Mohammad Rahim Khan HJ was a two star Pakistani military general, diplomat, and later civil servant who served as the 14th defence secretary of Pakistan from November 1980 to December 1981.

As a general officer commanding of the 39 Infantry Division stationed at Chandpur, East Pakistan, he allegedly left his divisional headquarter on 8 December 1971.

His orders caused the death of fourteen naval servicemen, four officers posted at his infantry division, with several others injured, including Khan himself.

He reportedly avoided to alert the general headquarters about the poor performance of communication equipments that caused the Indian troops to carry out the ground attacks.

[4] When he learned about the substandard situation, he went to Dacca, for which he was reportedly criticised by his senior officer, Khadim Hussain Raja.