This was recognised by the Government of Bangladesh which conferred upon him a civil award on 1 October 2013 in Dhaka. He finally resigned his commission in 1978. However, he decided to leave the army-on the grounds of being a conscientious objector to the military action in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. Educated at Burn Hall School (now Army Burn Hall College), he joined the army as an armoured corps officer in 1971. His father, Sami Ullah Khan, served as the head of the mathematics department at the Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul, near Abbottabad. He was born in Bareilly (U.P.) in India on 4 February 1949. He has been awarded several national and international awards to recognise his research and scholarly work. Ĭurrently based in Lahore, he is author of many books and other publications, mainly in the field of linguistics. Tariq Rahman (born 4 February 1949) is a Pakistani academic scholar, newspaper columnist, researcher, and a writer.
HEC Distinguished National Professor, 2004 Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Distinction), 2014 Bareilly, United Provinces, Dominion of India
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