Gohar Ayub Khan
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Gohar Ayub Khan 🇵🇰

گوہر ایوب خان (Known as "Gohar Ayub Khan")
["politician","foreign_minister","speaker_of_national_assembly","military_officer"]
Born Jan 15, 1937 🇵🇰 Rehana, Pakistan
Passed Away Nov 17, 2023 Islamabad, Pakistan
Lifespan 86 years old
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"A nation's sovereignty cannot be mortgaged to foreign pressure when national survival is on the line."

Archival Overview

Pakistani statesman, military officer, and politician who served as the 14th Speaker of the National Assembly (1990–1993) and Foreign Minister of Pakistan (1997–1998) during Pakistan's historic nuclear tests in May 1998.

Biographical Record

Gohar Ayub Khan was born in Rehana, Hazara, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), the son of Field Marshal Ayub Khan, Pakistan's second President. Educated at Army Burn Hall College in Abbottabad and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in England, he served as a captain in the Pakistan Army before resigning in 1962 to enter industrial business and politics.

Khan was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan five times. From 1990 to 1993, he served as Speaker of the National Assembly, guiding the legislature through contentious constitutional crises. In 1997, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appointed Khan as Minister for Foreign Affairs. As Pakistan's chief diplomat during the nuclear crisis of May 1998 following India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests, Khan played a key role in defending Pakistan's decision to conduct the Chagai-I reciprocal nuclear tests before the United Nations and the international community. He authored several memoirs on Pakistani political history.

Key Life Milestones

November 4, 1990

Elected Speaker of the National Assembly

Elected 14th Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, presiding over parliamentary proceedings for three years.

May 28, 1998

Foreign Minister During Chagai-I Nuclear Tests

Led Pakistan's foreign ministry as the country conducted its first successful nuclear weapons tests in Balochistan.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Village Cemetery Rehana
Haripur, Pakistan
GPS: 33.9989, 72.9344
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