Masood Sharif Khan Khattak, Date of Birth

    

Masood Sharif Khan Khattak

Pakistani politician

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1950

Profession: politician

Nationality: Pakistan

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


Show Famous Birthdays Today, Pakistan

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About Masood Sharif Khan Khattak

  • Major Masood Sharif Khan Khattak {Urdu: ????? ???? ??? ???); born 5 June 1950 in the city of Karak- Karak, West Pakistan is a civilian intelligence officer and the first and former Director General of the Intelligence Bureau (I.B).
  • He has served as the Vice-President of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians(PPPP) under the leadership of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto.
  • He also led a famous intelligence operation named Midnight Jackals, which thwarted a military coupe attempt of the elected PPP government in 1990.
  • He was imprisoned in 1996 by the government of Farooq Leghari where he was charged with launching widespread wiretapping against government officials. In 2002 he was appointed as the Senior Vice-President of Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarian.
  • He was defeated in the 2002 general elections by a candidate of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal in his home constituency NA-15(KARAK KPK).
  • He resigned from the PPP in 2007 in protest against political arrangements (In famous NRO deal) of Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians with Gen.
  • Musharaf.
  • He Joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on 11 November with the meeting with chairman Imran Khan.

Read more at Wikipedia