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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Mohammad Iqbal Khan was educated and graduated from the [[Military College Jhelum\|Military College]] in [[Jhelum]] and was [[Commissioned officer\|commissioned]] in the [[British Indian Army]] in 1944.<ref name="Military College Jhelum">{{cite web\|title=Honours of MCJ\|url=http://militarycollege.edu.pk/new/honours-of-mcj/\|publisher=Military College Jhelum\|access-date=6 April ~~2022~~}}</ref> He joined the [[Guides Infantry]] in the [[Frontier Force Regiment\|2nd Frontier Force Regiment]] as [[Second lieutenant\|2nd-Lt.]] and later serving in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947\|first war]] with India on [[Kashmir dispute\|Kashmir front]] in 1947.<ref name="Military College Jhelum"/><ref name="Manto">A.H. Amin. [http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/february/manto.htm "Interview with Brig (retd) Shamim Yasin Manto"] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503043659/http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/february/manto.htm \|date=2013-05-03}} ''Defence Journal'', February 2002</ref>		Mohammad Iqbal Khan was educated and graduated from the [[Military College Jhelum\|Military College]] in [[Jhelum]] and was [[Commissioned officer\|commissioned]] in the [[British Indian Army]] in 1944.<ref name="Military College Jhelum">{{cite web\|title=Honours of MCJ\|url=http://militarycollege.edu.pk/new/honours-of-mcj/\|publisher=Military College Jhelum\|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref> He joined the [[Guides Infantry]] in the [[Frontier Force Regiment\|2nd Frontier Force Regiment]] as [[Second lieutenant\|2nd-Lt.]] and later serving in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947\|first war]] with India on [[Kashmir dispute\|Kashmir front]] in 1947.<ref name="Military College Jhelum"/><ref name="Manto">A.H. Amin. [http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/february/manto.htm "Interview with Brig (retd) Shamim Yasin Manto"] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503043659/http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/february/manto.htm \|date=2013-05-03}} ''Defence Journal'', February 2002</ref>

	After participating in [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965\|second war]] with India in 1965, [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)\|Brigadier]] Iqbal was appointed as the [[Director General\|Director-General]] of the [[Military Intelligence of Pakistan\|Military Intelligence]] in 1969, and was politically involved in supporting the [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP) against the [[Awami League]].{{rp\|50}}<ref name="Oxford university press, Siddiqi 2004">{{cite book\|last1=Siddiqi\|first1=brigadier Abdul Rahman\|title=East Pakistan, the endgame : an onlooker's journal, 1969-1971\|date=2004\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|location=Karachi\|isbn=9780195799934\|pages=260}}</ref> Eventually, [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)\|Brig.]] Iqbal held the responsibility of [[Military Intelligence of Pakistan\|Military Intelligence]] in 1971.<ref>Hamid Hussain. [http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/dec/demons.htm "Demons of December"] ''Defence Journal'', 2002 December</ref>		After participating in [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965\|second war]] with India in 1965, [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)\|Brigadier]] Iqbal was appointed as the [[Director General\|Director-General]] of the [[Military Intelligence of Pakistan\|Military Intelligence]] in 1969, and was politically involved in supporting the [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP) against the [[Awami League]].{{rp\|50}}<ref name="Oxford university press, Siddiqi 2004">{{cite book\|last1=Siddiqi\|first1=brigadier Abdul Rahman\|title=East Pakistan, the endgame : an onlooker's journal, 1969-1971\|date=2004\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|location=Karachi\|isbn=9780195799934\|pages=260}}</ref> Eventually, [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)\|Brig.]] Iqbal held the responsibility of [[Military Intelligence of Pakistan\|Military Intelligence]] in 1971.<ref>Hamid Hussain. [http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/dec/demons.htm "Demons of December"] ''Defence Journal'', 2002 December</ref>
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	In 1971–73, [[Major-General]] Iqbal held the command of the [[Structure of the Pakistan Army\|33rd Infantry Division]] in [[Quetta Cantonment\|Quetta]] as its [[General officer commanding\|GOC]], and oversaw the [[1970s Baloch Insurgency and Rahimuddin's Provincial Stabilization\|military operations]] against the armed [[Baloch Insurgency\|insurgency groups]] in [[Balochistan, Pakistan\|Balochistan]] in Pakistan.<ref name="The Daily Star, Maj. Sehgal, 2007">{{cite news\|last1=Sehgal\|first1=Maj. Ikram\|author-link1=Ikram Sehgal\|title=Learning from experience\|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-1139\|access-date=6 April 2018\|work=The Daily Star\|date=23 August 2007\|location=Islamabad\|language=en-pak}}</ref>		In 1971–73, [[Major-General]] Iqbal held the command of the [[Structure of the Pakistan Army\|33rd Infantry Division]] in [[Quetta Cantonment\|Quetta]] as its [[General officer commanding\|GOC]], and oversaw the [[1970s Baloch Insurgency and Rahimuddin's Provincial Stabilization\|military operations]] against the armed [[Baloch Insurgency\|insurgency groups]] in [[Balochistan, Pakistan\|Balochistan]] in Pakistan.<ref name="The Daily Star, Maj. Sehgal, 2007">{{cite news\|last1=Sehgal\|first1=Maj. Ikram\|author-link1=Ikram Sehgal\|title=Learning from experience\|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-1139\|access-date=6 April 2018\|work=The Daily Star\|date=23 August 2007\|location=Islamabad\|language=en-pak}}</ref>

	In 1974, Maj-Gen. Iqbal was posted as [[Chief of General Staff (Pakistan)\|Chief of General Staff (CGS)]] under [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)\|Chief of Army Staff]] General [[Tikka Khan]] at the [[GHQ (Pakistan Army)\|Army GHQ]] in [[Rawalpindi Cantonment\|Rawalpindi]] which he served until 1976.<ref>A.H. Amin [http://www.defencejournal.com/2001/september/tajammal.htm "Remembering Our Warriors: Maj Gen (Retd) Tajammal Hussain Malik"] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165516/http://www.defencejournal.com/2001/september/tajammal.htm \|date=2016-03-03}} ''Defence Journal'', September 2001</ref> In 1976, Maj-Gen. Iqbal was promoted to the [[Three-star rank\|three-star]] rank army general and was posted as field commander of the [[IV Corps (Pakistan)\|IV Corps]] based in [[Lahore Cantonment\|Lahore]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Remembering Our Warriors\|url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:VJlLaaz6cckJ:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Agha_Amin/publication/319664998_Brigadier_Shamim_Yasin_Manto-Interview/links/59b8da2da6fdcc68722d5838/Brigadier-Shamim-Yasin-Manto-Interview+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us\|website=webcache.googleusercontent.com\|access-date=6 April ~~2022~~}}</ref>		In 1974, Maj-Gen. Iqbal was posted as [[Chief of General Staff (Pakistan)\|Chief of General Staff (CGS)]] under [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)\|Chief of Army Staff]] General [[Tikka Khan]] at the [[GHQ (Pakistan Army)\|Army GHQ]] in [[Rawalpindi Cantonment\|Rawalpindi]] which he served until 1976.<ref>A.H. Amin [http://www.defencejournal.com/2001/september/tajammal.htm "Remembering Our Warriors: Maj Gen (Retd) Tajammal Hussain Malik"] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165516/http://www.defencejournal.com/2001/september/tajammal.htm \|date=2016-03-03}} ''Defence Journal'', September 2001</ref> In 1976, Maj-Gen. Iqbal was promoted to the [[Three-star rank\|three-star]] rank army general and was posted as field commander of the [[IV Corps (Pakistan)\|IV Corps]] based in [[Lahore Cantonment\|Lahore]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Remembering Our Warriors\|url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:VJlLaaz6cckJ:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Agha_Amin/publication/319664998_Brigadier_Shamim_Yasin_Manto-Interview/links/59b8da2da6fdcc68722d5838/Brigadier-Shamim-Yasin-Manto-Interview+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us\|website=webcache.googleusercontent.com\|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref>

	In 1977, [[Lieutenant-General]] Iqbal took over the control of the [[Punjab, Pakistan\|Punjab]] in Pakistan as its [[martial law administrator]] when [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)\|Chief of Army Staff]] Gen. [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq\|Zia-ul-Haq]] imposed the [[1977 Pakistani coup d'état\|martial law]] against the [[Government of Pakistan\|civilian government]] on 5 July 1977.{{rp\|194}}<ref name="Routledge, Norman, 2013">{{cite book\|last1=Norman\|first1=Omar\|title=Pakistan:Political and Economics History since 1947\|date=2013\|publisher=Routledge \|location=New York [u.s.]\|isbn=9781136143946\|pages=225\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BfKzAAAAQBAJ&dq=Iqbal+Khan+martial+law&pg=PA194\|access-date=6 April 2018\|language=en-us\|format=google books\|chapter={{small\|(§Ethnic Conflict)}}}}</ref> [[Lieutenant-General\|Lt-Gen.]] Iqbal was later rotated when Lt-Gen. [[Sawar Khan]] took command of the IV Corps, and appointed as the field commander of the [[V Corps (Pakistan)\|V Corps]] and served as the [[martial law administrator]] of [[Sindh]] in Pakistan.<ref>Rizwan Hussain. [https://books.google.com/books?id=TRW_M_xybyYC&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=x+corps+rawalpindi&source=web&ots=6eYZCeRyaH&sig=ymmhRi4nuxjr00Sp3yiaamd1oXI&hl=en ''Pakistan and the Emergence of Islamic Militancy in Afghanistan''] Ashgate Publishing, 2005, {{ISBN\|0-7546-4434-0}}</ref>		In 1977, [[Lieutenant-General]] Iqbal took over the control of the [[Punjab, Pakistan\|Punjab]] in Pakistan as its [[martial law administrator]] when [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)\|Chief of Army Staff]] Gen. [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq\|Zia-ul-Haq]] imposed the [[1977 Pakistani coup d'état\|martial law]] against the [[Government of Pakistan\|civilian government]] on 5 July 1977.{{rp\|194}}<ref name="Routledge, Norman, 2013">{{cite book\|last1=Norman\|first1=Omar\|title=Pakistan:Political and Economics History since 1947\|date=2013\|publisher=Routledge \|location=New York [u.s.]\|isbn=9781136143946\|pages=225\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BfKzAAAAQBAJ&dq=Iqbal+Khan+martial+law&pg=PA194\|access-date=6 April 2018\|language=en-us\|format=google books\|chapter={{small\|(§Ethnic Conflict)}}}}</ref> [[Lieutenant-General\|Lt-Gen.]] Iqbal was later rotated when Lt-Gen. [[Sawar Khan]] took command of the IV Corps, and appointed as the field commander of the [[V Corps (Pakistan)\|V Corps]] and served as the [[martial law administrator]] of [[Sindh]] in Pakistan.<ref>Rizwan Hussain. [https://books.google.com/books?id=TRW_M_xybyYC&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=x+corps+rawalpindi&source=web&ots=6eYZCeRyaH&sig=ymmhRi4nuxjr00Sp3yiaamd1oXI&hl=en ''Pakistan and the Emergence of Islamic Militancy in Afghanistan''] Ashgate Publishing, 2005, {{ISBN\|0-7546-4434-0}}</ref>

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{{Short description|Pakistani general}}
{{other people||Iqbal Khan (disambiguation){{!}}Iqbal Khan}}
{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[General (Pakistan)|General]]
| name = Iqbal Khan
| honorific_suffix = {{small|[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI(M)]]&ensp;[[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|HI(M)]]&ensp;[[Sitara-i-Imtiaz|SI(M)]]&ensp;[[Sitara-e-Basalat|SBt]]}}
| image = General Muhammad Iqbal Khan awarding a trophy to Lt. Col. Hamid Mahmood.jpg
| image_size = 290px
| caption = Khan (right) {{c.|1980}}
| birth_date = 
| death_date = 
| placeofburial_label =
| placeofburial =
| birth_place = [[Pindi Gheb]]
| death_place = [[Rawalpindi]]
| placeofburial_coordinates = 
| nickname = M.I. Khan
| birth_name = Mohammad Iqbal Khan
| allegiance = Pakistan
| branch = [[Pakistan Army]]
| serviceyears = 1944–1984
| rank = General
| servicenumber = [[Pakistan Army|PA]] – 2052<ref name="The Gazette of Pakistan, 1978">{{cite book|title=The Gazette of Pakistan|date=1978|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LtJPAQAAMAAJ&q=2052|access-date=6 April 2018|language=en|author1=Pakistan}}</ref>
| unit = [[Guides Infantry]], [[Frontier Force Regiment|Frontier Force]]
| commands = [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee|Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff]] [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Deputy Chief of Army Staff]] [[V Corps (Pakistan)|V Corps]] in [[Karachi Cantonment|Karachi]] [[IV Corps (Pakistan)|IV Corps]] in [[Lahore Cantonment|Lahore]] [[Chief of General Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of General Staff]], [[GHQ (Pakistan Army)|Army GHQ]] [[Structure of the Pakistan Army|33rd Infantry Division]], [[Quetta Cantonment|Quetta]] [[Director-General|DG]] [[Military Intelligence of Pakistan|Military Intelligence]] (DG MI)
| battles = [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]] [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
* [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]
* [[Operation Searchlight]]
[[1970s Baloch Insurgency and Rahimuddin's Provincial Stabilization|Baloch insurgency of 1970s]] [[Soviet–Afghan War]]
| battles_label =
| awards = [[File:Nishan-e-Imtiaz.png|40px]]&ensp;{{small|[[Nishan-i-Imtiaz|Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military)]]}} [[File:Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png|40px]]&ensp;{{small|[[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)]]}} [[File:Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png|40px]]&ensp;{{small|[[Sitara-i-Imtiaz|Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)]]}} [[File:Sitara-e-Basalat.png|40px]]&ensp;{{small|[[Sitara-i-Basalat|Sitara-e-Basalat]]}}
| relations =
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}}

'''Mohammad Iqbal Khan''' {{small|{{small|[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI(M)]] [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|HI(M)]] [[Sitara-i-Imtiaz|SI(M)]] [[Sitara-e-Basalat|SBt]]}}}} ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|اقبال خان{{popdf}}}}}}) was a senior general in the [[Pakistan Army]] who served as the third [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (Pakistan)|Chairman]] [[Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee]] from being appointed in 1980 until 1984.<ref name="The News International, 2013">{{cite news|last1=Top Story|first1=et.all.|title=CJCSC office in Pakistan and the world over|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/633545-cjcsc-office-in-pakistan-and-the-world-over|access-date=6 April 2018|work=The News International|date=8 October 2013|location=Islamabad|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Military College Jhelum" />

==Biography==
Mohammad Iqbal Khan was educated and graduated from the [[Military College Jhelum|Military College]] in [[Jhelum]] and was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] in the [[British Indian Army]] in 1944.<ref name="Military College Jhelum">{{cite web|title=Honours of MCJ|url=http://militarycollege.edu.pk/new/honours-of-mcj/|publisher=Military College Jhelum|access-date=6 April 2022}}</ref> He joined the [[Guides Infantry]] in the [[Frontier Force Regiment|2nd Frontier Force Regiment]] as [[Second lieutenant|2nd-Lt.]] and later serving in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947|first war]] with India on [[Kashmir dispute|Kashmir front]] in 1947.<ref name="Military College Jhelum"/><ref name="Manto">A.H. Amin. [http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/february/manto.htm "Interview with Brig (retd) Shamim Yasin Manto"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503043659/http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/february/manto.htm |date=2013-05-03}} ''Defence Journal'', February 2002</ref>

After participating in [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|second war]] with India in 1965, [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]] Iqbal was appointed as the [[Director General|Director-General]] of the [[Military Intelligence of Pakistan|Military Intelligence]] in 1969, and was politically involved in supporting the [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP) against the [[Awami League]].{{rp|50}}<ref name="Oxford university press, Siddiqi 2004">{{cite book|last1=Siddiqi|first1=brigadier Abdul Rahman|title=East Pakistan, the endgame : an onlooker's journal, 1969-1971|date=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Karachi|isbn=9780195799934|pages=260}}</ref> Eventually, [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brig.]] Iqbal held the responsibility of [[Military Intelligence of Pakistan|Military Intelligence]] in 1971.<ref>Hamid Hussain. [http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/dec/demons.htm "Demons of December"] ''Defence Journal'', 2002 December</ref>

In 1971–73, [[Major-General]] Iqbal held the command of the [[Structure of the Pakistan Army|33rd Infantry Division]] in [[Quetta Cantonment|Quetta]] as its [[General officer commanding|GOC]], and oversaw the [[1970s Baloch Insurgency and Rahimuddin's Provincial Stabilization|military operations]] against the armed [[Baloch Insurgency|insurgency groups]] in [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]] in Pakistan.<ref name="The Daily Star, Maj. Sehgal, 2007">{{cite news|last1=Sehgal|first1=Maj. Ikram|author-link1=Ikram Sehgal|title=Learning from experience|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-1139|access-date=6 April 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=23 August 2007|location=Islamabad|language=en-pak}}</ref>

In 1974, Maj-Gen. Iqbal was posted as [[Chief of General Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of General Staff (CGS)]] under [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Army Staff]] General [[Tikka Khan]] at the [[GHQ (Pakistan Army)|Army GHQ]] in [[Rawalpindi Cantonment|Rawalpindi]] which he served until 1976.<ref>A.H. Amin [http://www.defencejournal.com/2001/september/tajammal.htm "Remembering Our Warriors: Maj Gen (Retd) Tajammal Hussain Malik"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165516/http://www.defencejournal.com/2001/september/tajammal.htm |date=2016-03-03}} ''Defence Journal'', September 2001</ref> In 1976, Maj-Gen. Iqbal was promoted to the [[Three-star rank|three-star]] rank army general and was posted as field commander of the [[IV Corps (Pakistan)|IV Corps]] based in [[Lahore Cantonment|Lahore]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Remembering Our Warriors|url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:VJlLaaz6cckJ:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Agha_Amin/publication/319664998_Brigadier_Shamim_Yasin_Manto-Interview/links/59b8da2da6fdcc68722d5838/Brigadier-Shamim-Yasin-Manto-Interview+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|website=webcache.googleusercontent.com|access-date=6 April 2022}}</ref>

In 1977, [[Lieutenant-General]] Iqbal took over the control of the [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] in Pakistan as its [[martial law administrator]] when [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Army Staff]] Gen. [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]] imposed the [[1977 Pakistani coup d'état|martial law]] against the [[Government of Pakistan|civilian government]] on 5 July 1977.{{rp|194}}<ref name="Routledge, Norman, 2013">{{cite book|last1=Norman|first1=Omar|title=Pakistan:Political and Economics History since 1947|date=2013|publisher=Routledge |location=New York [u.s.]|isbn=9781136143946|pages=225|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BfKzAAAAQBAJ&dq=Iqbal+Khan+martial+law&pg=PA194|access-date=6 April 2018|language=en-us|format=google books|chapter={{small|(§Ethnic Conflict)}}}}</ref> [[Lieutenant-General|Lt-Gen.]] Iqbal was later rotated when Lt-Gen. [[Sawar Khan]] took command of the IV Corps, and appointed as the field commander of the [[V Corps (Pakistan)|V Corps]] and served as the [[martial law administrator]] of [[Sindh]] in Pakistan.<ref>Rizwan Hussain. [https://books.google.com/books?id=TRW_M_xybyYC&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=x+corps+rawalpindi&source=web&ots=6eYZCeRyaH&sig=ymmhRi4nuxjr00Sp3yiaamd1oXI&hl=en ''Pakistan and the Emergence of Islamic Militancy in Afghanistan''] Ashgate Publishing, 2005, {{ISBN|0-7546-4434-0}}</ref>

In 1978, Lt-Gen. Iqbal was again posted at the [[GHQ (Pakistan Army)|Army GHQ]] in [[Rawalpindi Cantonment|Rawalpindi]] when he was appointed as the [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Deputy Chief of Army Staff]] (DCOAS) under President [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]].{{rp|430}}<ref name="Zia 1988">"Pakistan under Zia, 1977–1988" by Shahid Javed Burki ''Asian Survey'', Vol. 28, No. 10 (October, 1988), pp. 1082–1100</ref> During this time, he was appointed as the [[Colonel Commandant]] of the [[Frontier Force Regiment]], which he served until his retirement in 1984.<ref name="The Gazette of Pakistan, 1978" />

==Chairman Joint chiefs (1980–1984)==
In 1980, Lt-Gen. Iqbal, who at that time was the senior military officer in the military, was promoted to the [[Four-star rank|four-star]] rank and appointed as the [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (Pakistan)|Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee]].{{rp|156}}<ref name="Zia 1988" />

In 1980, Gen. Iqbal played a crucial role in [[Operation Cyclone|maintaining]] of the [[Afghan Arabs]] in the country and supported the [[Anti-Soviet agitation|anti-Russian]] agitation when Soviet Union [[Soviet–Afghan War|intervened]] in [[Afghanistan]].{{rp|contents}}<ref name="Routledge, Hilali, 2017">{{cite book|last1=Hilali|first1=A. Z.|title=US-Pakistan Relationship: Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan|date=2017|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781351876223|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WEErDwAAQBAJ&dq=general++Iqbal+Khan+appointed+chairman+joint&pg=PT132|access-date=6 April 2018|language=en}}</ref> Gen. iqbal eventually and coordinated the national security meetings concerning the [[ISI in Afghanistan|covert efforts]] in [[Afghanistan]].{{rp|contents}}<ref name="Routledge, Hilali, 2017"/>{{rp|viii}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Matinuddin|first1=Kamal|title=Power struggle in the Hindu Kush: Afghanistan, 1978-1991|date=1991|publisher=Wajidalis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ueVtAAAAMAAJ&q=pertinent+|access-date=6 April 2018|language=en}}</ref> In 1984, Gen. Iqbal completed his four-year term and eventually retired from the military.<ref name="The News International, 2013" />

== Awards and Decorations ==
{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Nishan-e-Imtiaz.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png|width=130}}
|
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sitara-e-Basalat.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=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=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=Order of Military Merit (Jordan) - Knight.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon - War Medal.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=United Nations Medal ribbon.svg|width=130}}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
| colspan="2" |'''[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz]]'''
'''[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|(Military)]]'''

''(Order of Excellence)''
| colspan="2" |'''[[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|Hilal-e-Imtiaz]]'''
'''[[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|(Military)]]'''

''(Crescent of Excellence)''
|-
|'''[[Sitara-i-Imtiaz|Sitara-e-Imtiaz]]'''
'''[[Sitara-i-Imtiaz|(Military)]]'''

''(Star of Excellence)''
|'''[[Sitara-e-Basalat]]'''
''(Star of Good Conduct)''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Tamgha-e-Diffa]]'''
''(General Service Medal)''
|'''[[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 Independence 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|Tamgha-e-Jamhuria]]'''
''(Republic Commemoration Medal)''

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

'''1979'''
|'''[[Order of Military Merit (Jordan)|Order of Military Merit]]'''
'''([[Jordan]])'''
|'''[[War Medal 1939-1945]]'''
|'''[[United Nations]]'''
'''[[United Nations Operation in the Congo|UN UNOC 1 Medal]]'''

''(Congo Clasp)''
|}
=== Foreign Decorations ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" style="background:#006400; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center" |'''Foreign Awards'''
|-
!'''{{flag|Jordan}}'''
|'''[[Order of Military Merit (Jordan)|The Order of Military Merit]]'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Order of Military Merit (Jordan) - Knight.png|width=130}}
|-
!'''{{flag|UK}}'''
|'''[[War Medal 1939-1945]]'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon - War Medal.png|width=130}}
|-
!'''{{flag|UN}}'''
|'''[[United Nations Operation in the Congo|UN UNOC 1 Medal]]'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=United Nations Medal ribbon.svg|width=130}}
|}

==References==
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{{s-bef|before=[[Mohammad Shariff]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (Pakistan)|Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee]]|years=1980–1984}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Rahimuddin Khan]]}}
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