Ghulam Mohammad Farhad (1901–1984) was an Afghan engineer He lived in Germany on a royal scholarship from 1921 to 1928, training as an electrician at the Technical University of Munich.
[1] After he returned to Afghanistan, Farhad was appointed to several electricity-related posts in the government, finally serving as president of the Kabul Electric Company from 1939 to 1966.
He traveled to Germany in 1947 to acquire equipment; he was often accused of favoring German-manufactured products.
He notably installed the city's first traffic lights and declared a switch to right-hand driving.
He was elected to Parliament, representing the sixth district of Kabul, in 1968, but resigned his seat in 1970.