1. Naseerullah Khan Babar was a Pakistani army officer, diplomat, and politician who served as the 28th Interior Minister of Pakistan from 1993 to 1996.
23 Facts About Naseerullah Babar
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Naseerullah Babar was a retired 2-star general officer in the Pakistan Army, and later career military officer-turned-statesman.
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Naseerullah Babar then proceeded to retire from the army to start his career in politics.
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In 1988, Naseerullah Babar served as the Special Advisor on Internal Affairs in Benazir Bhutto's first government.
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Naseerullah Babar is credited with successfully curbing targeted killings and criminal activities in Karachi in the 1990s.
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Naseerullah Babar took the charge of Sindh police and effectively dealt with criminal activities, which were at that time rampant in Karachi, by 1996.
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Naseerullah Babar was a collector of antique art and Buddha statues.
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Naseerullah Babar kept them at his Peshawar Town residence which were later donated to the state after his death.
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Naseerullah Babar was born in 1928 in Pirpiai near Pabbi, Nowshera district, North West Frontier Province, British India.
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Naseerullah Babar's family is from the Babar tribe of Pakhtuns and hails from the village of Pirpiai in district Nowshera.
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Naseerullah Babar then attended Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College from 1941 to 1947 in Dehradun, India, and joined the Pakistan Army in 1948.
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Naseerullah Babar was a member of the first Pakistan Military Academy long course which graduated in 1950.
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Naseerullah Babar single-handedly captured an entire company of Indian army soldiers and walked them back to the Pakistani territory.
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Naseerullah Babar resigned from the Army in 1974 while commanding an infantry division and was appointed as Governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
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In 1974, Naseerullah Babar was tasked with training and funding Tajiks rebels against Sardar Mohammed Daoud Khan.
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In 1975, Naseerullah Babar trained rebels staged their first uprising in Panjshir valley.
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Naseerullah Babar joined the Pakistan People's Party in 1977 after the arrest of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
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Naseerullah Babar famously threw away his Hilal i Jurat and other army medals at the presiding officer of a military tribunal, when Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was hanged by the military regime of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq in 1979.
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In 1988, Naseerullah Babar was a Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto and successfully ran the election for Begum Nusrat Bhutto from Chitral during the preceding elections.
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General Naseerullah Babar was involved in a crackdown on the militant wing of MQM in the 1990s.
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Naseerullah Babar lost in Nowshera to Awami National Party candidate Wali Muhammad Khan and in Karachi to Nawaz Sharif's nominee Ejaz Shafi.
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On 19 August 2008, Naseerullah Babar suffered a mild stroke and was admitted to a hospital.
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Naseerullah Babar is buried in the family graveyard in Pirpai, Nowshera district.