Mohammad Iftikhar Khan psc (Urdu: محمد افتخار خان; 10 January 1909 — 13 December 1949) also known as Ifti, was a two-star general in the Pakistan Army serving as GOC 10th Division.

He was the most senior to succeed General Douglas Gracey as the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army, but unfortunately was killed in a C-53 crash with 22 others, including his wife and infant daughter before he could take office leading to Ayub Khan being appointed instead.

[6][7] His father was Sardar Bahadur Ressaidar Raja Fazal Dad Khan, who was a Zamindar and had served as a Viceroy's Commissioned Officer with the 12th Cavalry Unit of the British Indian Army.

[6] Major General Sher Ali Khan Pataudi, recalled that Iftikhar was professionally sound, well read and highly intelligent.

Major General Shaukat Riza credited Iftikhar in his book, The Pakistan Army 1947-49, as “a handsome and forceful character who was never slowed by obstacles”.

Mitha, the founder of Pakistan's Special Service Group, in his book Unlikely Beginnings: a Soldier’s Life recalls that “Iftikhar was a tough commander and had the reputation of eating a brigadier or a colonel for breakfast every day.

[1] On 29 August 1929, after attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Iftikhar was commissioned as a second lieutenant on the Unattached List for the British Indian Army.

[25] In Ayub Khan's book Friends, not masters, he alleged "the British were backing Major General Iftikhar and that he was short tempered and difficult to get on with.

"[26] While Iftikhar planned to go by train from Lahore to Karachi and then take a flight to the United Kingdom as the first Pakistan Army Officer selected for a course at the Imperial Defence College, while Brigadier Sher Khan had been appointed to the United States and was headed there for the UN Security Council discussion on Kashmir along with Cabinet Secretary General Mohammad Ali, Under-Secretary Mohammad Niaz and Deputy Director of Public Relations Mushtaq Ahmad.

[3] Before Khan could assume his new post, tragedy struck when his flight on a Pakistan Airways C-53 aircraft crashed on 13 December 1949 at 10 PM PST, claiming his life as well as the lives of his wife and infant daughter.

Additionally, Lala Murli Dhar (the oldest son of Lala Shri Ram) and his wife Mrs. Murli Dhar who were on their way to buy jewelry for their son Shri Dhar's wedding, Mr. Yaktar, Mr. Sher Ali, Mr. Rana Mohammed Sidiq, Mohammed Niaz, Mushtaq Ali, Len Mitchell (a British owner of a fruit farm in Pakistan), Mrs. Bergie (wife of a British Bank manager in Karachi), and the crew members including Captain Farooqi, Co-Pilot Saleem, Radio Officer Derby, and air hostess Margaret Drake.