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[[Air chief marshal (Pakistan)|Air Chief Marshal]] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Zulfiqar Ali Khan&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ([[Urdu language|Urdu]]: ذوالفقار علی خان; 10 December 1930 – 8 March 2005) {{small|[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI(M)]]}}, was a [[Four star general|four-star]] [[air officer]] in the [[Pakistan Air Force]] and later a diplomat.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Vij Books India Pvt Ltd&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|last1=Ramsey|first1=Syed|title=Pakistan and Islamic Militancy in South Asia|date=2017|publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd|isbn=9789386367433 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=swY1DgAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PT77|language=en |chapter=Recovery from 1971 war}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rp|contents}}&lt;br /&gt;
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He is noted as a first [[Four star rank|four-star]] [[air officer]]  who commanded the [[Pakistan Air Force]] as its [[Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Air Staff]] from 15 April 1974 to 22 July 1978.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;NYU Press, Cheema&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|last1=Cheema|first1=Pervaiz Iqbal|title=The Armed Forces of Pakistan|date=2002|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=9780814716335|page=199 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cw_gduyRv5oC&amp;amp;pg=PA199|language=en |chapter=Air chiefs}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Upon retirement, he served on a diplomatic assignment, and headed the diplomatic mission in the [[United States]] as a [[Pakistan Ambassador to the United States|Pakistan Ambassador]] from 1989 until 1990.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Biography==&lt;br /&gt;
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Zulfikar Ali Khan was born in [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, British India|Punjab]], British India, on 10 December 1930.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dawn Newspaper, 2005 (staff)&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar passes away|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/384739|access-date=6 August 2017 |newspaper=Dawn |date=9 March 2005|location=Islamabad|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His family was of [[Pathan]] descent and attended a local school in Lahore where he did his matriculation.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dar-ut-Tazkeer, 1999&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|last1=Haq, PAF|first1=Air Cdre (retd) Inamul|title=Memoirs of Insignificance|date=1999|publisher=Dar-ut-Tazkeer|location=Islamabad|pages=276 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_dzgAAAAMAAJ|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rp|100–103}}&lt;br /&gt;
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From 1947, he attended the [[Military College Jhelum]] but joined the [[Pakistan Air Force]] in 1948 when he made a [[College transfer|transfer]] to the [[Pakistan Air Force Academy]] in [[Risalpur]], [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–55)|NWFP]] in Pakistan.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;– Military College Jhelum&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|last1=Alamgir|first1=Sarai|title=Alumni of the MCJ|url=http://militarycollege.edu.pk/new/mcj-military-college-jhelum-sarai-alamgir-pakistan-official-website/ |website=Military College Jhelum |access-date=6 August 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dawn Newspaper, 2005 (staff)&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; He gained [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] in the [[Pakistan Air Force|Air Force]] as a [[Pilot officer|P/Off.]] and [[Passing out (military)|passed out]] from the [[Pakistan Air Force Academy|PAF Academy]] in 1950 in the class of 7th [[General duty clause|GD]] pilot course (GD(P) Course) on 21 December 1950.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dawn Newspaper, 2005 (staff)&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; IN 1956, [[Flight Lieutenant|Flt-Lt.]] Khan first command assignment was to [[List of Pakistan Air Force squadrons|No. 20 Squadron &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Eagles&amp;#039;&amp;#039;]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|last1=Sehgal|first1=Ikram ul-Majeed|title=Defence Journal|date=2006|publisher=Ikram ul-Majeed Sehgal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HrDfAAAAMAAJ|page=46|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In the 1960s, [[Squadron Leader|Squadron-Leader]] Khan was educated at the [[PAF Air War College|Air War College]] where he gained a degree in [[Staff college|staff course]]. In 1965, [[Squadron Leader|Sq-Ldr.]] Zulfikar Ali Khan participated in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|second war]] with [[India]] in 1965 where he commanded [[No. 9 Squadron (Pakistan Air Force)|No. 9 Squadron &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Griffins&amp;#039;&amp;#039;]] against the [[Indian Air Force]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dar-ut-Tazkeer, 1999&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;{{rp|76–80}} From 1966 to 1968, [[Wing commander (rank)|Wg-Cdr.]] Zulfiqar Ali Khan was posted in the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)|Foreign ministry]] and briefly tenured as [[air attaché]] at the [[High Commission of Pakistan, New Delhi|High Commission of Pakistan]] in New Delhi led by [[His Excellency|H.E.]] [[Mian Arshad Hussain|Arshad Hussain]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|title=Diplomat&amp;#039;s Directory|date=1966|publisher=M. H. Samuel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VOLlAAAAMAAJ|page=46|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1968–71, he was promoted as [[Group Captain|Group-Captain]] in the [[Pakistan Air Force|Air Force]] and was posted in [[East Pakistan]] where he was appointed as officer commanding of operations wing of Dacca Air Base under its [[Air Officer Commanding]] [[Air commodore|Air Cdre.]] [[Inamul Haque Khan|Inamul Haq]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dar-ut-Tazkeer, 1999&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;{{rp|101–102}} Air Cdre. Khan participated in [[Bangladesh Liberation War|liberation war]] that took place in [[East Pakistan]], serving against the [[Indian Air Force]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dar-ut-Tazkeer, 1999&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;{{rp|101–102}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Group Captain|Gp-Capt.]] Khan was taken [[Prisoners of war during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|war prisoner]] by the [[Indian Army]] after the [[Pakistan Eastern Command|Eastern Command]] was [[Instrument of Surrender (1971)|surrendered]] by its [[General Officer Commanding-in-Chief|GOC-in-C]] [[Lieutenant-General]] [[AAK Niazi|A.A.K. Niazi]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dar-ut-Tazkeer, 1999&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;{{rp|103–104}} In 1973, he was [[Delhi Agreement|repatriated]] to [[Pakistan]] and was allowed to continue his [[military service]] and was promoted to a [[One star general|one-star]] rank, [[Air Commodore|Air-Commodore]], and took over the [[Pakistan Air Force Academy|Air Force Academy]] as its [[Commandant]] in 1973, but later posted as commandant of the [[PAF Air War College|Air War College]] for a short time.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dar-ut-Tazkeer, 1999&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;{{rp|101–102}}&lt;br /&gt;
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His command assignment included the command as an [[Officer commanding]] of [[No. 11 Squadron (Pakistan Air Force)|No. 11 Squadron &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Arrows&amp;#039;&amp;#039;]],&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Global Security, No. 11&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|last1=Pike|first1=John|title=No. 11 Squadron|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/11sqn.htm. |website=Global Security |publisher=Global Security, No. 11|access-date=6 August 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[No. 9 Squadron (Pakistan Air Force)|No. 9 Sq. &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Griffins&amp;#039;&amp;#039;]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|last1=Pike|first1=John|title=9 Squadron|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/9sqn.htm |website=Global Security |access-date=6 August 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and [[Air Officer Commanding|AOC]] of the [[PAF Base Sargodha|Sargodha Air Force Base]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dawn Newspaper, 2005 (staff)&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Chief of Air Staff==&lt;br /&gt;
In 1974, [[Air Commodore|Air-Cdre.]] Zulfiqar Ali Khan was promoted as [[Air Vice Marshal]] in the Air Force, and was appointed as [[Deputy Chief of Air Staff]] of Aerial Planning (DCAS(P)) at the [[AHQ (PAF)|Air AHQ]] in [[Islamabad]] but was later posted as Director-General of Air Operations (DGAO).&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dawn Newspaper, 2005 (staff)&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On 14 April 1974, [[Air Vice Marshal|AVM]] Zulfiqar Ali Khan was surprisingly appointed second [[Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Air Staff]] to take over the command of the [[Pakistan Air Force|Air Force]] as an [[Air Marshal|Air-Marshal]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;BYU Press Cheema&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|last1=Cheema|first1=Pervaiz Iqbal|title=The Armed Forces of Pakistan|date=2002|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=9780814716335|pages=210 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cw_gduyRv5oC&amp;amp;pg=PA199|language=en |chapter=Air Chiefs}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rp|199}} The appointment was controversial since [[Air Marshal|Air-Marshal]] [[Zafar Chaudhry]] resigned from his service, and [[Air Marshal|Air-Mshl.]] Khan had succeeded seven senior [[air officer]]s in the Air Force.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Springer, Rizvi&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|last1=Rizvi|first1=H.|title=Military, State and Society in Pakistan|date=2000|publisher=Springer|isbn=9780230599048|pages=300 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZwGIDAAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA144|language=en |chapter=Civilian Interlude}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rp|144}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1975, he helped established the [[List of Pakistan Air Force Bases|Northern Air Command]] based in PAF Base Kalabagh, oversaw the induction of [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15|MiG-15]] as jet trainer, establishment of the Air Defence Command, and provided his support to rebuilt [[Mirage III]] aircraft at the [[Pakistan Aeronautical Complex]].&lt;br /&gt;
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On 1 January 1976, [[Air Marshal|Air-Mshl.]] Khan was elevated and promoted to [[four-star rank]], [[Air Chief Marshal]], becoming the first four-star rank officer in the [[Pakistan Air Force]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Vij Books India Pvt Ltd&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;BYU Press Cheema&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;{{rp|199}} [[Air Chief Marshal|ACM]] Zulfiqar Ali Khan was then made senior member of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee]], and honored with the [[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI(M)]] for meritorious services.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Springer, Rizvi&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;{{rp|144}} During this same time, [[Air Chief Marshal|ACM]] Zulfikar Ali Khan helped establish the [[Combat Commanders&amp;#039; School]] set up under [[Group captain|Gp-Capt.]] [[Cecil Chaudhry]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Defence Journal Amin&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|last1=Amin|first1=A.H.|title=Remembering our warriors – Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry, SJ|url=http://www.defencejournal.com/2001/june/coverstory.htm |website=Defence Journal |access-date=7 August 2017|location=Lahore|language=en|date=June 2001}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Over the issue of clandestine [[Pakistan and its Nuclear Deterrent Program|atomic bomb programme]], ACM Zulfiqar Ali Khan reportedly advised Prime Minister [[Zulfikar Bhutto|Bhutto]] against the acquisition of the aging [[LTV A-7 Corsair II|A-7]] and [[Northrop F-5|F-5]] military aircraft in order to stop the work on the [[Pakistan Atomic Research Reactor#New Labs|Reprocessing plant]] for [[plutonium]] development, noting that &amp;quot;atomic bomb programme should not stop for any reason be compromised.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dawn Newspaper, 2009&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|last1=Hassan, PA|first1=Brigadier Agha Ali|title=In defence of a former Air Chief|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/866360|access-date=7 August 2017 |newspaper=Dawn |date=25 September 2009|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On 5 July 1978, [[Air Chief Marshal|ACM]] Zulfikar Ali Khan was appointed [[Chief Martial Law Administrator|Deputy CMLA]] along with [[Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)|naval chief]] [[Admiral]] [[Mohammad Shariff|Moh&amp;#039;d Sharif]], [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|army chief]] General [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]], and [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee|Chairman joint chiefs]] General [[Muhammad Shariff|Muh&amp;#039;d Shariff]] after the [[1977 Pakistani coup d&amp;#039;état|military coup d&amp;#039;état]] against the [[Government of Pakistan|civilian government]] led by Prime Minister [[Zulfikar Bhutto|Bhutto]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dawn Newspaper, 1977&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|last1=Mansuri|first1=M.A.|title=Martial law proclaimed|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1278135|access-date=7 August 2017 |newspaper=Dawn |date=17 August 2016|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On 22 July 1978, [[Air Chief Marshal|ACM]] Zulfiqar Ali Khan tendered his resignation from the command of the air force over the disagreement with the [[Operation Fair Play|military take over]] of the civilian government, and handed over the command to newly appointed Air Chief Marshal [[Anwar Shamim]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Arif |first1=General K. M. |author-link=Khalid Mahmud Arif |year=2001 |title=Khaki Shadows: The Pakistan Army, 1947–1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=190 |isbn=9780195793963}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Foreign service==&lt;br /&gt;
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Upon retirement, Zulfikar Ali Khan joined the [[Foreign Service of Pakistan|Foreign Service]] and was appointed [[:Category:Ambassadors of Pakistan to Switzerland|Pakistan Ambassador to Switzerland]] which he tenured from 1979 until 1981.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|title=The Gazette of Pakistan|date=1979|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KrlPAQAAMAAJ|page=362 |access-date=7 August 2017|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1989, he was appointed as chief investigator to lead investigations on [[Operation Midnight Jackal|possible military funding to political parties]] by the [[Pakistani intelligence community|intelligence community]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|last1=Gul|first1=Imtiaz|title=The Most Dangerous Place: Pakistan&amp;#039;s Lawless Frontier|date=2010|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9781101434765|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MgjxPyxAVV0C&amp;amp;pg=PT158|page=contents|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|last1=Levy|first1=Adrian|last2=Scott-Clark|first2=Catherine|title=Deception: Pakistan, the United States, and the Secret Trade in Nuclear Weapons|date=2010|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA|isbn=9780802718600|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bvRyTJjiBoAC&amp;amp;pg=PA188|page=188|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1989, Prime Minister [[Benazir Bhutto]] appointed him as the [[Pakistan Ambassador to the United States]] and took over the charge shortly in [[Washington D.C.|Washington DC]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|last1=NA|first1=NA|title=The Statesman&amp;#039;s Yearbook: 1991–92|date=2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=9780230271203|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FaXPDQAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PA978|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rp|978}} However, his tenureship was marked with controversy involving the continuation of [[Pakistan and its Nuclear Deterrent Program|atomic deterrence]] which he failed to cover-up in the United States.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dawn Newspaper, 2009&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; In 1990, he was removed from his post and returned to Pakistan after serving as ambassador for only a year.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dawn Newspaper, 2009&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Death==&lt;br /&gt;
On 8 March 2005, Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan died of cardiac arrest in [[Islamabad]] when he suffered a heart attack at his residence and was taken to the [[PAF Hospitals|PAF Hospital]], but the doctors pronounced him dead.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Dawn Newspaper, 2005 (staff)&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; He was given a state funeral with full honours.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://pakistantimes.net/2005/03/10/national5.htm |title=Pakistan Air Force Ex-Chief Zulfiqar Ali Khan laid to rest |access-date=12 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614061800/http://pakistantimes.net/2005/03/10/national5.htm |archive-date=14 June 2011 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Begum Sajida Zulifqar, wife of Air Chief Marshal Zulifqar Ali Khan, died on 30 September 2012 and her funeral prayers were attended by all former PAF Air Chiefs, politicians, bureaucrats, senior serving and retired military officials and a large number of people from all walks of life.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-135206-Laid-to-rest |title=Laid to rest |newspaper=The News |access-date=7 January 2022}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Awards and Decorations ==&lt;br /&gt;
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|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War.png|width=130}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War.png|width=130}}&lt;br /&gt;
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Republic Medal 1956 (Pakistan).png|width=130}}&lt;br /&gt;
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|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|(Military)]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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(&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Order of Excellence&amp;#039;&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Civil decorations of Pakistan|Sitara-e-Khidmat]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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(&amp;#039;&amp;#039;War Medal 1965&amp;#039;&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
(&amp;#039;&amp;#039;War Medal 1971&amp;#039;&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces|Tamgha-e-Jamhuria]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
(&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Republic Commemoration Medal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Foreign Decorations ===&lt;br /&gt;
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!&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;{{flag|USA}}&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Legion of Merit#Insignia|The Legion of Merit (Degree of Commander)]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.paffalcons.com/cas/zulfiqar-khan.php Bio of Air Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan]&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.paffalcons.com/cas/index.php PAF s&amp;#039; Chief of the Air Staffs]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081205093242/http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/spedition/2005_year_supp/p6.htm Air Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan, Former chief of air staff, dies]&lt;br /&gt;
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