Iftikhar Hussain Shah

Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah (14 March 1949 – 15 March 2020) was a governor of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.^[2]

Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah
Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office 14 August 2000 – 15 March 2005
President	Pervez Musharraf
Preceded by	Mohammad Shafiq
Succeeded by	Khalilur Rehman
Personal details
Born	(1949-03-14)14 March 1949[1]
Died	15 March 2020(2020-03-15) (aged 71)[1] Kohat, Pakistan
Children	3
Occupation	Lieutenant General, Politician
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1964 - 2000
Commands	Army Air Defense Command Deputy Director General ISI
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 1999 Kargil War

Early life and education

Syed was born on 14 March 1949 into a family belonging to the Mian (tribe).

Military Career & Later Life

Iftikhar Hussain Shah was commissioned in the Pakistan Army in October 1964 in 30th PMA Long Course and joined an anti-aircraft unit of the Regiment of Artillery. He later joined and graduated from Army Aviation School (at PAF Base Nur Khan) to become a pilot in the army. In 1993, Iftikhar Hussain Shah served in the ISI as the Deputy DG of the External Wing of the ISI under Lt Gen Javed Ashraf Qazi.^[3] and in 2000 he was promoted to Lieutenant General.

He was close to General Pervez Musharraf and after retiring he served as Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Federal Minister for Communications, and served as Pakistani ambassador to Turkey.

He also worked as the Managing Director of the Zulifqarabad Development Authority (ZDA). ^[4]

He served as an advisor of the UN to Pakistan.

He joined the political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on 21 May 2016.^[5]

Personal life

He was married and had three daughters.

Death

He died a day after his 71st birthday on 15 March 2020 in Kohat, Pakistan.