Muhammad Musa (general)

General Muhammad Musa Khan HPk  HJ  HQA  MBE
4th Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army
In office 27 October 1958 – 17 September 1966
President	Ayub Khan
Preceded by	Ayub Khan
Succeeded by	Yahya Khan
4th Governor of West Pakistan
In office 18 September 1966 – 20 March 1969
President	Ayub Khan
Preceded by	Amir Mohammad
Succeeded by	Yusuf Haroon
10th Governor of Balochistan
In office 17 December 1985 – 12 March 1991
President	Ghulam Ishaq Khan Zia-ul-Haq
Prime Minister	Muhammad Junejo Benazir Bhutto Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by	Gul Jogezai
Succeeded by	Lieutenant General K. K. Afridi
President of the Pakistan Hockey Federation
In office 1960–1966
Preceded by	Naseer Ahmad
Succeeded by	Nur Khan
Personal details
Born	Muhammad Musa (1908-10-20)20 October 1908 Quetta, Baluchistan, British India
Died	12 March 1991(1991-03-12) (aged 82) Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Resting place	Mashhad
Nationality	British Indian (1908–1947) Pakistani (1947–1991)
Political party	Independent Pakistan Muslim League (1985–91)
Relations	Sardar Mehdi Hassan Musa, (Minister Irrigation & Power Balochistan 2002) grandson
Children	5
Parent	Yazdan Khan (father)
Alma mater	Indian Military Academy Command and Staff College Imperial Defence College
Occupation	Military officer Politician
Military service
Allegiance	British India (1926-1947)  Pakistan (1947–1966)
Branch/service	British Indian Army  Pakistan Army
Years of service	1926–1966
Rank	General
Unit	4th Hazara Pioneers Frontier Force Regiment
Commands	14th Infantry Division 8th Infantry Division
Battles/wars	Waziristan campaign World War II Burma campaign North African Campaign Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 Afghanistan-Pakistan Conflict 1961 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Awards	Hilal-e-Pakistan Hilal-e-Jurat Hilal-e-Quaid-e-Azam Order of British Empire

General Muhammad Musa Khan HPk HJ HQA MBE (Urdu: محمد موسی خان; 20 October 1908 – 12 March 1991) was a Pakistani senior military officer who served as the 4th Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Army from 1958 to 1966, under president Ayub Khan. Following his tenure as C-in-C of the Army, he later became a politician.

Gaining commission as a Second lieutenant in the British Indian Army, Khan served with distinction in the Burma and North African campaigns as part of the Allied effort in World War II. Following the Partition of India in 1947, he opted for the Dominion of Pakistan, subsequently transferring his military service to the newly created Pakistan Army. He led a brigade against India during the First Kashmir War in 1947–1948, and eventually ascended the ranks to become the C-in-C of the Army after the 1958 coup d'état. Khan gained notability and public fame throughout Pakistan when he was in command of the Pakistan Army during the Second Kashmir War with India in 1965.

Khan retired shortly after the 1965 war and embarked on a career in national politics, after which he was appointed to serve as the Governor of West Pakistan, a position he held from 1966 to 1969. In 1985, he was appointed as the Governor of Balochistan and remained in office until his death in 1991.