Brigadier ali khan biography for kids
Brigadier ali khan biography for kids
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Ali Khan (brigadier)
Pakistan Army
Ali Khan is a former brigadier of Pakistan Army who was arrested in May 2011 for links with banned Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir.[1] According to CNN he was the senior most Pakistani officer to face such allegations since 1995.
His arrest raised suspicions of infiltration by Islamic fundamentalists into the senior officer corps of Pakistani Army.[2][3]
Background
HuT has been banned in Pakistan since 2004.[4] HuT has long been accused of trying to infiltrate Pakistan's military and in the aftermath of the American raid that killed Osama bin-Laden it distributed pamphlets near Pakistani military bases calling on officers to overthrow the government and establish an Islamic caliphate.[5] Two other Pakistani army officers were court-martialed in 2010 for links with Hizb ut-Tahrir.[1]
Career
Khan belonged to Punjab had joined the army in 1979 and had a distinguished career