Ghulam Muhammad Malik

Ghulam Muhammad Malik
Nickname	General G. M. malik
Place of birth	Khushab
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1958–1995
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	X Corps
Commands held	12th Infantry Division Pakistan Military Academy X Corps DG Military Intelligence (DGMI)
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 Indo-Pakistan War of 1971
Other work	Run a Charity NGO in Uk

Lieutenant General Ghulam Muhammad Malik (also called G.M. Malik) is former commander of the X Corps, Rawalpindi of the Pakistan Army. X Corps was responsible to defend the entire Line of Control between Pakistan-administered Kashmir and the Indian-administered Kashmir. He retired from the army in 1995, and has since claimed to be heading an NGO to build "hospitals for the poor in various parts of Pakistan".

Education and career

Gen. Malik belongs to the Awan tribe and he is from Khushab which is one of the prime recruiting areas for Pakistan army. His was one of the most brilliant careers in Pakistan Army. As a cadet in PMA, he was selected to be sent to Royal Military Academy Sandhurst where he was declared the best cadet and won the "Overseas Sword". His family was forcibly converted to Islam during riots.

Lt Gen Ghulam Muhammad Malik is a graduate of PAF Public School Sargodha where he was from 1st Entry (1953–1957).

He joined Pakistan Army in the late 1950s, and rose through to become a Lieutenant General. During his career, he served as commandant Pakistan Military Academy from 1987-1989. He also commanded the elite Special Service Group. In the 1990s, he was given the command of the powerful X Corps. A pall of suspicion was cast on Gen. Malik's career when the coup against Benazir government was foiled in September 1995. Malik was suspected to be involved. However, he was ultimately not charged due to insufficient evidence as "no direct link had been established between him and the coup plotters". In fact, he would have been a victim of the attack on the Corps Commanders Conference which was the target, had the coup been successful.

Malik was known for his "orthodox religious piety" and was a supporter of the controversial religious order Tablighi Jamaat, a 'non-political' Islamic party which "essentially enjoins goodness in society". He was known to "inspire and inculcate religious zeal amongst his junior officers and Jawans".

Lt. Gen. G. M. Malik retired in October 1995 and was succeeded by then DG Military Intelligence (DGMI) Maj Gen Ali Kuli Khan Khattak. Rumours spread that Malik was an associate of Sufi Iqbal of the Tablighi Jamaat, who was known to inspire Jihadi zeal, despite the non-political stand of Tablighi Jamaat. However, no connection between Sufi Iqbal and Gen Malik could be established. It was during his tenure that the Hafiz Saeed, chief of the Islamist terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief was invited at Headquarters X Corps to address officers on "character building". It was Saeed's controversial utterances and that of the other speaker, Major General Zaheerul Islam Abbasi, which compelled many officers to protest loudly. After this incident, the then COAS Gen. Kakar order GM Malik to stop such sessions. General Abbasi was later implicated in a coup attempt. After the investigations, a total of 36 Army officers headed by Maj Gen Zahirul Islam Abbasi and 20 civilians were arrested and tried.

Charitable Activities / Al-Mustafa Trust== After his retirement from the army in 1995, Gen. Malik reportedly worked for a short period with Al-Mustafa trust formed in November 1983 on a small scale by a group of highly motivated intellectuals, social workers, lawyers, doctors, engineers and business executives, who had the passion for philanthropy.

He does not seems to be associated anymore.

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