(1943-08-28)28 August 1943 Shadikhan, Punjab Province, British India
Died
16 August 2015(2015-08-16) (aged 71) Attock, Punjab, Pakistan
Manner of death
Assassination
Nationality
British Indian (1943–1947) Pakistani (1947–2015)
Political party
PML (N) (2013-2015)
Other political affiliations
PTI (1996–2002) PML (Q) (2002–2007)
Children
Jahangir Khanzada (son)
Alma mater
Islamia College
Awards
Hilal-e-Shujaat[1][2] Tamgha-e-Basalat
Military service
Allegiance
Pakistan
Branch/service
Pakistan Army
Years of service
1967–1994
Rank
Colonel
Unit
13th Lancers
Battles/wars
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Siachen conflict
Colonel Shuja KhanzadaHS TBt (Urdu: شجاع خانزاده; 28 August 1943 – 16 August 2015) was a Pakistani politician and Pakistan Army colonel, who served as the Home Minister of Punjab from 2014 until his assassination on 16 August 2015.[3]
As an army officer, Khanzada fought in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war, before partaking in the Siachen conflict in 1983. Retiring from the military, Khanzada entered politics in 1996. He was elected to the Punjab Provincial Assembly thrice, in 2002, 2008, and 2013; the latter as a PML (N) candidate from his native constituency in Attock.[3][4] Appointed Home Minister in 2014, Khanzada spearheaded the campaign against terrorism and sectarian militancy in Punjab.
On 16 August 2015, Khanzada was assassinated in a suicide attack at his political office in Shadikhan, Attock. The militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) claimed responsibility for the attack, in retaliation for the killing of LeJ chief Malik Ishaq during Khanzada's tenure.[5][6] A number of his family members had been killed in a suicide attack on a funeral near Mardan, two years earlier.[7]
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Hilal-e-Shujaat[1][2]
Tamgha-e-Basalat
Pakistan
Pakistan Army
Colonel