Ghulam Jilani Khan

Lieutenant General Ghulam Jilani Khan غلام جيلانى خان HI(M) SBt
21st Governor of Punjab
In office 1 May 1980 – 30 December 1985
President	Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Preceded by	Sawar Khan
Succeeded by	Sajjad Hussain Qureshi
Defence Secretary of Pakistan
In office 6 October 1977 – 4 April 1980
President	General Zia-ul-Haq
Preceded by	Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Succeeded by	Muhammad Riaz
5th Director General of the ISI
In office 16 December 1971 – 16 September 1978
Preceded by	Akbar Khan
Succeeded by	Muhammad Riaz
Personal details
Born	Ghulam Jilani Khan 1924 Gujranwala, Punjab, British India
Died	1999 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistan
Relations	Zia Ullah Khan
Children	Shaukat Jilani Khan Usman Jilani Khan Saulat Jilani Khan Omer Jilani Khan Sadia Jilani Khan
Education	The Doon School Indian Military Academy
Occupation	Soldier and military administrator
Cabinet	Zia regime
Awards	Hilal-i-Imtiaz Sitara-i-Basalat
Military service
Allegiance	British India (1944-47) Pakistan (1947-85)
Branch/service	British Indian Army Pakistan Army
Years of service	1944–1985
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Unit	10th Baluch Regiment Military Intelligence Corps
Commands	Military Intelligence (MI) Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)
Battles/wars	Second World War Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Other work	Founder Chand Bagh School

Ghulam Jilani Khan HI(M) SBt (Punjabi, Urdu: غلام جيلانى خان, 1924-1999) was a senior general of the Pakistan Army who served as the 14th Governor of Punjab Province and 11th Defence Secretary of Pakistan in the military government of President General Zia-ul-Haq.

Jilani was a junior officer in the Indian Army and served with distinction in the Second World War, then with the independence of 1947 opted for Pakistan and took a leave of absence to join the fighting in Kashmir as an irregular. He joined the Military Intelligence Directorate and commanded field operations in the 1965 and 1971 wars against India. In 1971 he assumed the directorship of the Directorate-General for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). After six years there, he assisted General Zia in the operation code-named Fair Play to remove Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, subsequently joining Zia's military administration as Secretary General at the Ministry of Defence. In 1980 he was appointed martial law administrator and Governor of the Punjab Province, which he governed until 1985. He is also known as the chief architect of Pakistan Muslim League faction and mentor of Nawaz Sharif.^[1]

In retirement he was the principal founder of Chand Bagh School.