Kamal Matinuddin (Urdu: کمال متین الدین;‎ 1926–2017) was a Pakistani general, diplomat, and military historian.

[4][11] He also served as Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok.

[4][12][13] In his book Tragedy of Errors (1994), Matinuddin addressed, studied and wrote an eyewitness account of the political differences and causes which underpinned the secession of East Pakistan.

[10][14][15][16] The book was translated by Muhammad Sheraz Dasti into Urdu and republished in 2018 as Naslon Ne Sazaa Payi.

[17] As a defence analyst,[18] he wrote extensively on the conflict in Afghanistan[13][19][20] and on Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme.