17 Facts About Fazle Haq

Fazle Haq SBt, was a three-star rank general in the Pakistan Army who became the martial law administrator of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan during military dictatorial rule of Zia-ul-Haq.

Fazle Haq was the "Corps-Commander" of the XI Corps, and commanded all the Pakistan Army assets assigned in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province.

Fazle Haq served as a chief military administrator throughout the military dictatorial rule of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq from 1978 to 1985 and served as the caretaker chief minister of the province in the latter half of 1988.

Now promoted to lieutenant general, Haq was the commander of XI Corps at Peshawar from January 1978 to March 1980.

Fazle Haq was actively involved with Afghan mujahidin groups, including Gulbuddin Hekmatyar until the end of the Soviet-Afghan war and often met with high-ranking CIA and government officials, including Attorney General of the United States William F Smith and other political key figures for funding and support for the Afghan Jihad.

Fazle Haq remains well respected and well known among the people of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa for services rendered during his tenure as governor.

Fazle Haq was born on 10 September 1928, in Mardan, now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, to an ethnic Pashtun family.

Fazle Haq studied in Mardan up to Grade 3 and pursued his education up to class 8 in Kohat from 1935 to 1939.

Fazle Haq then joined Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College, Dehradun, for further education.

Fazle Haq was governor of the province from October 1978 to December 1985.

Fazle Haq remained senator from March 1988 to December 1988, member of the National Assembly from November 1988 to August 1990.

Fazle Haq served as caretaker chief minister of the province from 31 May 1988 to 2 December 1988.

Fazle Haq was the provincial president of Pakistan Muslim League.

Fazle Haq contested and lost the 1988 general elections from his home town of Mardan; however, he won from Kohistan.

Fazle Haq served as president of the Pakistan Football Federation between 1981 and 1988.

On 3 October 1991, Fazle Haq was shot dead on his way home from the provincial assembly session by an unknown assailant.

Fazle Haq was buried in Peshawar at the Cantonment Board graveyard on Warsak road.