F. S. Lodhi

LTG
Sardar Farooq Shaukat Khan Lodi
Hilal-i-Imtiaz (MI)
LTG Sardar Farooq Shaukat Khan Lodi Hilal-i-Imtiaz (MI)
فاروق شوکت خان لودھی
22nd Minister of Interior
	In office; 22 January 1985 – 24 March 1985
Preceded by	Mahmoud Haroon
Succeeded by	Aslam Khattak
8th Governor of Balochistan
	In office; 22 March 1984 – 7 July 1984
Preceded by	Rahimuddin Khan
Succeeded by	Khushdil Khan Afridi
Preceded by
Military commands
Corps Commander Lahore
	In office; March 1980 – 22 March 1984
Preceded by	Mohammad Aslam Shah
Succeeded by	Sawar Khan
Chief of General Staff
	In office; March 1978 – June 1980
Preceded by	Abdullah Malik
Succeeded by	Mirza Aslam Beg
Chief Instructor; Pakistan Command and Staff College
	In office; 17 February 1975 – 8 August 1976
Preceded by	Brigadier Mohammad Ahmed
Succeeded by	Brigadier Mohammad Iqbal
Personal details
Born	17 June 1931; Baghdad, Mandatory Iraq
Died	14 September 2004 (aged 73); Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Resting place	Defence Authority Graveyard, Gizri
Spouse	Soraya Lodi
Parent(s)	Sardar Mohammad Abdullah Khan Lodi (father); Jamila Khanum (mother)
Education	St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Baramulla; Sri Pratap College; Pakistan Military Academy; Camberley Staff College;
Occupation	Army Officer (Lieutenant General); Author
Nickname	F.S Lodi
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1948 – 1984
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Unit	East Bengal Regiment
Commands	IV Corps; CG Staff; Divisional Commander Kharian; Chief Instructor Quetta Staff College; Instructor Quetta Staff College; Brigade Commander Lahore; Battalion Commander; Regiment Commander East Pakistan;
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Awards	Hilal-e-Imtiaz (MI)

Lieutenant-General Farooq Shaukat Lodi (Urdu: سردار فاروق شوکت خان لودھی‎; 17 June 1931 – 14 September 2004)^[a], best known as F.S. Lodi, was a Pakistani public official and military officer who served as the Governor of Punjab and Balochistan in 1984, and later serving as the Interior Minister in Zia administration in 1985..^[5]

Born and raised in Iraq, Lodi served in the Pakistan Army where he saw actions against India in 1965 and 1971, and served in command and administrative position in the Pakistani military. After retiring from military, Lodi was known to be a prolific writer on military issues, particularly he wrote on topics relating to Pakistan Army.^[6]

Early life and education

He was born on 17 June 1931 in Baghdad, Mandatory Iraq as Farooq Shaukat Khan Lodi to his father Sardar Mohammad Abdullah Khan Lodi, a British/Imperial civil servant who was posted in Mandatory Iraq in the British Indian Army at the department of Finance. Farooq's mother was Jamila Khanum, a woman known to be of great beauty and high status in Baghdad. The family later returned to Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir and Farooq's father became the accountant general of the Jammu and Kashmir state.^[7]

Farooq did his schooling at St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Baramulla and obtained his FSC from the S. P. College in Srinagar.^{[citation needed]}

Army career

He was first posted to the East Bengal Regiment in East Pakistan where he later commanded an uncertain regiment. Prior to his promotion to the rank of colonel, he was sent to Staff College, Camberley by the Pakistan Army for further training. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, he commanded a brigade in Lahore upon his promotion to the rank of brigadier. After conflict ended between the two countries, he was appointed as an instructor with the second assignment as a chief instructor at the Command and Staff College. He again went to the UK for professional military training.

Upon being promoted to the rank of Major General, he commanded a division in Kharian, Punjab. He later served as a divisional commander during the government of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq.^[5] As a Major General, he was posted as Chief of General Staff from 1978 to March 1980.^[8] He was also assigned to command IV Corps with his last promotion of lieutenant general, during which he also served as governor of Punjab.

Surviving a plane crash

After serving as a governor of Punjab, he was sent from Rawalpindi to Quetta with his second appointment as Governor of Balochistan in 1984.^[5] However, his Cessna aircraft crushed in a remote area and pilot and ADC died in the aviation accident and Lodi received minor injuries.

He was admitted to a local hospital where the doctors gave him a unnecessary blood transfusion that infected him with malaria and later hepatitis C. The infectious disease damaged his liver and he was subsequently airlifted to the Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi where he recovered from disease, and he resumed his duties in Quetta.

Later life

After retiring from the services, he moved to Karachi on the request of his wife where he spent his last days and started teaching in a law college in Karachi, and used to wrote articles for newspapers, including Dawn newspaper^[5] and Outlook magazine.^[9]

As a defence writer, he was among the others who outlined the use of the basic principles of the nuclear doctrine of Pakistan.^[10]

Articles

Lt. Gen. Sardar F. S. Lodi (Retd., Pakistan Army), Pakistan’s Nuclear Doctrine, Pakistan Defence Journal, 1999.^[11]
"The Army's Chequered March". magazine.outlookindia.com. 1 September 1997. Retrieved 29 August 2021. {{cite web}}: External link in |ref= (help)

References

^ "Official Website - Governor House Balochistan". governorbalochistan.gov.pk. 14 January 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "The Chief Instructors". Archived from the original on 5 October 2015.
^ "Last salute to a soldier". www.dawn.com. 7 October 2004. Retrieved 14 January 2023. Lodi's schooling was completed in a private school, St Joseph College, Baramullah, in Kashmir. He then completed his FSc from the Sri Pratap College in Srinagar and followed his eldest brother into the Pakistan Army. He passed out with distinction from the Military Academy.
^ "Last salute to a soldier". www.dawn.com. 7 October 2004. Retrieved 14 January 2023. served as an instructor in the staff college in Quetta and later as the chief instructor and his teachings are followed even to this day. As a brigadier he was again sent to England for a senior officers' course. He was then promoted to the rank of major-general and took command of a division in Kharian. He served with distinction as a divisional commander and his division was singled out for praise by General Ziaul Haq during an inspection visit. General Lodi was then posted as the CGS at army headquarters in Rawalpindi. This post is highly coveted and central to the high command in the army. After finishing his tenure successfully he was promoted to Lt-Gen and given command of the corps in Lahore.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lodi, Dr. F.A. (7 October 2004). "Features; 07 October, 2004". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
^ Chengappa, B.M. (2004). Pakistan, Islamisation, Army and Foreign Policy. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 28. ISBN 978-81-7648-548-7. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
^ "Last salute to a soldier". www.dawn.com. 7 October 2004. Retrieved 14 January 2023. His father, the late Sirdar Mohammad Abdullah Khan Lodi, who served with the British/Indian civil service in Iraq in the Finance Department and married Jamila Khanum, a woman of great beauty and high social status in Baghdad. They returned home and settled in Srinagar, Kashmir, where the general's father was the accountant-general of the Jammu and Kashmir state.
^ Shah, Sabir (11 April 2015). "Five Chiefs of General Staff served as head of Pakistan Army in 64 years". The News International. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
^ "Articles by Lt Gen Sardar F.S. Lodi". magazine.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
^ Kanwal, Colonel Gurmeet (27 May 1998). "India's Nuclear Doctrine and Policy". CIAO. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
^ Kanwal, Gurmeet (2011). "Military Dimensions of the 2002 India-Pakistan Standoff—Planning and Preparation for Land Operations". The India-Pakistan Military Standoff. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 67–95. doi:10.1057/9780230118768_4. ISBN 978-1-349-29209-7.

^ Sardar and Lodi are variously spelled such as Sardar as Sirdar and Lodi as Lodi.