Ikram Sehgal is a Pakistani defence analyst and security expert.
14 Facts About Ikram Sehgal
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Ikram Sehgal's father was a commanding officer of the 2nd East Bengal Regiment.
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Ikram Sehgal spent several years of his school life in Comilla.
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Ikram Sehgal's father was then the Sector Commander of EPR in Sylhet.
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Ikram Sehgal graduated from the Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul, in October 1965.
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Ikram Sehgal then became a Prisoner of War in April 1971, while in East Pakistan and was sent to the Panagarh POW Camp in India.
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Ikram Sehgal became the first Pakistani Prisoner of War to escape from an Indian POW camp.
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Ikram Sehgal was posted to 44 Punjab in November 1971.
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Ikram Sehgal saw action as company commander in the Thar Desert, receiving a 'battlefield promotion' to the rank of major on 13 December 1971.
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Ikram Sehgal set up a business in 1977, specializing in trading and counter trade.
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Ikram Sehgal is currently chairman, Pathfinder Group Pakistan, which includes two of the country's largest private security companies.
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Ikram Sehgal is a Member of the World Economic Forum ; International Organization for Migration ; director, East West Institute, a US-based think-tank; and member, WEF Global Agenda Council for counter-terrorism.
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Ikram Sehgal is a regular contributor of articles in newspapers that include: The News and the Urdu daily Jang.
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Ikram Sehgal appears regularly on current affairs programs on television as a 'defense and security analyst'.