Pakistani diplomat, civil servant and fighter pilot
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Squadron leader
Arshad Sami Khan
Sitara-e-Jurat
Ambassador Arshad Sami Khan
Born
8 January 1942
Died
22 June 2009 (aged 67)
Allegiance
Pakistan
Service/branch
Pakistan Air Force
Rank
Squadron leader
Battles/wars
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Pathankot airstrikes
Awards
Sitara-e-Jurat Sitara-i-Imtiaz Military Medal of Honour (Jordan) Military Medal of Honour (Pahlavi Iran) Military Medal of Honour (Turkey) Special Medal for Services to Humanity (United Nations)
Spouse(s)
Naureen Sami Khan
Children
2, including Adnan Sami
Other work
Diplomat, bureaucrat, author
Arshad Sami Khan (Urdu: ارشد سمیع خان; 8 January 1942 – 22 June 2009) was a Pakistani diplomat, civil servant and fighter pilot who at peak of his career attained the highest rank of Federal Secretary.[1] He started his career as a Pakistan Air Force fighter pilot and later served three presidents of Pakistan as their aide-de-camp (ADC) and later went on to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he served three presidents and four prime ministers as chief of protocol. He was later appointed as a diplomatic ambassador of Pakistan to 14 countries. This was followed by his appointment as the first commissioner general of Pakistan. He was also Federal Secretary of Culture and retired as a top BPS-22 grade bureaucratic officer. He was also the father of singer and music composer Adnan Sami.[2][3][4]
^Adnan Sami: I respect my earlier two wives for the times we shared and for being a part of my life
^Squadron Leader Arshad Sami Khan Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 21 April 2011
^PM visits residence of Arshad Sami to condole his death Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 21 April 2011
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Di Ayi" [یاد سجن دی آوے]) and a duet song with Asha Bhosle and Adnan SamiKhan ("Kabhi to Nazar Milao" [کبھی تو نظر ملاؤ]). Saghar also wrote prose and...
Global Information
Pakistan
Pakistan Air Force
Squadron leader
Sitara-e-Jurat
Sitara-i-Imtiaz
Military Medal of Honour (Jordan)
Military Medal of Honour (Pahlavi Iran)
Military Medal of Honour (Turkey)
Special Medal for Services to Humanity (United Nations)