Sahibzada Mohammad Khurshid
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Who is Sahibzada Mohammad Khurshid?
Sahibzada Mohammad Khurshid was the first Pakistani governor of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan. Prior to the independence of Pakistan, the governor had been appointed by the government of British India. For almost two years after independence, Pakistan continued to have British governors until the appointment of Sahibzada Khurshid.
Sahibzada Muhammad Khurshid was educated in India then at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from where he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant onto the Unattached List for the Indian Army on the 31 August 1922. He was attached to the 2nd battalion, the Cameronians as of 12 October 1922 as all new Indian Army officers did a year attached to a British Regiment in India. He was admitted to the Indian Army and posted to the 1st battalion 14th Punjab Regiment as of 23 October 1923. He was promoted Lieutenant 30 November 1924.
He transferred to the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India 30 June 1927 and by January 1931 he was the Assistant Political Agent, Zhob.
He was promoted Captain 31 August 1931.
By January 1939 he was the Assistant Political Officer, Chitral and by October 1939 he was the Political Agent Dir, Swat & Chitral.
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