Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

Raja Saroop Khan ( ur, ) was a career

Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ) is the Army, land service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The roots of its modern existence trace back to the British Indian Army that ceased to exist following the partition of India, Partition of British India, wh ...

officer who served as the Governor of Punjab from 1995 to 1996. Raja Saroop Khan was commissioned in the 7th PMA Long Course from

Pakistan Military Academy Pakistan Military Academy ( ur, ), also referred to by its acronym PMA. PMA is an officers training school located near Kakul village in the city and district of Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa established in 1947. It is the sole service academy ...

in 1953. Later in his military career, he stayed as the Vice-Chief of General Staff (VCGS) at the GHQ, commanded an armoured division, and later served in the GHQ as Military Secretary (MS). He was promoted to lieutenant general in March 1984 and given the command of II Corps at Multan. After retiring from the army in March 1988, he started his political career. Raja Saroop Khan died in Rawalpindi on 22 October 2020 due to natural causes.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Raja Saroop Living people Pakistani generals Governors of Punjab, Pakistan Year of birth missing (living people) People from Mirpur, Azad Kashmir Government Gordon College alumni Pakistan Military Academy alumni