Career
He served as the first commander of I Corps when it was raised on 1 July 1957 at Abbottabad (the Corps is currently stationed at Mangla since 1969) as a Lieutenant General He also served as the Governor of East Pakistan province during the early days of martial regime of Ayub Khan. During the presidential election of 1964, Azam Khan "supported the presidential candidacy of Fatima Jinnah" and continued to work strongly against Ayub Khan until after the latter"s ouster.
Lieutenant-General Azam Khan also served as the President of the Pakistan Olympic Association from 16 November 1958 to 22 September 1963.