Amir Gulistan Janjua
17th Governor of North-West Frontier Province
In office
16 June 1988 – 19 July 1993
PresidentMuhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Preceded byFida Mohammad Khan
Succeeded byKhurshid Ali Khan
Personal details
Born14 August,1925
Chakwal District, Punjab, British Raj
Died (aged 95)
Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Army
Rank Brigadier

Amir Gulistan Janjua (14 August 1925 – 19 February 2019) was a military officer who served as a governor of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. He also served as the ambassador to UAE, Nepal and Saudi Arabia. [1]

Early life and family

He was born on 14 August 1925 in village Gorha Rajgan, Chakwal District.[2] His father, Raja Feroz Khan Janjua, upon hearing the birth news of the son at Fort Lockhart, shared this news with a local Malik. The Malik looked jubilantly at Fort Gulistan and said, “Amir of Gulistan has arrived ”. So, the child was named Amir Gulistan.

He was awarded Sitara-e-Quaid-e-Azam and Tamgha-e-Pakistan, Nishan-e-Taj (Iran), Grand Order of Kokab (Jordan) and Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu (Nepal).[3]

Janjua died on 19 February 2019 in Rawalpindi.[4]

Awards and decorations

Sitara-e-Quaid-e-Azam

(Star of the Great Leader)

(SQA)

 Tamgha-e-Pakistan

(Medal of Pakistan)

(T.Pk)

 Tamgha-e-Diffa

(General Service Medal)

1. 1965 War Clasp

2. 1971 War Clasp

Sitara-e-Harb 1965 War

(War Star 1965)

 Sitara-e-Harb 1971 War

(War Star 1971)

 Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War

(War Medal 1965)

 Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War

(War Medal 1971)

Pakistan Tamgha

(Pakistan Medal)

 Tamgha-e-Jamhuria

(Republic Commemoration Medal)

1956

 1939-1945 Star Burma Star
War Medal

1939–1945

 India Service Medal

1939–1945

 Queen Elizabeth II

Coronation Medal

(1953)

 Order of the Crown

(Pahlavi Iran)

Order of the

Star of Jordan

 Medal for the

Silver Jubilee 1977

(Jordan)

 King Birendra

Coronation Medal

(1975)

 Order of the

Gorkha Dakshina Bahu

(Nepal)

Foreign Decorations

Foreign Awards
 UK 1939-1945 Star
Burma Star
War Medal 1939-1945
India Service Medal 1939–1945
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
 Pahlavi Iran Order of the Crown
 Jordan Order of the Star of Jordan
Medal for the Silver Jubilee 1977
   Nepal King Birendra Coronation Medal
Order of the Gorkha Dakshina Bahu

References

  1. ↑ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  2. ↑ "The last charger". Daily Times. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Former K-P governor Brig (retd) Amir Gulistan Janjua passes away". The Tribune. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Former Governor KP Gulistan Janjua dies at 95". Radio Pakistan. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.


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