Alam Khattak
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Tamgha-e-Basalat
Alam Khattak محمّدخٹک | |
|---|---|
| Defence Secretary of Pakistan | |
| In office August 2014 – August 2016 | |
| Commander Southern Command & XII Corps | |
| In office October 2011 – September 2013 | |
| Chief of Logistic Staff | |
| In office September 2009 – October 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Muhammad Alam Khattak |
| Parent | Muhammad Akram Khattak (father) |
| Awards | Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Basalat |
| Nickname | Khattak |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Pakistan |
| Branch/service |  Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1975 – 2013 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant General |
| Unit | Frontier Force Regiment (14th FF) |
| Commands | 41st Infantry Division, Quetta IG Frontier Corps (NWFP) Deputy Chief of General Staff (DCGS) Chief of Logistics Staff (CLS) Southern Command, Quetta |
| Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1999 Balochistan conflict War in North-West Pakistan |
Muhammad Alam Khan Khattak, HI(M), TBt, was a Pakistan Army general who was the Commander of Southern Command based at Quetta and later served as the country's Federal Defence Secretary.[1] He took over the command in October 2011[2] after staying as Chief of Logistics Staff (CLS) at the Army GHQ for two years.[3]
He was previously in charge of the Frontier Corps as its Inspector-General and led it most notably in the War in North-West Pakistan from 2006 to 2008. Before that, he led the Quetta Infantry Division in the ongoing insurgency in Balochistan from 2004 to 2006.
Alam Khattak was born in Nowshera village of Dak Ismail Khel and is an ethnic Pashtun from the Khattak tribe. He was commissioned in the Pakistan Army's famed 14th Frontier Force Regiment in April 1975 in the 51st PMA Long Course.
Insurgency in Balochistan
Khattak first came to prominence in 2004-2006, when as commander of Pakistan's 41st Infantry Division in Quetta he was thrust into battle against Balochi tribal militants. Despite a few early setbacks he was able to more or less control/contain the militancy, through a combination of diplomacy (he helped to create a tribal militia to counter the militants called the "Marri Force") and decisive action when merited.
