation code-named Fair Play to remove Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, subsequently joining Zia's military administration as Secretary General at the Ministry of Defence. In 1980, he was appointed martial law administrator and Governor of the Punjab Province, which he governed until 1985. He is also known as the mentor of Nawaz Sharif, whom he made Chief Minister of Punjab.
In retirement, Jilani was the principal founder of Chand Bagh School.