Zulfiqar Ahmad Dhillon

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Zulfiqar Ahmad Dhillon
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Born(1948-10-02)2 October 1948
Addian village, Ferozewala, Sheikhupura, Punjab Pakistan
DiedUnknown
RelationsSon of Chaudry Laal Khan Dhillon, and younger brother of Chaudry Nisar Ahmed Dhillon
Alma mater Government College Lahore
Military service
AllegianceFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Army
RankBrigadier

Zulfiqar Ahmad Dhillon (born October 2, 1948, in Addian village, Punjab) [1] is a Pakistani politician and a retired brigadier in the Pakistan Army. He is a son of Chaudry Laal Khan Dhillon and younger brother of Chaudry Nisar Ahmed Dhillon. [1]

After retiring from the Army, Dhillon was a Pakistani Punjabi politician from the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and served as the provincial minister education for Punjab between 1997 and 1999.

Subsequently, he was elected as a member of Pakistan National Assembly in the 2002 general elections.

He graduated from Government College Lahore in 1959 with a Bsc. in agriculture and then joined the Pakistan Military Academy and was commissioned in 1962.

During his tenure in the Pakistan Army he attended Command and Staff College, Quetta, from 1972 to 1974.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Brig ® Zulfiqar Ahmad Dhillon". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2007.