Muhammad_Riaz_Khan

Muhammad Riaz Khan

Muhammad Riaz Khan

Pakistani politician

Muhammad Riaz Khan (Urdu:محمد ریاض خان) was a Pakistan Army general who was the 6th Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), serving from 1978 to 1979.[1][2][3] Prior to that, he served at the General Headquarters as Adjutant-General of the Pakistan Army.[4]

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Riaz was well-regarded amongst the military establishment, and described as "religious minded, scrupulously honest, thoroughly professional and a committed soldier... a man of unimpeachable honesty and integrity."[4] Although he presided over the ISI for a short term, his tenure, which occurred during Zia's era, coincided with a tumultuous period in Pakistan–U.S. relations: Bhutto's execution, the Carter administration's sanctions against Pakistan's nuclear program, the U.S. embassy burning in Islamabad, the Soviet buildup in Afghanistan, and the CIA's expanding cooperation with ISI.[4]

Riaz died in 1979 from cardiac arrest. His post was seceded by Akhtar Abdur Rahman.[4]

His son-in-law, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, became a prominent politician and was appointed as the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2017.[1][5]

References

  1. [1]
    Abbasi, Abid Fazil (30 July 2017). "Murree residents welcome Abbasi's nomination as PM". Dawn. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. [2]
    West, Nigel (2015). Historical Dictionary of International Intelligence. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-4422-4957-8.
  3. [3]
    Riedel, Bruce O. (2012). Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America, and the Future of the Global Jihad. Brookings Institution Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-8157-2274-8.
  4. [4]
    Kiessling, Hein (2016). Faith, Unity, Discipline: The Inter-Service-Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan. Oxford University Press. pp. 49–50. ISBN 978-1-84904-863-7.
  5. [5]
    Qureshi, Zubair (31 July 2017). "It's party time for Murree residents as PM nominated from their constituency". Pakistan Observer. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
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