Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai

Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai

Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai was the former governor of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, from May 2006 until his resignation in January 2008. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7173324.stm Key Pakistan governor steps down - BBC News] ]

A career soldier in the Pakistan Army, Orakzai served as the Commander Force Command Northern Areas (FCNA), Gilgit as a Major General and then as Adjutant General (AG), GHQ (April 1999 - October 2001) and Corps Commander XI Corps (Pakistan) (October 2001 - March 2004) as a Lieutenant General before finally retiring from the Army in March 2004. After retirement, he served as the Secretary Defence Production (March 2005 - May 2006) in the Government of Pakistan, before being appointed Governor of the NWFP.

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years=25 May, 2006- 6 January, 2008
before= Khalilur Rehman| after=Owais Ahmed Ghani

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