Shafaat Ullah Shah: Difference between revisions

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[[Lieutenant general (Pakistan)|Lieutenant General]] '''Shafaat Ullah Shah''' {{small|{{small|[[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|HI(M)]]}}}} ({{lang-ur|{{nq|شفاعت اللہ شاہ}}}}; born 28 August 1953) is a retired [[Three-star rank|three star]] general of the [[Pakistan Army]], diplomat, and author. He often writes for the [[Pakistan Armed Forces]] magazine, ''"Hilal English"''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hilal.gov.pk/eng-article/detail/NTQzNg==.html |title=The Ethics of Military Profession |website=www.hilal.gov.pk}}</ref> He has served as Chief of Logistics Staff at the [[General Headquarters (Pakistan Army)|GHQ]], [[Colonel commandant|Colonel Commandant]] of the [[Baloch Regiment]], [[IV Corps (Pakistan)|Commander IV Corps]], and as [[Military Secretary (Pakistan)|Military Secretary]] to [[Pervez Musharraf|President Musharraf]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-2008-03-25-voa49/349921.html |title=Pakistan's Army Chief Replaces Commanders Promoted by Musharraf |publisher=Voanews.com |date=1 November 2009 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>

He was enrolled in the [[Abbottabad Public School]] in class 7,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://aps.edu.pk/proud-abtonians/ |title=Proud Abtonians |website=Abbottabad Public School |access-date=26 October 2022 |archive-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024125545/https://aps.edu.pk/proud-abtonians/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and did his Faculty of Sciences (FSc) from there before he joined the Army. He wanted to become a doctor but wasn't selected into [[King Edward Medical University]] so his father made him join the [[Pakistan Army]]. He is also an honors graduate of the [[Staff College, Camberley|Staff College in Camberley]] and the [[National Defence University, Pakistan|National Defence College]].

===Aide to the Governor of Balochistan===

Shah had served as [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]] to the [[Governor of Balochistan, Pakistan|Governor of Balochistan,]], [[Ahmad of Kalat]], from 1974 to 1976.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=INFANTRY28 |author=Shafaat Shah |number=1147559550503047168 |title=I had known MG Bukhara when he was IG FC & I was ADC to Governor Baluchistan.A very handsome, composed & professional officer.May Allah Bless his soul.I am amazed how his daughter can be so anti Pakistan & anti that very Army for which her father had pledged to lay even his life?|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>

Shah was appointed as [[Military Secretary (Pakistan)|Military Secretary]] to [[Pervez Musharraf|President Musharraf]], replacing [[Nadeem Taj]]. He took charge on 25 December 2003, the same day when there was a suicide attack on [[Pervez Musharraf|Musharraf]] in [[Rawalpindi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1919095/reality-pulwama-incident |title=The reality of Pulwama incident |newspaper=[[The Express Tribune]] |date=26 February 2019|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> As his aide, he was actively involved in his two major diplomatic initiatives. First, to normalize strained relations with neighboring India, back-channel diplomacy was initiated to resolve the contentious issue of [[Kashmir]]. ParticipatedHe participated in many meetings between [[Pervez Musharraf|Musharraf]] and [[Indian Prime Minister]], [[Manmohan Singh]] on the sidelines of [[United Nations General Assembly|UN General Assembly]] meetings and in [[Delhi|Dehli]] in 2005.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Musharraf Begins Visit to India |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/musharraf-begins-visit-to-india-1.1176161 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=16 April 2005 |language=en}}</ref>

The back-channel contacts and meetings lead to the formalization of the Musharraf-Manmohan 'Four Point' Formula which was to be inked during [[Manmohan Singh]]'s visit to Pakistan in July 2007<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hilal.gov.pk/index.php/her-article/one-on-one-with-vaneeza-ahmed/Mzk2MQ==.html |title=Kashmir: The Way Forward |work=Hilal For Her |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026212632/https://www.hilal.gov.pk/index.php/her-article/one-on-one-with-vaneeza-ahmed/Mzk2MQ==.html |archive-date=26 October 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> but due to the events leading up to the [[2007 Pakistani state of emergency|2007 Pakistani state of emergency & judicial crisis]] in Pakistan, the scheduled visit was cancelled and with it extinguished the hope of a resolution ofto the [[Kashmir]] dispute. Second, MusharrafsMusharraf's initiative of a [[rapprochement]] with Israel through informal contacts.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1442182 |title=2005: When Pakistan and Israel explored closer bilateral ties |date=30 October 2018 |newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]}}</ref> [[Pervez Musharraf|Musharraf]] attended a dinner by the Jewish community in honor of him in New York on the sidelines of the September 2005 [[United Nations General Assembly|UN General Assembly]] meeting.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRECB-2005-pt16/html/CRECB-2005-pt16-Pg21373-4.htm |title=Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 16 - Speech of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to the American Jewish Council for World Jewry |publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office]] |date=27 September 2005 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>

Shah was made [[IV Corps (Pakistan)|Commander IV Corps]] after the retirement of [[IV Corps (Pakistan)|Commander IV Corps]] [[Lieutenant general (Pakistan)|Lt. Gen.]] [[Shahid Aziz]].{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

As [[IV Corps (Pakistan)|Commander IV Corps]] he isconceptualised theand patronmade offirst theever [[medical college]] associated with [[Combined Military Hospital Lahore|Combined Military Hospital Lahore in a span of five months]] .<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/3464119 |title=Role of medical profession highlighted |date=17 December 2007}}</ref>

He established the Cardiac Centre, Trauma, and Diagnostic centers at CMH Lahore.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=No PR-166/2008 of March, 29, 2008 |url=https://ispr.gov.pk/press-release-detail.php?id=361|journal=Inter Service Public Relations}}</ref> During Shah's tenure, to support to a government initiative to establish a new university in Pakistan, the Pakistan Army’s Lahore Corps donated 80 Acres of [[Defence Housing Authority]] land, to the [[Graz University of Technology]] to establish its campus.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Work opens on S&T varsity |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/219609/newspaper/newspaper/column |newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date= November 19, 2006}}</ref> He also established a first ever polytechnic providing technical skills to the youth from all over Pakistan, by Army,with free boarding and lodging.

According to him, he had bought the flat as an investment property in order to pay for his son's education.<ref>{{Cite tweet |first=SHAFAAT |last=SHAH |user=INFANTRY28 |number=1444884269051039745 |title=Education of my son and due to depreciation of Rs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004043732/https://twitter.com/INFANTRY28/status/1444884269051039745 |archive-date=4 October 2021 |url-status=live |link=no}}</ref> and it had been declared in all of his tax returns and even to the Army Authorities at the time of purchase .<ref name="tpd.shah.2021.10.06"/>

He also doubted the intentions of the journalists who reported the story. He further tweeted that "Oneone of the journalists involved with investigations, Malia Pulitzer, has recently stayed in India for 2 years and it is a typical [[Research and Analysis Wing|RAW]] practice to malign Pakistan Army officers with criminals".<ref name="practice"/>

The names of more than 300 Indians,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/offshore-havens-300-indians-on-pandora-list-320251 | title=Offshore havens: 300 Indians on Pandora list|date=25 October 2021|work=Tribune India }}</ref> and 700 Pakistanis, including [[Pakistan People's Party|PPP]] and [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|PTI]] ministers, were brought to light by the ICIJ in October 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://arynews.tv/700-pakistanis-pandora-papers-leak/ |title=More than 700 Pakistanis named in Pandora Papers leak |date=3 October 2021|work=ARY News}}</ref>

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||'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War]]'''

''(War Medal 1971)'''