Muhammad Riaz Khan | |
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![]() Riaz in the late 1970s | |
11th Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence | |
In office October 1977 –26 April 1979 | |
Preceded by | Ghulam Jilani Khan |
Succeeded by | Akhtar Abdur Rahman |
Personal details | |
Died | 26 April 1979 |
Resting place | Dewal Sharif,Murree |
Relations | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (son-in-law) (former Prime Minister of Pakistan) |
Military service | |
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Commands | Adjutant-General of the Pakistan Army Director General,Inter-Services Intelligence |
Major General Muhammad Riaz Khan [a] was a two-star rank Pakistan Army general who was the eleventh Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI),serving from October 1977 until his death on 26 April 1979. [1] [2] [3]
Prior to that,he served at the General Headquarters as Adjutant-General of the Pakistan Army. [4]
Muhammad Riaz Khan belonged to Dhund Abbasi tribe of the Murree region.
Riaz was well-regarded amongst the military establishment,and described as "religious minded,scrupulously honest,thoroughly professional and a committed soldier... a man of unimpeachable honesty and integrity." [4] Although he presided over the ISI for a short term,his tenure,which occurred during Zia's era,coincided with a tumultuous period in Pakistan–U.S. relations:Bhutto's execution,the Carter administration's sanctions against Pakistan's nuclear program,the U.S. embassy burning in Islamabad,the Soviet buildup in Afghanistan,and the CIA's expanding cooperation with ISI. [4]
Riaz died on 26 April 1979 from cardiac arrest. [5] Riaz was succeeded by Akhtar Abdur Rahman. [4]
His son-in-law,Shahid Khaqan Abbasi,became a prominent politician and was appointed as the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2017. [1] [6]