After his repatriation in 1974, he continued to serve in the Air Force with distinction, and eventually joined President General Zia-ul-Haq's administration where he held many cabinet ministries while later being part of the Nawaz Sharif's administration as well.
In 1948, he emigrated to Pakistan, following the partition of India and joined the Pakistan Air Force after seeing an advertisement. Inamul was directed to attend the RPAF College at Risalpur.: 68 [1] He graduated in the class of 5th GD pilot course.[3][4]
In 1969, he was promoted to one star rank, Air Commodore, in the Pakistan Air Force and was stationed in East Pakistan.: 88–89 [1] In June 1971, he took over as the air officer commanding Dacca airbase from Air CommodoreM.Z. Masud.[6] As the war progressed, Air Cdre. Haque was instrumental in getting almost all PAF pilots and their aircraft out of Dacca after the Dhaka Airport was permanently damaged by the Indian Air Force, and had all the air force pilots flown out to Burma.[7] Though it was initially thought that the army aviation's evacuation by air was not possible due to the air superiority enjoyed by the IAF, he also provided his expertise to army aviation pilots to fly out the army helicopters with remaining PAF pilots.[7] He himself, however, stuck to his post till the end of the war and then was taken as a prisoner of war by the Indian Army in 1971.[7]
In his later years, he would be associated with the Tablighi Jamaat, in the process abandoning his old interests such as music, drama, bridge and chess.[12]
Air Marshal Inamul Haque Khan died of natural causes on the 10 August 2017 at the age of 90 after being ill for quite some time. His funeral prayers were held at PAF Base Noor Khan on 11 August with full military honours.[13][14]
Books
A writer, being a regular contributor to the Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, among his best-known books are:[15]
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