On 30 September 2005, the IISS hosted a Special Round Table Discussion with Major General (retd) Muhammed Anwar Khan, President, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad. Major General Khan gave a presentation on ‘Prospects for Kashmir'. The Round Table Discussion was chaired by Col (retd) Christopher Langton, IISS Head of the Defence Analysis Department and Editor, The Military Balance.
Major General (retd.) Muhammad Anwar Khan was elected President of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) in August 2001. By virtue of this office, he is also the Vice Chairman of the Azad Jammu & Kashmir Council, whose Chairman is the President of Pakistan.
Sardar Anwar Khan joined the Pakistan Army in 1966 and was commissioned in the Azad Kashmir Regiment. He is a graduate of the Command & Staff College Quetta, Naval Staff College, Karachi, and the National Defence College, Islamabad. He also attended the US Army War College in Pennsylvania, from where he received a Master's Degree in War Studies.
During a distinguished 35-year army career, he held various important staff commands and instructional appointments. He commanded two infantry battalions, a brigade, and as Major General, was in charge of two infantry divisions. As a young officer, he also actively participated in the 1971 India-Pakistan war in the Kashmir sector. He retired from the army as Vice Chief of General Staff.
