This is the third video presentation of the series. It provides a complete list of the Chiefs of Army Staff (Pakistan) with their brief introduction. It is also available in video format on Youtube.

2. 1. Sir Frank Messervy
(15 August 1947 – 10 February 1948)
Born: 9 December 1893 (Trinidad)
Died: 2 February 1974 (West Sussex, England)
Service: 1913 – 1948
Unit: 9th Hudson's Horse
Battles/
Wars:
• World War I
• World War II
Awards: • Knight Commander of the Order of the
Star of India
• Knight Commander of the Order of the
British Empire
• Companion of the Order of the Bath
• Distinguished Service Order & Bar
• Order of the Nile (Egypt)
• Legion of Merit (United States)

3. 2. Douglas Gracey
(11 February 1948 – 16 January 1951)
Born: 3 September 1894 (Muzaffarnagar, UP, British India)
Died: 5 June 1964 (Surrey, England)
Service: 1915 – 1951
Unit: Royal Munster Fusiliers
1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles
Battles/
Wars:
• World War I
• World War II
Awards: • Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
• Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian
Empire
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Military Cross & Bar

4. 3. Ayub Khan
(16 January 1951 – 26 October 1958)
Born: 14 May 1907 (Haripur, NWFP, British India)
Died: 19 April 1974 (Islamabad, Pakistan)
Service: 1928 - 1958
Unit: 1st Battalion (now 5th Punjab), 14th Punjab
Regiment
Battles/
Wars:
• 1936–39 Waziristan campaign
• World War II
• Burma Campaign
• Indo-Pak War of 1965
Awards: Hilal-e-Jurat
Political
Offices:
• President of Pakistan (1958 – 1969)
• Chief Martial Law Admin. (1958 – 1969)

5. 4.
Musa Khan
(27 October 1958 – 17 June 1966)
4. Musa Khan
(27 October 1958 – 17 June 1966)
Born: 20 October 1908 (Quetta, Balochistan, British India)
Died: 12 March 1991 (Quetta, Pakistan)
Service: 1926 – 1966
Unit: 4th Hazara Pioneers, FF Regiment
Battles/
Wars:
• World War II
• Waziristan campaign
• Burma campaign
• North African campaign
• Indo-Pakistan War of 1947 and 1965
Awards:
• Hilal-e-Imtiaz
• Hilal-i-Jurat
• Order of the British Empire
Political
Offices:
• Governor of West Pakistan (1966 – 1969)
• Governor of Balochistan (1985 -1991)

6. 5. Yahya Khan
(18 June 1966 – 20 December 1971)
Born: 4 February 1917 (Chakwal, Punjab, British India)
Died: 10 August 1980 (Rawalpindi, Punjab)
Service: 1939 – 1971
Unit: 4th battalion, 10th Baloch Regiment
Battles/
Wars:
• World War II (Mediterranean theatre)
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Awards: • Hilal-e-Jurat (withdrawn)
Political
Offices:
• President of Pakistan (1969 – 1971)
• Chief Martial Law Admin. (1969 – 1971)

7. 6. Gul Hassan Khan
(20 December 1971 – 3 March 1972)
Born: 1921 (Quetta, Balochistan, British India)
Died: 10 October 1999 (Nowshehra, NWFP)
Service: 1933 – 1972
Unit: Armoured Corps
Battles/
Wars:
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Awards: Star of Pakistan (Withdrawn)

8. 7. Tikka Khan
(3 March 1972 – 1 March 1976)
Born: 10 February 1915 (Rawalpindi, British India)
Died: 28 March 2002 (Rawalpindi, Pakistan)
Service: 1935 – 1976
Unit: 2nd Field Regiment, Regiment of Artillery
Battles/
Wars:
• World War II
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Awards:
• Hilal-i-Quaid-e-Azam
• Sitara-e-Pakistan
• Hilal-i-Imtiaz
Political
Offices:
• Governor of West Pakistan (1969)
• Governor of East Pakistan (1971)
• Governor of Punjab (1988 – 1990)

9. 8. Muhammad Zia ul Haq
(1 March 1976 – 17 August 1988)
Born: 12 August 1924 (Jallandhar, Punjab, British India)
Died: 17 August 1988 (Bahwalpur, Punjab, Pakistan)
Service: 1943 – 1988
Unit: 22 Cavalry, Army Armoured Corps (PA – 1810)
Battles/
Wars:
• World War II
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
• Black September in Jordan
• Soviet war in Afghanistan
Awards: No Info available
Political
Offices:
President of Pakistan (1978 – 1988)
Minister of Defence (1978, 1985)

10. 9. Mirza Aslam Baig
(17 August 1988 – 16 August 1991)
Born: 2 August 1931 (Azam Garh, UP, British India)
Service: 1950 – 1991
Unit: Baloch Regiment
Battles/
Wars:
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
• Siachen conflict
• Afghan Civil War in 1989-92
• Gulf War
Awards:
• Legion of Merit
• Nishan-i-Imtiaz (military)
• Hilal-i-Imtiaz (military)
• Sitara-e-Basalat
• Tamgha-e-Jamhuriat
• Tong-il Medal

11. 10. Asif Nawaz Janjua
(16 August 1991 – 8 January 1993)
Born: 3 January 1937 (Jhelum, Punjab, British India)
Died: 8 January 1993 (Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan)
Service: 1957 – 1993
Unit: V Punjab Regiment
Battles/
Wars:
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
• Operation Clean-up
Awards:
• Sitara-e-Basalat (Bar)
• Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
• Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military)

12. 11. Abdul Waheed Kakar
(11 January 1993 – 12 January 1996)
Born: 23 March 1937 (Peshawar, NWFP, British India)
Service: 1959 – 1996
Unit:
V FF Regiment
27 Azad Kashmir Regiment
Battles/
Wars:
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
• Indo-Pakistan War of 1971
Awards:
• Sitara-e-Basalat (Bar)
• Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
• Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military)

13. 12. Jehangir Karamat
(12 January 1996 – 6 October 1998)
Born: 20 February 1941 (Karachi, Sindh, British India)
Service: 1961 - 1998
Unit: 13th Lancers, Army Armoured Corps
Battles/
Wars:
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Awards:
• Nishan-e-Imtiaz
• Sitara-e-Basalat
• Legion of Merit
Diplomatic
Posts:
Pakistan Ambassador to the United States
(2004 – 2006)

14. 13. Pervez Musharraf
(8 October 1998 – 28 November 2007)
Born: 11 August 1943 (Old Delhi, British India)
Service: 1964 – 2007
Unit: Regiment of Artillery
Battles/
Wars:
• Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and 1971
• Siachen conflict
• Kargil War
• Civil war in Afghanistan (1996–2001)
• 1999 Pakistani coup d'état
• War in North-West Pakistan
Awards:
• Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Tamgha-e-Basalat
• Imtiazi Sanad
• Order of al-Saud
Political
Offices:
• President of Pakistan (2001–2008)
• Chief Executive of Pakistan (1999–2001)

15. 14. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani
(29 November 2007- 29 November 2013)
Born: 20 April 1952 (Gujar Khan, Punjab)
Service: 1971 – 2013
Unit: Baloch Regiment
Battles/
Wars:
• Indo-Pakistani war of 1971
Awards: • Hilal-e-Imtiaz

16. 15. Raheel Sharif
(29 November 2013 - 29 November 2016)
Born: 16 June 1956 (Quetta, Balochistan)
Service: 1976 - 2016
Unit: 6th FF Regiment
Battles/
Wars:
• War in North-West Pakistan
• Operation Zarb-e-Azb
• 2014 Kashmir Skirmishes
Awards:
• Nishan-e-Imtiaz
• Hilal-i-Imtiaz

17. 16. Qamar Javed Bajwa
(29 November 2016 - Present)
Born: 11 November 1960 (Karachi, Sindh)
Service: 1980 - Present
Unit: 16 Baloch Regiment
Battles/
Wars:
• Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad
Awards:
• Hilal-i-Imtiaz
• Nishan-e-Imtiaz

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