Abdul Jamil Khan

Abdul Jamil (A.J.) Khan (12 January 1930 – 17 October 2021^[1]) was a Pakistani doctor and hospital chairman. He received his early education from Forman Christian (FC) College Lahore and did his MBBS from King Edward Medical College Lahore. For further studies, he went to Britain and did his DCH, MRCP, FRCP. He was chairman of a private medical university and a private charitable hospital in Pakistan.^[2] He belonged to Arghushal family of Swati tribe.

Professor A. Jamil Khan S.I.
Khan in 2008
Federal Minister for Population Welfare
In office 21 November 2007 – 25 March 2008
Preceded by	Ch.Shahbaz Hussain
Succeeded by	Firdous Ashiq Awan
Personal details
Born	(1930-01-12)12 January 1930 Mansehra, British Raj
Died	17 October 2021(2021-10-17) (aged 91) Abbottabad, Pakistan
Party	Independent
Children	7
Alma mater	Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Occupation	Professor of Medicine, Health Policy Maker, Medical Educationist

Achievements

A. Jamil Khan had been given the charge of many important offices which include;

• Federal Minister for Population welfare, Govt. of Pakistan.^[3]
• President Pakistan Medical & Dental Council.^[4]
• Member of the Advisory Committee of Health Govt. of Pakistan.
• Director General Health, Govt. of Pakistan.
• Former Vice-president of the EMRO (Eastern Mediterranean, Region) Regional Committee of WHO.^[5]
• Former President Pakistan Pharmacy Council.
• Founding Principal Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad
• Founding Principal Frontier Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
• Member of the Hospital and Health System Monitoring Committee of the Govt. of Pakistan.
• Principal Bolan Medical College, Quetta, Pakistan.

For his meritorious services, the Government of Pakistan decorated Khan with Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Distinction) by the President of Pakistan, the highest award given to a civil servant.^[6]