Majeed Malik

Lieutenant general Abdul Majeed Malik
Minister of Kashmir Affairs & Northern Areas
In office 11 July 1997 – 12 September 1999
President	Wasim Sajjad (Acting) Muhammad Rafiq Tarar
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif
Minister of States & Frontier Regions
In office 11 July 1997 – 12 September 1999
Minister of Petroleum
In office 11 August 1990 – 6 November 1990
President	Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Prime Minister	Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
Member of National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 15 February 1997 – 12 October 1999
Constituency	NA-64
In office 15 October 1993 – 5 November 1996
Constituency	NA-64
In office 3 November 1990 – 18 July 1993
Constituency	NA-64
In office 30 November 1988 – 6 August 1990
Constituency	NA-64
Personal details
Born	1919 (1919) Punjab, Pakistan
Died	3 June 2016(2016-06-03) (aged 96–97) Islamabad, Pakistan[1]
Military career
Buried	Jand, Chakwal
Allegiance	Pakistan  United Kingdom
Service/branch	Pakistan Army  British India
Years of service	1939–1976[2]
Rank	Lieutenant general Commissioned officer
Unit	11th Infantry Division Punjab Regiment
Commands held	Special Services Group Military Operations
Battles/wars	World War II Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistan War of 1971
Alma mater	Canadian Army Command and Staff College
Political party	Islami Jamhoori Ittehad
Other political affiliations	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Alma mater	Government Post Graduate College

Abdul Majeed Malik (1919 – 3 June 2016) was a lieutenant general in the Pakistan Army, World War II veteran, diplomat and later politician who served as minister of Kashmir Affairs & Northern Areas and minister of States & Frontier Regions from 11 July 1997 to 12 September 99. Prior to entering in the political race, he served as a director for military operations at general headquarters. Before the partition, he was a commissioned officer in the British Indian Army. He also drafted 1958 martial law, the first military coup of Pakistan.

He was born in 1919 in Jand, Chakwal, British India (in modern-day Punjab, Pakistan). He received his secondary education from a school at Hasola in 1935, and later went to Government High School Chakwal (in modern-day Government Post Graduate College).