By Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui, Kit no. 671, Latif House

Capt. Sajjad Ilahi Malik, PN, (often referred to as Cdre. S.I. Malik) was the ninth principal/commandant of Cadet College Petaro from 1991-1994. 

After leaving Petaro, he was promoted to the rank of a commodore, and then retired from the Pakistan Navy in the late 1990s on that rank.

Cdre.(R) S.I. Malik was born on 14 March, 1945 and got married to Mrs. Masooma on 6 October 1972. They have four children.

Cdre.(R) S.I. Malik expired at Islamabad on 15 June, 2004 of cancer.

After leaving Petaro, he joined the Bahria Foundation as the Director of Education and was instrumental in setting up Bahria Colleges in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and other cities.

After his retirement from the Navy, he set up a stationary shop in F-8 Markaz, Islamabad, which he managed until his death in 2004.