Safdar Butt

Ghulam Safdar Butt غلام صفدر بٹ‎
Birth name	Ghulam Safdar Butt
Nickname(s)	Safdar
Born	(1928-03-13)13 March 1928 Sukkur, Sindh, British Indian Empire, (present-day India)
Died	1 May 2006(2006-05-01) (aged 78) Lahore, Pakistan
Buried at	Cavalry Grounds Grave yard. Lahore
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1948-1987
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Service number	PA – 2725
Unit	Corps of Engineers, Pakistan Army
Commands held	DG Frontier Works Organization, DG Lowari Tunnel Organization, Managing Director Pak-Arab Refinery Arab Refinery Co PARCO, Military Engineering Service Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Awards	Sitara-e-Basalat “Star of good conduct”, Hilal-i-Imtiaz, Military “Moon of Distinction”
Other work	Chairman Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Ltd (SNGPL)

Lieutenant General Dr. Ghulam Safdar Butt was the first three star general in the Corps of engineers of Pakistan Army. He also held the honour of being the first PhD of Pakistan army. Commissioned in 1950 after graduating from the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) he was part of the 1st PMA long course which was the first course to graduate from the PMA that was selected trained and graduated in Pakistan after its partition from India in 14 August 947. He had an illustrious career starting from professorship at the military college of engineering, professor of highways, airfields, soil and foundation engineering, integral work on the Karakorum Highway KKH, platoon commander at PMA, Director General Frontier Works Organization (FWO), Director General Lowari Tunnel Organization (LTO), Managing Director Pak Arab Refinery Co (PARCO), Chairman Water & Power Development Authority (WAPDA), Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Chairman National Highway Authority (NHA) and finally Chairman Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Ltd (SNGPL) were some of the prestigious posts held by him in his career.

Lt Gen. Ghulam Safdar Butt (1928-2006) was a former president of the Pakistan Cricket Board, serving in that position from February 1984 to February 1988. He was a founding member, Secretary General and President of the Alpine Club of Pakistan. A passionate mountaineer, he died on May 1, 2006, after an aggressive bout with a brain tumor at the age of 78, and was buried the same day.^[1]

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