Mohammed Zaman Kiani

Mohammed Zaman Kiani (Urdu:; c. 1 October 1910 – 4 June 1981) was a Pakistani military officer and politician. He is known for commanding the Kashmir rebels during the first Indo-Pakistani war (1947–1948) against Indian forces, and later serving as Pakistan's information minister under Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq.

During the Second World War, Kiani was an officer in the British Indian Army and was deployed to Malaya to fight the Japanese forces. However, he was captured by the Japanese and taken as prisoner. Consequently, he joined the Indian National Army (INA), an Indian nationalist anti-British paramilitary force led by Subhas Chandra Bose, co-opted by Japan.

Following the partition of India, Kiani opted for Pakistan and joined the Pakistan Army. His contributions to the INA in World War II were later acknowledged and he was posthumously awarded the Netaji Medal by the Indian Government as a result. Provided by Wikipedia