Siddique Salik


Siddique Salik

Siddique Salik (1935–88)
NicknameSalik
Born(1935-09-06)6 September 1935
Died17 August 1988(1988-08-17) (aged 52)
Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Cause of death1988 PAF C-130B crash
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Army
Service years1964–1988
Rank Brigadier General
UnitGuides Cavalry
Frontier Force
CommandsDG Inter Services Public Relations
Dir. ISPR East Pakistan
ConflictsIndo-Pakistani War of 1965
Bangladesh Liberation War
Awards Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (military)
Children4
Other workNovelist  · Memorist · Humorist

Siddique Salik (Urdu: برگیڈیر صدیق سالک) (6 September 1935 – 17 August 1988) was an officer in the Pakistan Army, combat artist, humorist, novelist, and a memoirist who served as 8th Director-General of the Inter-Services Public Relations from 1985 until his death in 1988 in a plane crash in Bahawalpur with the then President. In addition, he also authored two eyewitness books on the Fall of Dhaka which took place in erstwhile East-Pakistan.