Chief of the General Staff (Pakistan)

Chief of General Staff
چیف آف جنرل سٹاف
Flag of the Pakistan Army
Incumbent
Lt-Gen. Muhammad Avais Dastgir
since 28 November 2023
 Pakistan Army
TypePrincipal Staff Officer
AbbreviationCGS
Reports to COAS
SeatGHQ (Pakistan Army)
Appointer COAS
Formation1948; 77 years ago (1948)
First holderMajor General Ross Cairns McCay

Chief of the General Staff (abbreviated as CGS) is the most coveted position within the Pakistan Army after that of the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS).[1] Although the COAS is the head of the land forces, the CGS is "the organizational lead on both intelligence and operations", hence being in charge of the Military Intelligence (MI) and Military Operations (MO) Directorates.[2] Since 1985, a three-star rank Lt. Gen. is appointed to the post.

History

The criteria for the positions of Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) have a preference that the officer should have served as the Chief of General Staff. Of the last 13 four-star rank army generals, eight officers have served as the CGS. Of the five who hadn't, Pervez Musharraf and Ashfaq Parvez Kayani had served as Director General of Military Operations (DGMO), while Ehsan ul Haq had served as Director General of Military Intelligence (DGMI), all two-star postings under the CGS.

Historically, the Chief of General Staff, in addition to Commander X Corps have political significance when the army chief wanted to overthrow political leadership. The 1999 Pakistani coup d'état, which brought General Pervez Musharraf to power had active involvement of Lt Gen Aziz Khan, then CGS and Lt Gen Mahmud Ahmed, commander of the X Corps.

Therefore, the army chief essentially appoints his most trusted aides for these two postings before making a routine reshuffle. General Ziauddin Butt, who was nominated by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after retiring Pervez Musharraf, passed his first orders to appoint Lt Gen Muhammad Akram as CGS and Lt Gen Salim Haider as commander X Corps. But before this order could be conveyed to the rest of the army, Aziz and Mahmud took steps to reverse the order by overthrowing the government and thus essentially starting the 1999 coup.

List of Chiefs of General Staff

# Portrait Name Start of term End of term Unit of Commission
1 Major General

Khalid Masoud Sheikh

1948 1950 6/13 Frontier Force Rifles (1 FF)
2 Major General

Akbar Khan
DSO

1950 1951 6/13 Frontier Force Rifles (1 FF)
3 Major General

Mohammad Yusuf Khan

26 March 1951[3] 1953
4 Major General

Mian Hayaud Din
HJ MBE MC

1953 1955 4/12 Frontier Force Regiment (6FF)
5

Major General

Sher Ali Khan Pataudi
HJ

1955 December 1956 7th Light Cavalry
6

Major General

Habibullah Khan Khattak
SPk LOM

24 January 1957[4] July 1957 12 Baluch Regiment
7 File:General Yahya Khan portrait, circa 1966.jpg Major General[1][2]

Yahya Khan

25 July 1957[5] 23 December 1962 3rd Battalion (Queen Mary's Own, 10th Baluch Regiment (10 Baluch)
8 Major General

Malik Sher Bahadur

24 December 1962[6] 1966 4th Battalion (Duke of Connaught's Own) The Baluch Regiment (11 Baluch)
9 Major General[3]

Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
SPk

1966 19 December 1968 18th King Edward's Own Cavalry
10 Major General[4]

Gul Hassan Khan
SQA SPk

20 December 1968[7] 19 December 1971 5th Horse (Probyn's Horse)
11 Major General

M. Rahim Khan

1972 1974
12 Major General[5]

Iqbal Khan
NI(M) SI(M) SBt

July 1974 March 1976 5th Battalion (Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides) 12 Frontier Force Regiment (2 FF)
13 Major General

Abdullah Malik

March 1976 March 1978
14 Major General[6]

F. S. Lodhi

March 1978 June 1980 East Bengal Regiment
15 Major General

Mirza Aslam Beg
NI(M) SI(M) SBt

June 1980 October 1985 16 Baloch Regiment
16 Lieutenant General

Muhammad Safdar

October 1987 January 1988 Punjab Regiment
17 Lieutenant General

Mian Muhammad Afzaal
HI(M) SI(M) SBt

January 1988 August 1988 6 Lancers
18 Lieutenant General[7][8]

Shamim Alam Khan, NI(M) SBt SJ

May 1989 April 1991 20 Lancers
19 Lieutenant General

Asif Nawaz Janjua
NI(M) HI(M) SBt

April 1991 August 1991 5 Punjab Regiment
20 Lieutenant General

Farrakh Khan

August 1991 July 1994 15th Lancers
21 Lieutenant General [9][10]

Jehangir Karamat
NI(M) SBt

July 1994 January 1996 13 Lancers
22 Lieutenant General

Iftikhar Ali Khan
HI(M) SBt

January 1996 May 1997 11 Baluch Regiment
23 Lieutenant General

Ali Kuli Khan Khattak
HI(M)

May 1997 October 1998 12 Baloch Regiment
24 Lieutenant General[11][12]

Muhammad Aziz Khan
NI(M) HI(M) SBt TBt

October 1998 August 2000 12 Punjab Regiment
25 Lieutenant General[13]

Muhammad Yusaf Khan

August 2000 October 2001 The Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force)
26 Lieutenant General

Shahid Aziz

October 2001 December 2003 10th Baloch Regiment
27 Lieutenant General[14][15]

Tariq Majid
NI(M)

December 2003 October 2006 28 Baloch Regiment
28 Lieutenant General

Salahuddin Satti

October 2006 October 2008 40 Punjab Regiment
29 Lieutenant General

Muhammad Mustafa Khan

October 2008 April 2010
30 Lieutenant General [16][17]

Khalid Shameem Wynne
NI(M) HI(M)

April 2010 October 2010 20 Punjab Regiment
31 Lieutenant General

Waheed Arshad
HI(M) TBt

October 2010 January 2013 16 Horse
32 Lieutenant General [18][19]

Rashad Mahmood
NI(M) HI(M)

January 2013 November 2013 7 Baluch Regiment
33 Lieutenant General

Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad
HI(M)

November 2013 April 2015 34 Azad Kashmir Regiment
34 Lieutenant General[20][21]

Zubair Mahmood Hayat
NI(M)

April 2015 November 2016 3 (Self Propelled) Medium Regiment Artillery
35 Lieutenant General

Bilal Akbar

December 2016 August 2018 Corps of Artillery
36 Lieutenant General[22][23]

Nadeem Raza
NI(M) HI(M)

August 2018 November 2019 10 Sind Regiment
37 Lieutenant General

Sahir Shamshad Mirza

November 2019 September 2021 8 Sind Regiment
38 Lieutenant General

Azhar Abbas

8 September 2021 December 2022 41 Baluch Regiment
39 Lieutenant General

Muhammad Saeed

December 2022 November 2023 10 Sind Regiment
40 Lieutenant General

Avais Dastgir

November 2023 Incumbent 58 Cavalry

See also

Notes

1.^ Later promoted to lieutenant general in-office.

2.^ Later promoted to the post of a general.

3.^ Later promoted to Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee.

References

  1. ^ "Five Chiefs of General Staff served as head of Pakistan Army in 64 years". The News International.
  2. ^ Syed, Baqir Sajjad (Aug 14, 2016). "Who will be the next army chief?". DAWN.COM. Retrieved Aug 3, 2020.
  3. ^ The Army List. H.M. Stationery Office. 1952. p. 112.
  4. ^ "New Chief Of General Staff". The Civil and Military Gazette (Lahore). 25 January 1957.
  5. ^ The Army List. H.M. Stationery Office. 1960. p. 123.
  6. ^ The Army List. H.M. Stationery Office. 1964. p. 85.
  7. ^ The Army List. H.M. Stationery Office. 1969. p. 99.

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