Ghulam Muhammad Malik Lieutenant General Ghulam Muhammad Malik ( also called G . M . Malik ) is former commander of the X Corps , Rawalpindi of the Pakistan Army . X Corps was responsible to defend the entire Line of Control between Pakistan - administered Kashmir and the Indian - administered Kashmir . He retired from the army in 1995 , and has since claimed to be heading an NGO to build " hospitals for the poor in various parts of Pakistan " . Education and career . Gen . Malik belongs to the Awan tribe and he is from Khushab which is one of the prime recruiting areas for Pakistan army . His was one of the most brilliant careers in Pakistan Army . As a cadet in PMA , he was selected to be sent to Royal Military Academy Sandhurst where he was declared the best cadet and won the " Overseas Sword " . His family was forcibly converted to Islam during riots . Lt Gen Ghulam Muhammad Malik is a graduate of PAF Public School Sargodha where he was from 1st Entry ( 1953 – 1957 ) . He joined Pakistan Army in the late 1950s , and rose through to become a Lieutenant General . During his career , he served as commandant Pakistan Military Academy from 1987 - 1989 . He also commanded the elite Special Service Group . In the 1990s , he was given the command of the powerful X Corps . A pall of suspicion was cast on Gen . Malik ' s career when the coup against Benazir government was foiled in September 1995 . Malik was suspected to be involved . However , he was ultimately not charged due to insufficient evidence as " no direct link had been established between him and the coup plotters " . In fact , he would have been a victim of the attack on the Corps Commanders Conference which was the target , had the coup been successful . Malik was known for his " orthodox religious piety " and was a supporter of the controversial religious order Tablighi Jamaat , a ' non - political ' Islamic party which " essentially enjoins goodness in society " . He was known to " inspire and inculcate religious zeal amongst his junior officers and Jawans " . Lt . Gen . G . M . Malik retired in October 1995 and was succeeded by then DG Military Intelligence ( DGMI ) Maj Gen Ali Kuli Khan Khattak . Rumours spread that Malik was an associate of Sufi Iqbal of the Tablighi Jamaat , who was known to inspire Jihadi zeal , despite the non - political stand of Tablighi Jamaat . However , no connection between Sufi Iqbal and Gen Malik could be established . It was during his tenure that the Hafiz Saeed , chief of the Islamist terror group Lashkar - e - Taiba ( LeT ) chief was invited at Headquarters X Corps to address officers on " character building " . It was Saeed ' s controversial utterances and that of the other speaker , Major General Zaheerul Islam Abbasi , which compelled many officers to protest loudly . After this incident , the then COAS Gen . Kakar order GM Malik to stop such sessions . General Abbasi was later implicated in a coup attempt . After the investigations , a total of 36 Army officers headed by Maj Gen Zahirul Islam Abbasi and 20 civilians were arrested and tried . Charitable Activities / Al - Mustafa Trust = = After his retirement from the army in 1995 , Gen . Malik reportedly worked for a short period with Al - Mustafa trust formed in November 1983 on a small scale by a group of highly motivated intellectuals , social workers , lawyers , doctors , engineers and business executives , who had the passion for philanthropy . He does not seems to be associated anymore . References . ok