Mian Ghulam Jilani

Major General
Mian Ghulam Jilani
SQA IS LoM
Major General Mian Ghulam Jilani SQA IS LoM
میاں غلام جیلانی
	Jilani in 1962
Member of Provincial Assembly of North West Frontier
	In office; 7 December 1970 – 1977
Constituency	PF-21 Mardan
GOC; 15th Infantry Division (Sialkot)
	In office; ?–1962
Force Commander Bajaur Campaign
	In office; October 1960 – September 1961
Master General of Ordnance (Pakistan)
Previous Commands
Master General of Ordnance (Pakistan)
	In office; December 1958 – October 1960
Commandant; Command and Staff College
	In office; July 1957 – December 1958
Military attaché of Pakistan to Washington
	In office; October 1952 – June 1955
Commanding Officer Gilgit
	In office; April 1948 – January 1949
Commanding Officer 4 Frontier Force Regiment
	In office; 1947 – April 1948
Personal details
Born	1913; Sibi, British Balochistan
Died	1 March 2004 (aged 90–91); Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Cause of death	Pneumonia
Political party	National Awami Party (Wali)
Spouse	Nancy Habiba Jilani (m. 1949)
Relations	Mian Hayaud Din (cousin)
Children	4
Education	Forman Christian College; Aligarh Muslim University (MA); Rashtriya Indian Military College;
Nickname(s)	Kaka; Speen Dada; Jilly
Military service
Allegiance	British India (1936–1947); Pakistan (1947–1962)
Branch/service	British Indian Army; Pakistan Army
Years of service	1936–1962
Rank	Major General
Unit	4th Battalion 19th Hyderabad Regiment
Commands	Frontier Force Regiment; 14th Infantry Division; Command & Staff College; 15th Infantry Division; 7th Infantry Division (Pakistan);
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of Singapore; ; Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 Poonch Military operations Ladakh Military operations; ; ; Bajaur Campaign;
Awards	Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam; Imtiazi Sanad; Legion of Merit;

Mian Ghulam Jilani SQA, IS, LoM (Pashto, Urdu: میاں غلام جیلانی; 1913 – March 1 2004) also known as Kaka, Speen Dada, and Jilly, was a politician, businessman, and former two-star general in the Pakistan Army. As a British Indian Army officer during World War II, he survived a Japanese POW camp in Singapore. He played a key role in establishing the ceasefire during the First Kashmir War. During his stint as the Military attaché of Pakistan to Washington (1952-1955), he helped negotiate Pakistan's membership in the Baghdad Pact and the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization.

An ethnic Pashtun, he retired from the Pakistan Army in 1962 due to the autocratic rule of Ayub Khan. Afterwards, he was involved in business and joined politics.

He was repeatedly arrested by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in the 1970s for his political beliefs and was in jail for more than three years with Amnesty International declaring him a prisoner of conscience in 1974. During a medical checkup, he escaped from custody and took political asylum in the United States in 1975 becoming a citizen in 1981.