Air Commodore Nazir Latif SJ and Bar was an officer in the Pakistan Air Force and a former director-general of the Operations and Plans at the Air Headquarters, Islamabad.
11 Facts About Nazir Latif
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Nazir Latif was born into a highly educated Christian family in 1927.
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Bill Nazir Latif grew up in Lahore, where his father was a well-known professor of psychology and had done his doctorate at Princeton University.
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Nazir Latif's father taught at FC College in Lahore as a full professor.
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Bill Nazir Latif had always wanted to be a fighter pilot and joined the Pakistan Air Force soon after the Creation of Pakistan in 1947.
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Nazir Latif was accepted in Pakistan Air Force Academy in 1947.
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Nazir Latif did 8th GD pilot's course but because of his high standard in flying, was upgraded to the 7th GD course and graduated in 1950.
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Nazir Latif was sent to Great Britain where he attended and graduated from Royal Air Force College Cranwell in 1954.
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Nazir Latif was awarded the Sitara-e-Jurat twice for his services in 1965 and 1971 wars between Pakistan and India.
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Nazir Latif worked in Khorramshahr, Iran, Amman, Jordan and Bahrain between the years from 1976 until he retired in his mid 70's.
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Nazir Latif died on June 30,2011, in the Pakistan Air Force Hospital in Islamabad.