Major General Muhammad Hayat Khan was a Kashmiri politician who served as the 15th President of Azad Kashmir from 1 November 1978 to 31 January 1983.

[1] He was born on 20 December 1928 in Chhota Gala, a village in Tehsil Rawalakot, District Poonch, Azad Kashmir.

He received his education from Government High School Rawalakot and was commissioned into the Pakistan Army on 15 November 1958.

On 5 November 1977, martial Law was declared in Azad Kashmir in the aftermath of the 1977 Pakistani military coup.

Muhammad Hayat Khan, a brigadier at the time, was appointed as the caretaker, and later the President of AJK.