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Lieutenant General Ghulam Safdar Butt غلام صفدر بٹ | |
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Birth name | Ghulam Safdar Butt |
Nickname(s) | Safdar |
Born | Sukkur, Sindh, British Indian Empire, (present-day Pakistan) | 13 March 1928
Died | 1 May 2006 Lahore, Pakistan | (aged 78)
Buried | |
Allegiance | Pakistan |
Service | Pakistan Army |
Years of service | 1948–1987 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Service number | PA – 2725 |
Unit | Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers |
Commands | DG Frontier Works Organization DG Lowari Tunnel Organization Managing Director PARCO Military Engineering Service Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers |
Battles / wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
Awards | Sitara-e-Basalat Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) |
Other work | Chairman 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.