Safdar Butt

Lieutenant General

Ghulam Safdar Butt
غلام صفدر بٹ
Birth nameGhulam Safdar Butt
Nickname(s)Safdar
Born(1928-03-13)13 March 1928
Sukkur, Sindh, British Indian Empire, (present-day Pakistan)
Died1 May 2006(2006-05-01) (aged 78)
Lahore, Pakistan
Buried
Allegiance Pakistan
Service / branch Pakistan Army
Years of service1948–1987
Rank Lieutenant General
Service numberPA – 2725
UnitPakistan Army Corps of Engineers
CommandsDG Frontier Works Organization
DG Lowari Tunnel Organization
Managing Director PARCO
Military Engineering Service Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers
Battles / warsIndo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Awards Sitara-e-Basalat
Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Other workChairman WAPDA
Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board
Chairman Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited

Ghulam Safdar Butt (13 March 1928 – 1 May 2006) was the first three-star rank General in the Corps of engineers of the Pakistan Army. He also held the honour of being the first PhD of the Pakistan army.


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