Sadiq-ur-Rashid Ibrahim Abbasi explained

Sadiq-ur-Rashid Ibrahim Abbasi
Honorific Prefix:Lt. Gen.
Birth Place:Pakistan
Death Place:Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi
Resting Place:The Abbasi Royal Graveyard
Education:
Spouse:Begum Yasmin Sultana
Children:3
Termstart:18 September 1978
Termend:6 April 1984
Predecessor:Abdul Kadir Shaikh
Successor:Jahan Dad Khan
Office1:Commander V Corps
Termend1:March 1980
Termstart1:September 1978
Preceded1:General Iqbal Khan
Successor1:Ahmad Jamal Khan
Serviceyears:1948–1984
Allegiance: Pakistan
Rank: Lieutenant General
Unit:1 Mountain Pakistan Army Regiment of Artillery

Lieutenant General Sahibzada Muhammad Sadiq ur-Rashid Ibrahim Abbasi (Urdu: {{nq|صادق الرشید ابراہیم عباسی; 1928–2002), also known as S.M. Abbasi, was a three star general in the Pakistani Army, Governor of Sindh (military administration) and member of the Bahawalpur royal family.

Early life and education

He was born in Bahawalpur into the Bahawalpur royal family and received his early education from Aitchison College at Lahore.

Military career

He joined the Royal Pakistan Army. He was commissioned in the 1 Mountain Regiment of the Royal Pakistan Artillery on 25 November 1948 as a 2nd Lieutenant. During this time, he received his military education from the Royal Indian Military Academy in Dehra Dun, India, Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul, Royal Pakistan Artillery School in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Royal Artillery School in Larkhill, Wilts.

He remained Major General Artillery (now called DG Arty) and was promoted to rank of Lieutenant-General in 1978. He became commander of V Corps in Karachi from 1978 to 1980. During this time, he also served as martial law administrator Zone D (Baluchistan) in General Zia ul Haq.

Military Governor

He served as Governor of Sindh (military administration) starting 18 September 1978. The same year on his orders, a protest in Nawabshah (see: Human rights abuses in Pakistan under Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq) was crushed using military combat helicopters which resulted in hundreds of deaths of supporters of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.[1]

On 8 June 1982, he laid the foundation stones of the Al-Markaz Islami Centre with a goal of promoting Islamic traditions and culture in Sindh.[2]

After the execution of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on 4 April 1979, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq flew to Karachi to discuss the burial arrangements of Bhutto with Abbasi who was then Governor of Sindh.[3]

Personal life

He married Begum Yasmin Sultana daughter of Mir Maqbul Mahmud, in Lahore on 27 February 1960.

Death

He died from heart failure at the Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi on 21 March 2002. He is buried at Nawabi Cemetery, Fort Derawar. He had one son and two daughters.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Abbasi . Imtial Ahmed . An Analytical Study of Political Parties during Zia Era with Special Reference to Pakistan People Party (1977-1988) . Pakistan Research Repository . 23 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Iqbal . Nasir . SC asks Sindh govt to explain why it converted Islamic centre into cinema . DAWN.COM . 23 October 2022 . en . 21 April 2016.
  3. Book: Rizvi . H. . Military, State and Society in Pakistan . Springer . 23 October 2022 . en . 15 May 2000. 9780230599048 .