sentences:  From 1977 to 1982, he was Pakistani Armed Forces attaché in Washington, D.C.He then served as military secretary to the president of Pakistan until 1986.Durrani was the posted as the commander the 1st Armoured Division in Multan, and being the former MS to the president persuaded the then Army chief and president General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq to witness the tank exercise in Bahawalpur desert on 17 August 1988.