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Gen. Jilani was military attache at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington from 1952 to 1955 and helped to negotiate Pakistan's membership in the Baghdad Pact, a Western-sponsored military pact later called the Central Treaty Organization. He also helped to negotiate Pakistan's membership in the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, a defense alliance. He retired from the Army in 1962, citing the autocratic rule of Pakistani President Mohammad Ayub Khan. He later was involved in business ventures and ran successfully for membership in the provincial legislature of the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan
Gen. Jilani spoke against then-President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's repressive regime and was repeatedly arrested and jailed for more than three years.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Nancy Habiba Jilani of Fairfax; a son, Mian Arshad Jilani of Solon, Ohio; three daughters, Hadia Jilani Roberts of Fairfax, Halima Jilani Raza of Alexandria and Habiba Jilani Freeman of Nashua, N.H.; and nine grandchildren.
He spoke at colleges and government agencies and to veterans organizations about his experiences in Pakistan and about world military affairs.
