Fazle Haq Lieutenant General Fazle Haq , ( Urdu : فضل حق ; HI ( M ) , HPk ( 10 September 1928 - 3 October 1991 ) ) , was a high - ranking general in the Pakistan Army , and the former Martial Law Administrator ( MLA ) of Khyber - Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan . He was the " Corps - Commander " of the XI Corps , and commanded all the Pakistan Army assets assigned in the Khyber - Pakhtunkhwa Province . He commanded the Combatant brigades , and supervised the clandestine covert network during the Soviet war in Afghanistan . He was one of the leading generals who led the Pakistan Combatant Forces during the Soviet war in Afghanistan . As Military Administrator , he had set up a network of training of the Afghan mujahideen . Under his command , the elements of Pakistan ' s administrative XI Corps participated in numerous operations against the Soviet Union . He served as a Chief Military Administrator ( Governor ) throughout the military dictatorial rule of General Muhammad Zia - ul - Haq from 1978 till 1985 and also served as the caretaker Chief Minister of the province in the later half of 1988 . Army career . As an army officer , Fazle Haq was commissioned in the Guides Cavalry ( Frontier Force ) regiment of the Armoured Corps . He was instructor at Pakistan Military Academy in 1953 - 54 at the rank of Captain . During the Indo - Pakistani War of 1965 , then Major Fazle Haq was part of the Guides Cavalry in the 6th Armoured Division , when the regiment launched a two squadron attack at Phillaurah on 11 September . The attack was targeted against the Indian 1st Armoured Division , and as a result both sides faced heavy casualties . This was presumed a Pakistani victory , as the fighting did not resume until 13 September , as the enemy was more cautious . However , it was a Pyrrhic victory . As a Lieutenant - Colonel , Fazle Haq commanded his own regiment , the Guides Cavalry during 1968 and 1969 . Then by 1975 , as a Major General , he took over the 6th Armoured Division stationed at Kharian . Now promoted to Lt Gen , Haq was the commander of XI Corps at Peshawar from January 1978 to March 1980 . By this time , General Zia - ul - Haq had imposed a martial law in the country , and Fazle Haq was concurrently appointed the Governor of Khyber - Pakhtunkhwa . After retirement from the army in 1980 , he stayed on as the governor , finally relinquishing the charge in December 1985 when the martial law was lifted in the country . During his time as Governor and Corp commander he was considered one of President Zia - ul Haq ' s closest confidantes and a key architect of the Afghan mujahidin groups . He was actively involved with Afghan mujahidin groups including the Haqqani group and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar till the end of the Soviet - Afghan war and often met with High ranking CIA and government officials including Attorney General of the United States William F . Smith and other political key figures for funding and support for the Afghan Freedom . He remains to this day well respected and well known among the people of Khyber - Pakhtunkhwa for services rendered during his tenure as Governor . Family . Fazle Haq has three sons and one daughter . All are well educated and highly qualified . Despite of his such fame as a great politician and as a 3 - star general , none of his family members are associated with Pakistan army or in politics . Political career . He was elected to the Senate in 1988 after completion of his two years bar from election after retiring from the army . He contested and lost the 1988 general elections from his home town of Mardan . He however won election from Kohistan . In the next elections , he won from Malakand with an overwhelming majority and remained a member of NWFP provincial assembly till his assassination in 1991 . He also remained as caretaker Chief Minister of NWFP from May 31 , 1988 till December 2 , 1988 . On 3 October 1991 , he was assassinated by an unknown assailant allegedly in retaliation for the death of a senior shia cleric . he was buried in Peshawar ( Cantonment Board Graveyard warsak road Peshawar Cantt )