Naeem Khalid Lodhi
Naeem Khalid Lodhi | |
|---|---|
| Federal Minister for National Security (caretaker) | |
| In office 27 June 2018 – 18 August 2018 | |
| Minister for Defence Production (caretaker) | |
| In office 27 June 2018 – 16 August 2018 | |
| CEO Fauji Fertilizer Company | |
| In office March 2012 – March 2015[1] | |
| Defence Secretary of Pakistan | |
| In office 28 November 2011 – 11 January 2012 | |
| Commander XXXI Corps | |
| In office October 2009 – March 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Pakistan Command and Staff College National Defence University |
| Awards | Hilal-i-Imtiaz |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Pakistan |
| Branch/service |  Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1974-2011 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Unit | Corps of Engineers |
Lieutenant General Naeem Khalid Lodhi is a retired three-star rank general who after retirement has also served as the Federal Minister for National Security, Minister for Defence Production, CEO Fauji Fertilizer Company.
Early life[edit]
Education[edit]
He has a Bachelors's in Civil Engineering and is a graduate of Pakistan Command and Staff College and National Defence University. He also holds a Masters' in International Relations.
Military career[edit]
He was commissioned in the Army on 27 October 1974 in the Corps of Engineers.[2]
He has served on various command, staff, and instructional assignments in his career in the Army including the important appointments of Directing Staff at the National Defence University, Pakistan, Commander Corps Engineers, Director General Engineering Directorate, Director General Staff Duties Directorate, General Officer Commanding Bahawalpur, General Headquarters Rawalpindi and Corps Commander Bahawalpur. On account of his distinguished military service, he has been conferred the award of Hilal-i-Imtiaz (M).
Retirement[edit]
He retired from the army in March 2011.
Later career[edit]
Lodhi was made Defence Secretary of Pakistan on 28 November 2011.[3] He was replaced by Nargis Sethi on 12 January 2012.
He has also remained the Chief Executive and Managing Director of Fauji Fertilizer Co. Ltd & FFC Energy Limited.
Lodhi has written various articles columns in different National and International newspapers. Now he is working in an Engineering Firm, H-Cube Pvt Ltd.,[4] as a consultant and adviser.
On 27 June 2018, Lodhi was made Minister of Defence in a Caretaker Government before the 2018 Pakistani general election.
He frequently appears on TV shows as a defence analyst.[5]
Awards and decorations[edit]
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| Hilal-e-Imtiaz
(Crescent of Excellence) |
Tamgha-e-Diffa
(General Service Medal) Siachen Glacier Clasp 2002 | ||
| Tamgha-e-Baqa
1998 |
Tamgha-e-Istaqlal Pakistan
2002 |
Hijri Tamgha
(Medal of Conviction) (1979) |
10 Years Service Medal |
| 20 Years Service Medal | 30 Years Service Medal | 35 Years Service Medal | Jamhuriat Tamgha
(Democracy Medal) 1988 |
| Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha
(Resolution Day Golden Jubilee Medal) 1990 |
Tamgha-e-Salgirah Pakistan
(Independence Day Golden Jubilee Medal) 1997 |
Command & Staff College Quetta
Student's Medal |
Tamgha-e-Sad Saala Jashan-e-
(100th Birth Anniversary of 1976 |
References[edit]
- Pakistani generals
- Living people
- Pakistani civil engineers
- 20th-century Pakistani military personnel
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- 20th-century Pakistani engineers
- 21st-century Pakistani military personnel
- Pakistani military officers
- National Defence University, Pakistan alumni
- Pakistan Military Academy alumni
- Graduates of the Staff College, Quetta
- Pakistan Command and Staff College alumni
- Pakistani civil servants
- Academic staff of the National Defence University, Pakistan
- Pakistani scientists
- Recipients of Hilal-i-Imtiaz