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Nazir Latif, (Born:July 10, 1927– June 30, 2011),(SJ and Bar

Sitara-e-Jurat

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) was a one-star general officer in the Pakistan Air Force

Pakistan Air Force

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and a former director-general of the Operations and Plans at the Air Headquarters, Islamabad. Latif was one of the distinguished Chrisitian

Christianity in Pakistan

Christianity is the largest religious minority in Pakistan. The total number of Christians in Pakistan is approximately 2,800,000 in 2008, or 1.6% of the population. Of these, approximately half are Roman Catholic and half Protestant...

pilots who participated and fought, for Pakistan side, in 1965 Indo-Pak War

Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 was a culmination of skirmishes that took place between April 1965 and September 1965 between Pakistan and India. This conflict became known as the Second Kashmir War fought by India and Pakistan over the disputed region of Kashmir, the first having been fought in 1947...

and the 1971 Winter War

Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

Early life

Nazir Latif was born into a highly educated Christian family in 1927. Bill Latif grew up in Rawalpindi, where his father was a well-known professor of psychology

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and had done his doctorate

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at Princeton University

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. His father later taught at FC College in Lahore

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as a full professor. Bill Latif had always wanted to be a fighter pilot and joined the Pakistan Air Force

Pakistan Air Force

soon after the Partition

Partition of India

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. He was accepted in Pakistan Air Force Academy

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in 1947. He did 8th GD pilot’s course but because of his high standard in flying, was upgraded to the 7th GD (P) course and graduated in 1950. Nazir was sent to Great Britain

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where he attended and graduated from Royal Air Force College Cranwell

Royal Air Force College Cranwell

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in 1954.

In 1958, he was promoted to Wing Commander

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as Air Marshal

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Asghar Khan

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assumed as Chief of Chief of Air Staff

Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)

The Chief of the Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force, abbreviated as CAS, is typically the highest ranking 4-star rank officer in the Pakistan Air Force, unless a four-star officer is appointed as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. The CAS is a senior and permanent member of the...

of the Pakistan Air Force.

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