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{{Short description|Pakistani general (1925–1999)}}
{{For|the Pakistani general who migrated to the United States|Mian Ghulam Jilani}}
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| name = Ghulam Jilani Khan {{Nastaliq|غلام جيلانى خان}}
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'''Ghulam Jilani Khan''' {{small|{{small|[[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|HI(M)]] [[Sitara-e-Basalat|SBt]]}}}} ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], {{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|غلام جيلانى خان}}}} (1924–1999) was a general of the [[Pakistan Army]] who served as the [[Governor of Punjab, Pakistan|14th Governor]] of [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab Province]] and the [[Defence Secretary of Pakistan|11th Defence Secretary of Pakistan]] in the [[Stratocracy|military government]] of [[President of Pakistan|President]] General [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]].

Commissioned in 1944, Jilani was a junior officer in the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]] and served with distinction in the [[Second World War]], then with the [[Partition of India|partition]] of 1947 opted for [[Pakistan]] and took a leave of absence to join the fighting in [[Kashmir]] as an irregular. He returned to the regular army and joined the [[Military Intelligence of Pakistan|Military Intelligence Directorate]]. He later commanded field operations in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|1965]] and [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1971|1971]] [[Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts|wars against India]]. In 1971 he assumed the directorship of the [[Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence|Directorate-General for Inter-Services Intelligence]] (''ISI''). After six years there, he assisted General Zia in the operation code-named [[Operation Fair Play|''Fair Play'']] to remove Prime Minister [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], subsequently joining Zia's military administration as [[Defence Secretary of Pakistan|Secretary General]] at the [[Ministry of Defence (Pakistan)|Ministry of Defence]]. In 1980, he was appointed [[Martial law|martial law administrator]] and [[Governor of Punjab, Pakistan|Governor]] of the Punjab Province, which he governed until 1985. He is also known as the mentor of [[Nawaz Sharif]], whom he made [[Chief Minister of Punjab (Pakistan)|Chief Minister of Punjab]].<ref>[https://nayadaur.tv/2019/12/senior-politician-reveals-how-general-jilani-made-nawaz-sharif-cm-of-punjab/ "Senior Politician Reveals How General Jilani Made Nawaz Sharif CM of Punjab"], nayadaur.tv, 4 December 2019</ref>

In retirement, Jilani was the principal founder of [[Chand Bagh School]].<ref name=sharma/>

==Early life and military career==
Educated at the [[The Doon School|Doon School]], [[Dehradun]],<ref name=sharma>Neena Sharma, [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101018/main7.htm Doscos to celebrate 75th anniversary] from ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'' dated 18 October 2010, at tribuneindia.com, Retrieved 24 March 2012: "Old-timers will happily tell you that the school inspired old Doscos from Pakistan to establish a similar school in their country "The Chand Bagh school is inspired by the Doon and was founded by Lt Gen Ghulam Jilani Khan (retd) in 1998 in Lahore", said Piyush Malviya, Public Relations officer, Doon School."</ref> and the [[Indian Military Academy]], Jilani was commissioned into the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]] in 1944 in the [[129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis|129th DCO Baluchis]] of the [[10th Baluch Regiment]] as an infantry officer. Between 1944 and 1945 he served in Burma as a [[second lieutenant]], second-in-command of the Mortar Platoon of the Support Company<ref name=times1980>Hasan Akhtar 'Pakistan Army hierarchy switch by President Zia' in ''[[The Times]]'', issue 60608 dated 23 April 1980, p. 6, col. B</ref> Between 1945 and 1947 as a Lieutenant and Platoon Leader he commanded a Rifle platoon of the Pathan Rifle Company of the [[129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis|129th Baluchis]]. The troops in his unit were from the [[Mahsud]] and [[Awan (tribe)|Awan]] tribes.

In 1947, with the [[Partition of India|independence]], his unit was transferred to the new [[Pakistan Army]]. Between 1947 and 1948 he was granted a leave of absence to become a [[guerrilla]] fighter in Kashmir. He was not only a fierce opponent of India but also a supporter of the United States. During the 1950s, as a captain, he was a 2 i/c of the Support Company and also Rifle Company Commander in the [[Baloch Regiment]] as well as a Battalion Adjutant as a Major, and for a time his Battalion was posted in [[East Pakistan]]. He was promoted to [[Major (rank)|major]] in 1952 and to [[lieutenant colonel]] in 1957. He attended the Senior Staff Course (for Division level staff officers) at the Staff College Quetta in 1954–55. After serving briefly as [[brigade major]] and as [[aide-de-camp]] to [[Iskandar Ali Mirza]] in 1955-56 and as an Instructor and [[Adjutant]] at the [[Pakistan Military Academy]] between 1956 and 1958, he was the Commanding Officer of the 11th Battalion of the [[Baloch Regiment]] between 1958 and 1960 and CO of the 12th Battalion between 1960 and 1961. In his capacity as Battalion Commander he was for a time also the Martial Law Administrator of [[Pakpattan District]]. In 1961 he was selected for a Military Intelligence appointment under the Directorate-General of Military Intelligence. He was promoted to [[colonel]] in 1963, and in 1965 he was the Military Intelligence Field Officer attached with the [[6th Armoured Division (Pakistan)|6th Armoured Division]] at [[Chawinda]]. He was promoted to the rank of [[brigadier]] in 1967 and was for most of the time after that a Departmental Director in the [[Inter-Services Intelligence|Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence]], except for a short stint as Commandant of the Baluch Regimental Centre & Recruit Depot (BRC&RD) at Abbottabad in 1969–70.

During 1971 he was with the Pakistani forces fighting [[Bangladesh]]i independence which suffered painful defeats at the hands of the [[Indian Army]].<ref>Abhijit Bhattacharyya, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120302001638/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120228/jsp/opinion/story_15186514.jsp THE TURBULENT HISTORY OF THE STATE WITHIN A STATE]'' from ''[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]'' dated 12 February 2012, at telegraphindia.com, accessed 6 April 2012</ref> With the rank of [[brigadier]] he was chief of staff to the Commander-in-chief of Eastern Command until the middle of 1971, when he was promoted Major-General and posted to Pakistan's principal intelligence agency, the [[Inter-Services Intelligence|Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence]], or ISI, as director general.<ref>Hasan Zaheer, ''The Separation of East Pakistan: the rise and realisation of Bengali Muslim Nationalism'' (Oxford University Press, 1994), p. 505: "Brigadier Ghulam Jillani, Chief of Staff to the Commander Eastern Command until the middle of the year...</ref>

From 1971 to 1978 Jilani headed the ISI, being the third man to hold the position.<ref>Sabir Shah, [http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-96947-Lieutenant-General-Zaheer-18th-DG-ISI-since-1959 Lieutenant General Zaheer 18th DG ISI since 1959] dated 10 March 2012, at thenews.com.pk, Retrieved 24 March 2012: "The 17 Pakistan army officials who have headed the ISI to date, are: Brigadier Riaz Hussain (1959 to 1966), Major General (then Brig) Mohammad Akbar Khan (1966 to 1971), Lieutenant General (then Major General) Ghulam Jilani Khan (1971 to 1978)..."</ref> In that role, he served three Pakistani governments, those headed successively by [[Yahya Khan]], Z. A. Bhutto, and Zia-ul-Haq.<ref>Ashok Kapur, ''Pakistan in Crisis'' (Routledge, 2002), p. 128</ref> In 1976, when [[Tikka Khan]] retired as [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Army Staff]], Jilani was the fifth most senior army officer. Tikka Khan considered those in the first, second and fourth positions unsuitable to replace him, so recommended the third most senior officer, [[Zahid Ali Akbar Khan|Akbar Khan]], to [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] and Defence Minister [[Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto]]. In the event, Bhutto ignored this recommendation and chose instead [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|General Zia-ul-Haq]], seventh in the list of seniority. Jilani, who lacked the experience of combat formation command above higher than an infantry Battalion, was thus passed over, but in fact he had lobbied Bhutto to appoint Zia, and Bhutto later wrote that he had been influenced in the matter by General Jilani Khan.<ref>Ḥusain Ḥaqqānī, ''Pakistan: between Mosque and Military'' (Carnegie Endowment, 2005), [https://books.google.com/books?id=nYppZ_dEjdIC&pg=PA111 pp. 111, 112]</ref>

In April 1976, and again in October, Jilani sent reports to Bhutto which recommended the holding of fresh elections sooner rather than later, and Bhutto agreed with this advice.<ref name=haqqani>Ḥaqqānī (2005), [https://books.google.com/books?id=nYppZ_dEjdIC&pg=PA114 p. 114]</ref> The [[1977 Pakistani general election|1977 general election]] had been expected in the second half of the year, but on 7 January Bhutto announced that the election would be held on 7 March.<ref>Surendra Nath Kaushik, ''Pakistan under Bhutto's leadership'' (1985), p. 259: "Bhutto stated in the National Assembly on January 7, 1977 that general elections in Pakistan would be held on March 7, 1977."</ref> When he was later awaiting execution, Bhutto hinted that he might have been trapped in a conspiracy.<ref name=haqqani/>

==Public life==
In October 1977, a few months after Zia-ul-Haq's "[[Operation Fair Play]]" coup d'état had removed Bhutto and his government from office, with Zia himself becoming [[Chief Martial Law Administrator]], Jilani joined Zia's government as [[Defence Secretary of Pakistan|Secretary General]] at the [[Ministry of Defence (Pakistan)|Ministry of Defence]].<ref name=times1980/> In February 1979, he led a Military Goodwill Delegation to the People's Republic of China, where he had discussions with [[Chairman of the Communist Party of China|Chairman]] [[Hua Guofeng]] and [[Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China|Vice Premier]] [[Li Xiannian]].<ref>Peter Cheng, ''Chronology of the People's Republic of China, 1970–1979'' (Scarecrow Press, 1986), p. 486</ref><ref>''Beijing Review'', vol. 22, no. 7, dated 16 February 1979, p. 142</ref> Jilani remained at the Ministry of Defence until 1 May 1980, when he was appointed to succeed [[Sawar Khan|General Sawar Khan]] as Governor of the Punjab Province,<ref name=times1980/> a powerful post which he retained until the end of the Military administration in December 1985.<ref name=assembly>''Punjab Assembly, 1988–90'' (Punjab Provincial Assembly, 1990), p. 27: "19. Lt. General Ghulam Jilani Khan 1-5-1980 30-12-1985"</ref>

Unlike Zia-ul-Haq, Jilani was not particularly pietistic in his private life.<ref>Ḥaqqānī (2005), [https://books.google.com/books?id=nYppZ_dEjdIC&pg=PA112 p. 112]</ref> In political life, he became well known for his conviction that most of Pakistan's political troubles were due to feudal influences, which he was anxious to weaken. He was suspicious of most politicians from rural areas, so he attempted to encourage and promote new urban leaders. Among these was [[Nawaz Sharif]], an industrialist to whom Jilani gave his first political appointment, as Finance Minister in the Punjab provincial government. In 1985 he nominated Sharif as Chief Minister of the Punjab, and Sharif went on to become [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]].<ref>Aminullah Chaudry, 'The Army in Pakistan's Politics' in ''Hijacking from the Ground: The Bizarre Story of PK 805'' (2009), [https://books.google.com/books?id=pCiZiwsUW9EC&pg=PA14 p. 14]</ref>

When the Chinese [[Premier of the People's Republic of China|Premier]] [[Zhao Ziyang]] visited Pakistan for talks in June 1981 it was Jillani who greeted him at [[Allama Iqbal International Airport|Lahore airport]].<ref>''Daily Report: People's Republic of China'', issues 104–114 (United States Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1981), p. 61</ref> On 31 July 1981 an express train from [[Karachi]] to [[Peshawar]] crashed near [[Bahawalpur]] with more than thirty dead, and Jilani announced the same day that he suspected [[sabotage]].<ref>Hasan Akhtar, 'Sabotage may have caused rail crash which killed 30' in ''The Times'', issue 60995 dated 1 August 1981, p. 5, col. A</ref> In 1983 Jilani issued a directive which created the [[Marghzar College for Women]] of the [[University of Gujrat]].<ref>[http://www.uog.edu.pk/Constitution%20Colleges/Marghazar_college.htm Marghzar College for Women] at uog.edu.pk, Retrieved 24 March 2012</ref> In January 1984, as Governor of the Punjab, Jilani was concerned by intelligence that refugees from [[Afghanistan]] were buying land in Pakistan and gave instructions to his district administrators to prevent such sales.<ref>Michael Hamlyn & Hasan Akhtar, ''Fifth year of Afghan war: Kabul security fails to stop guerrillas'' in ''The Times'', issue 61729 dated 4 January 1984, p. 5, col. A</ref> On 30 December 1985 he stood down as Governor of the Punjab, to be succeeded by [[Makhdoom]] [[Sajjad Hussain Qureshi|Muhammad Sajjad Hussain Qureshi]].<ref name=assembly/>

==Retirement==
In retirement, Jilani took up the cause of the proposed new independent [[Chand Bagh School]], to be a Pakistani [[boarding school]] inspired by his own ''alma mater'', [[the Doon School]].<ref name=sharma/> After several years of effort, he succeeded in founding the new school, which opened at [[Muridke]] in September 1998.<ref>Nauman Tasleem, ''[http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/17/city/lahore/punjab-govt-donates-rs-60m-to-an-elite-school/ Punjab govt donates Rs 60m to an elite school]'' from ''[[Pakistan Today]]'' dated 17 June 2011 online at pakistantoday.com.pk, Retrieved 24 March 2012</ref>

Jillani occasionally wrote on military subjects, and on 5 June 1999, not long before his death, the newspaper ''Pakistan'' published an article under his name which analysed the conflict in Kashmir in terms of the region's strategic roads.<ref>''Summary of world broadcasts: Asia, Pacific'', issues 3549–3561 (British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring Service, 1999), p. A-4</ref>

==Legacy==

Ghulam Jilani Khan is honoured every year at the Chand Bagh School's Founder's Day celebrations. At the ninth such occasion, on 26 February 2011, the main speaker was [[Yousaf Raza Gillani]], Prime Minister of Pakistan, who said {{quote|I salute the vision of the School's founder late General Ghulam Jilani Khan, which created opportunities for the deserving students of the less privileged sections to acquire quality education in the school like Chand Bagh.<ref name=gilani>[http://www.infopak.gov.pk/PMAddresses/26-02-2011.pdf Speech of Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Prime Minister of Pakistan, On the occasion of 9th Founder's Day of Chand Bagh School] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623212109/http://www.infopak.gov.pk/PMAddresses/26-02-2011.pdf |date=23 June 2011 }} at infopak.gov.pk, accessed 25 March 2012</ref>}}

Jilani's son Lt. Col. (Retd.) Dr. Usman Jilani Khan is now the president of the Chand Bagh Foundation.

==Awards and decorations==
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|{{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 1971 War.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award‐star|ribbon=War Medal 1965(Tamgha-e-Jang, A.H.1385).png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War.png|width=130}}
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|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Pakistan Independence Medal 1947.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=Republic Medal 1956 (Pakistan).png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Hijri Tamgha.png|width=130}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=1939–1945 Star.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Burma Star BAR.svg|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon - War Medal.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=General Service Medal 1918 BAR.svg|width=130}}
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|-
| colspan="2" |[[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|'''Hilal-e-Imtiaz''']]
'''[[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|(Military)]]'''

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

'''[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|Kashmir 1964/65 War]] Clasp'''
|'''[[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)''
|-
|'''[[Pakistan Medal|Pakistan Tamgha]]'''
''([[Pakistan Medal]])''

'''1947'''
|'''[[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|Tamgha-e-Jamhuria]]'''
''(Republic Commemoration Medal)''

'''1956'''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Hijri Tamgha]]'''
''(Hijri Medal)''

'''1979'''
|-
|'''[[1939-1945 Star]]'''
|'''[[Burma Star]]'''
|[[War Medal 1939-1945|'''War Medal 1939-1945''']]
|[[General Service Medal (1918)|'''General Service Medal''']]
'''[[World War II|World War 2]]'''

(Awarded in '''1945''')
|}

=== British India decorations ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" style="background:#006400; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center" |'''Imperial Awards'''
|-
!'''{{flag|British India}}'''
|'''[[1939–1945 Star]]'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=1939–1945 Star.png|width=130}}
|-
!'''{{flag|British India}}'''
|'''[[Burma Star]]'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Burma Star BAR.svg|width=130}}
|-
!'''{{flag|British India}}'''
|'''[[War Medal 1939–1945]]'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon - War Medal.png|width=130}}
|-
!'''{{flag|UK}}'''
|'''[[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal]]'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=QE II Coronation Medal 1953.png|width=130}}
|}

==Books==
* ''Iqbāl ke ʻaskarī afkār'' (اقبال کے عسکرى افکار), on military ideas in the poetry of [[Muhammad Iqbal]], 1877–1938, national poet of Pakistan; with biographical sketches of notable Muslim generals
* ''Pāk fauj men̲ nafāz̲-i Urdū'', on the implementation of the [[Urdu language]] in the Pakistan army
* ''Infanṭarī: malikah-yi jang: ek irtiqāʼī jāʼizah'' (انفنٹرى : ملكه جنگ : ايک ارتقائ جائزه). Historical study of various infantry forces from World War I to date; with reference to the infantry of the Pakistan Army
* ''Es. Es. Jī: tārīk̲h̲ ke āʼīne men̲'', a historical study of the [[Special Service Group]] (SSG) of the Pakistan Army

==References==
<references />

==External links==
*[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_os1Zs80tQlg/S0hFOomgJAI/AAAAAAAAAkA/DPL1pGn31JQ/s1600/GJK6-1000.jpg Photograph of Lt Gen. Ghulam Jilani Khan] at 1.bp.blogspot.com
*[http://ghulamjilanikhan.blogspot.co.uk/ Photographs] at ghulamjilanikhan.blogspot.co.uk

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