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M. Rahim Khan

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When he retired in 1994, he, along with others established a network of educational institutions for the children. The network was co-supported by the UK NGOs or other schools associated with the network. Later, he and his brother established Kashmir Education Foundation (KEF) for the rural areas
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children and girls in particular. KEF was later shifted to his house in Rawalpindi. Two KEF institutions were registered under the Global Schools Partnership, operating under the
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twice in 1943 with the second appointment in 1951. General Rahim also remained CGS of Pakistan Army. He has also served as president of the
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about the poor performance of communication equipments that caused the Indian troops to carry out the
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Khan was among the other generals accused of Pakistan's defeat in Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. As a
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to the army headquarters. When he learned about the substandard situation, he went to
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When Pakistan was declared as a sovereign state in 1947, he was sent to the UK by the
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After retiring from the military service and before serving in the
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Khan was born to Qasim Khan who was a farmer and Qasir Bibi in
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Pakistani military personnel of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
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at the government middle school in Rawalakot and later
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Index

Major General
HJ
SPk
Defence Secretary
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
National Defence College
Rawalakot
Jammu and Kashmir
British India
Azad Kashmir
Pakistan
Pakistan Army

Major general
Chandpur
East Pakistan
Indo-Pakistan War of 1971
Alma mater
Staff College, Camberley
Pakistan International Airlines
Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority

Hilal-e-Jurat

Sitara-e-Pakistan
HJ
SPk
military general
defence secretary of Pakistan
partition of the Indian subcontinent

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