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{{Short description|Pakistan Army Officer}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[Lieutenant General (Pakistan)|Lieutenant General]]
| name = Ali Kuli Khan Khattak
| honorific_suffix = [[Hilal-e-Imtiaz|HI(M)]]
| native_name = {{nq|على قلى خان}}
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1942}}
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| birth_place = Zarki Nasrati, [[North-West Frontier Province|NWFP]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Takht-e-Nasrati Tehsil]],(District Karak) [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], Pakistan)
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| nickname = ''Kuli''
| birth_name = Ali Kuli Khan Khattak
| allegiance = {{PAK}}
| branch = {{army|PAK}}
| serviceyears = 1964-1999
| rank = [[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|30px]] [[Lieutenant-General]]
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| unit = [[Baloch Regiment#Amalgamation|12th Baloch]], [[Baloch Regiment]]
| commands = [[Chief of General Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of General Staff]] [[X Corps (Pakistan)|X Corps]] [[Structure of the Pakistan Army|8th Army Division]] [[Pakistan Command and Staff College|Command and Staff College]] [[Military Intelligence of Pakistan|Military Intelligence]] (DGMI)
| battles = [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1965]] [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1971]]
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| awards = [[File:Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png|60px]] [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)]]
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[[Lieutenant general (Pakistan)|Lieutenant General]] '''Ali Kuli Khan Khattak''' {{small|[[Hilal-e-Imtiaz|HI(M)]]}} ({{lang-ur|{{nq|على قلى خان}}}}) is a retired [[Pakistan]]i [[three-star rank|three-star]] rank general officer and former field commander of [[X Corps (Pakistan)|X Corps]].

Prior to this field assignment, he was the [[Chief of General Staff (Pakistan)|chief of general staff]] and also directed the directorate-general of the [[Military Intelligence of Pakistan|Military Intelligence]] (DGMI) during his career. Khattak was also an instructor in the [[National Defence University, Islamabad|National Defence University]] before being elevated to the senior staff appointments. He has been credited for foresight in predicting the dangers of [[Terrorism in Pakistan|terrorism]] and the public appraised reputation when thwarting the [[1995 Pakistani coup d'état attempt|conspiracy]] hatched by infiltrated [[Zahirul Islam Abbasi|rogue officers]] against the [[Benazir Bhutto Government|government]] of [[Prime minister of Pakistan|Prime minister]] [[Benazir Bhutto]].

He was superseded by the former [[Prime minister of Pakistan|Prime minister]] [[Nawaz Sharif]] after approving the appointment of Khattak's course-mate, General Pervez Musharraf to [[four-star rank]] and [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|chief of army staff]].

==Personal life==
Ali Kuli Khan Khattak comes from a military family; his father, [[Habibullah Khan Khattak]], was a senior general officer in the Pakistan Army as well as [[World war]] hero. He is brother in law of Gauher Ayub who Pakistani politician and son of General Ayub Khan. After passing the entrance exam with high records, Khattak applied in the [[Ministry of Defence (Pakistan)|ministry of defence]] for the armed forces. After passing the physical, educational qualifications and social psychological analysis tests, Khattak was asked to report to [[Pakistan Military Academy]] (PMA). In 1961, he joined the [[Pakistan Military Academy]] (PMA) and graduated with a [[Bachelor's degree]] from the class of [[Pakistan Military Academy|29th PMA Long Course]] together with [[Pervez Musharraf]] and [[Abdul Aziz Mirza]] (later [[four-star admiral]]) of [[Pakistan Navy|Navy]]. Khattak stood first in his course and high academic marks in his educational courses comparing to other officers of joint forces. Khattak was commissioned in the 12th Battalion of the [[Baloch Regiment]], the same regiment his father had earlier served.

He participated well in the [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1965|1965 war]] with India and commanded a small infantry platoon during the conflict.

==Career in the military==

===Indo-Pakistani conflict===
After the 1965 war, Kuli attended the [[National Defence University, Pakistan|Armed Forces War College]] and proceeded to attend the [[National Defence University, Pakistan|National Defence University]] (NDU) and graduated with [[Master of Science|M.Sc.]] in [[Intelligence assessment]]. He served as an instructor and professor in [[Pakistan Command and Staff College|Command and Staff College]] in Quetta and research assistant in Armed Forces War College. In 1974, he was promoted to [[Lieutenant-Colonel|lieutenant-colonel]]; and colonel in 1978. In 1986, he was promoted to one star rank, a Brigadier, and commanded the intelligence brigade. In 1991, he was promoted to [[Major-General]] rank and subsequently became [[General Officer Commanding]] of 8th Infantry Division. In 1994, he was appointed as director of directorate-general of the Military Intelligence. In 1995, along with Lieutenant-general [[Jehangir Karamat]] (chief of general staff), Khattak successfully infiltrated and thwarted the [[1995 Pakistani coup d'état attempt|attempted coup]] hatched by major-general [[Zahirul Islam Abbasi]] in an attempt to overthrow the [[Bainazir Bhuttoo Government|government]] of [[Prime minister of Pakistan|Prime minister]] [[Benazir Bhutto]] and replacing with far-right [[Theocracy|theocratic regime]]. He was honored by [[Prime minister of Pakistan|Prime minister]] Benazir Bhutto publicly and was succeeded to three-star appointment.

===Exposing the 1995 coup d'état attempt===
As the DGMI, he exposed the [[1995 Pakistani coup d'état attempt]] in which Major General [[Zahirul Islam Abbasi]] tried to overthrow the [[Benazir Bhutto]] government and install an [[Islamist]] regime. This was the fourth failed (and exposed) coup attempt in Pakistani history. The first one was the ''1951 Rawalpindi Conspiracy'' when Maj Gen [[Akbar Khan (Pakistan)|Akbar Khan]], then CGS tried to overthrow the Prime Minister [[Liaquat Ali Khan]] government over the handling of 1948 Kashmir War, the second one was the ''Attock Conspiracy Case'' during tenure of Prime Minister [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], and the third one was during General [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]]'s era when Maj Gen Tajammal Hussain Malik was arrested along with other conspirators.<ref>Ihtashamul Haque. [http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/1995/19Oc95pta.html#coup "Coup leaders wanted Islamic revolution"] ''Dawn'', 15 October 1995</ref>

===Staff and field appointments===
Ali Kuli took over the X Corps in October 1995 after his investigations led the Army to uncover the coup attempt. He replaced the then X corps commander Lt Gen [[Ghulam Muhammad Malik]], whose name also surfaced in the coup attempts, but was later exonerated. Kuli later became the [[Chief of General Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of General Staff]] after Lt Gen [[Iftikhar Ali Khan (general)|Iftikhar Ali Khan]] was made the Defence Secretary by then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. He retired from the army when Musharraf was made the COAS in October 1998. At that time, Musharraf superseded two senior officers; Ali Kuli Khan Khattak and Khalid Nawaz, the then Quarter-Master General (QMG).

===Resignation===
In 1995, he was promoted to [[Lieutenant-General]] rank with Pervez Musharraf seconded to him.<ref name="Free Press">{{cite book|last=Musharraf, PA|first=Pervez|title=In the Line of Fire|year=2006|publisher=Free Press|location=Islamabad, Pakistan|isbn=074-3283449|pages=79|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7igVvi3aO-8C&q=lieutenant%20general%20ali%20kuli%20khan&pg=PA79}}</ref> Problems with Musharraf started in 1995, when Khattak was selected by Chief of Army Staff General Jehangir Karamat as Chief of General Staff.<ref name="Free Press"/> He also had cordial relations with Chief of Army Staff General Karamat, but this came at a bad juncture for Khattak in 1998.<ref name="Yale University Press">{{cite book|last=Abbas|first=Hassan|title=Pakistan's Drift to Extremism|year=2002|publisher=Yale University Press|location=United States|isbn=9780765614964|pages=66|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GiKm-ahTpS8C&q=lieutenant%20general%20ali%20kuli%20khan&pg=PA166}}</ref> In 1998 [[Prime minister of Pakistan|Prime minister]] [[Nawaz Sharif]] forcefully [[Dismissal of General Jehangir Karamat|relieved]] General Karamat of his duties (see [[Resignation of Jehangir Karamat| Dismissal of General Jehangir Karamat]]).<ref name="Yale University Press"/> Prime minister ignored General Ali Kuli Khan's appointment and decided to promote Pervez Musharraf to four star rank and assigned duties over him.<ref name="Yale University Press"/>

== Awards and decorations ==
{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
| colspan="4" |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png|width=130}} {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Diffa.png|width=130}} {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sitara-e-Harb 1965 War Ribbon.png|width=130}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sitara-e-Harb 1971 War.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Baqa (1998).png|width=130}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=10 years Service Medal.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=20 years Service Medal.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=30 years Service Medal.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Sad Saala Jashan-e-Wiladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam.png|width=130}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Hijri Tamgha.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Jamhuriat Tamgha 1988.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha Pakistan.svg|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Independence Day Golden Jubilee Medal, 2006.svg|width=130}}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|[[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|'''Hilal-e-Imtiaz''']]
'''[[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|(Military)]]'''

''(Crescent of Excellence)''
| colspan="2" |'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Tamgha-e-Diffa]]'''
''(General Service Medal)''

'''[[Siachen conflict|Siachen Glacier Clasp]]'''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Sitara-e-Harb 1965 War]]'''
''(War Star 1965)''
|-
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Sitara-e-Harb 1971 War]]'''
''(War Star 1971)''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War]]'''
''(War Medal 1965)''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War]]'''
''(War Medal 1971)''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Tamgha-e-Baqa]]'''
''([[Chagai-I|Nuclear Test Medal]])''

'''1998'''
|-
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Long service medals|10 Years Service Medal]]'''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Long service medals|20 Years Service Medal]]'''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Long service medals|30 Years Service Medal]]'''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Tamgha-e-Sad Saala Jashan-e-]]'''
'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Wiladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam]]'''

''(100th Birth Anniversary of''

''[[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]])''

'''1976'''
|-
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Hijri Tamgha]]'''
''(Hijri Medal)''

'''1979'''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Jamhuriat Tamgha]]'''
''(Democracy Medal)''

'''1988'''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha]]'''
''(Resolution Day''

''Golden Jubilee Medal)''

'''1990'''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Tamgha-e-Salgirah Pakistan]]'''
''(Independence Day''

''Golden Jubilee Medal)''

'''1997'''
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081013212622/http://www.chowk.com/ilogs/65711/47736 Interview with Lt Gen (r) Ali Kuli Khan Khattak]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928081804/http://www.new-pakistan.com/issue%204/General%20Ali%20Kuli%20Khan%20Accuses%20Musharraf.htm General Ali Kuli Khan Khattak Accuses Musharraf of Lies and Half-Truths]
*[http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=3415 I never advocated martial law: Kuli (The News)]
*http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/details.php?newsid=193502{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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