Sawar Khan was a former four-star general of the Pakistan Army, twentieth Governor of Punjab from 1978 to 1980 and the first Vice Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army from 1980 to 1984, in the military regime of President General Zia-ul-Haq who simultaneously served as the Chief of Army Staff.
10 Facts About Sawar Khan
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Sawar Khan was born on 1 December 1924 into a Gujjar Muslim family to Chaudhary Khuda Bukhsh, the Numberdar of Raman, Rawalpindi.
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Sawar Khan was commissioned before the independence of Pakistan in 1947 into the Indian Army's Corps of Artillery.
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Sawar Khan continued to serve in Peshawar until January 1978 when he was replaced by Lt.
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Sawar Khan moved to Lahore to take over IV Corps as its Corps Commander.
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Iqbal Sawar Khan who proceeded as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff, a newly created post.
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Sawar Khan was sent as the governor of Punjab province in 1978, in addition to his responsibilities as Commander IV Corps, Lahore.
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Sawar Khan was part of small coterie of generals under General Zia ul-Haq, who determined the national security policies in the martial regime.
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General Sawar Khan was replaced by the Zia's deputy General Khalid Mahmud Arif in March 1984 after completing the four-year term.
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Sawar Khan was a professional soldier and hailed from the Potohar plateau of north Punjab, which had been a traditional recruitment area for the British and the Pakistani armies.