After various staff appointments in General Headquarters, Rawalpindi, including as Vice Chief of General Staff, Director General Military Training, Research and Development, he commanded a division in Chamb Sector in 1972 followed by taking command of a newly raised X Corps with the rank of Lieutenant General from where he retired after 34 years of service.
Chamb, a river in Germany and the Czech Republic, known as "Kouba" in Czech
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Major General Eftikhar Khan was severely wounded near Chamb and evacuated to CMH Kharian where he died later.