Ghulam safdar butt
Ghulam Safdar Butt غلام صفدر بٹ | |
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| Ghulam Safdar Butt | |
| Birth name | Ghulam Safdar Butt |
| Nickname(s) | Safdar |
| Born | 13 March 1928 Sukkur, Sindh, British Indian Empire, (present-day India) |
| Died | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Buried | Cavalry Grounds Graveyard, Lahore |
| Allegiance |  Pakistan |
| Service/ |  Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1948–1987 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant-General |
| Service number | PA – 2725 |
| Unit | Corps of Engineers, Pakistan Army |
| Commands held | [[DG Frontier Works Organization]] [[DG Lowari Tunnel Organization]] [[Managing Director Pak Arab Refinery Co PARCO]], Military Engineering Service Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers |
| Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
| Awards | [[Sitara-e-Bisalat. “Star of good conduct”]] [[Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military). “Moon of Distinction”]] |
| Other work | Chairman Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Ltd (SNGPL) |
Lieutenant General Dr. Ghulam Safdar Butt was the first three-star general in the Corps of Engineers of the Pakistan Army. He also held the honour of being the first PhD graduate of the Pakistan Army. Commissioned in 1950 after graduating from the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), he was part of the 1st PMA long course Archived 2018-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, which was the first course to graduate from the PMA that was selected, trained, and graduated in Pakistan after its partition from India on 14 August 1947. He had an illustrious career, starting from professorship at the military college of engineering; professor of highways, airfields, soil and foundation engineering; integral work on the Karakoram Highway (KKH); platoon commander at PMA; Director General Frontier Works Organization (FWO); Director General Lowari Tunnel Organization (LTO); Managing Director Pak Arab Refinery Co (PARCO); Chairman Water & Power Development Authority (WAPDA); Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB); Chairman National Highway Authority (NHA); and finally Chairman Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Ltd (SNGPL), were some of the prestigious posts held by him in his career.
Lt Gen. Dr. Ghulam Safdar Butt (1928–2006) was a former president of the Pakistan Cricket Board, serving in that position from February 1984 to February 1988. He was a founding member, Secretary-General, and President of the Alpine Club of Pakistan. A passionate mountaineer, he died on May 1, 2006, after a brief illness at the age of 78, and was buried the same day.
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