5 May 1934) HI(m), best known as Commander Khalil,[2] is a retired naval officer in the Pakistan Navy who served as the Governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, appointed in 2005 until being replaced in 2006.

[3][4] In addition, he also commanded the Royal Bahrain Naval Force from 1976 until retiring from his military service in 1988 to pursue career in the politics.

Back in Karachi he joined the sloop PNS Jhelum, and after that other ships of the Pakistan Navy.

In 1965 he spent two months as a naval observer in the PIA flights between Karachi and Dacca (via Colombo).

He brought Ghazi back to Karachi (round the Cape of Good Hope, as the Suez Canal was closed).

Khalil’s work was accepted by the Bahrain government and they asked for his services for setting up their navy, and also to run it.

After some haggling, in which the Pakistan Ambassador in Bahrain and finally President Zia ul Haque himself had to intervene, Khalil was nominated for the job – for two years.

Khalil was able to accomplish this very difficult task with the help of the Pakistan Navy, which sent a number of its officers to Bahrain on deputation to assist him.

When President General Musharraf asked him about his achievements as Governor, Khalil said that his biggest success was that there were no deaths in Kurram Agency for 2 years.