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The Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army, shortly abbreviated as COAS, is the highest staff post in the Pakistan Army, held by the senior 4-star rank officer. It is the highest and most prestigious 4-star assignment, unless the 4-star officer is appointed as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The current Chief of Army Staff is General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. The COAS operates from Army Combatant General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi, the twin city of the capital Islamabad. Under the Constitution of 1973 presently in vogue, the Chief of Army Staff is subordinate to the President, Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Pakistan, but senior to the Secretary General/Secretary Defence and reports directly to the civilian leadership.
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List of Chiefs of Army Staff
No. Name Term of Appointment Unit of Commission Decorations
Army Commander-in-Chief, Pakistan Army
1 General Sir Frank Messervy August 15, 1947 – February 10, 1948 9th Hodson's Horse KCSI, KBE, CB, DSO 2 General Sir Douglas Gracey February 11, 1948 – January 16, 1951 1st Gurkha Rifles KCB, KCIE, CBE, MC 3 Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan January 16, 1951 – October 26, 1958 1/14 Punjab Regiment NPk, HPk, HJ, GCMG, MBE 4 General Muhammad Musa October 27, 1958 – June 17, 1966 6/13 Frontier Force Rifles HPk, HJ, HQA, MBE 5 General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan June 18, 1966 – December 20, 1971 4/10 Baluch Regiment HPk, HJ, SPk 6 Lieutenant General Gul Hassan Khan December 20, 1971 – March 3, 1972 Armoured Corps SPk, SQA
Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army (COAS) and 4-star generals
7 General Tikka Khan March 3, 1972 – March 1, 1976 12 Artillery HJ, HQA, SPk 8 General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq March 1, 1976 – August 17, 1988 Armoured Corps 9 General Mirza Aslam Beg August 17, 1988 – August 16, 1991 Baloch Regiment NI(M), SBt 10 General Asif Nawaz August 16, 1991 – January 8, 1993 Punjab Regiment NI(M), SBt (Bar) 11 General Abdul Waheed January 11, 1993 – January 12, 1996 Frontier Force Regiment NI(M), SBt 12 General Jehangir Karamat January 12, 1996 – October 6, 1998 Armoured Corps NI(M), TBt 13 General Pervez Musharraf October 6, 1998 – November 28, 2007 Artillery NI(M), TBt - General Ziauddin Butt October 12, 1999 (appointed) Engineers NI(M) 14 General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani November 29, 2007 – Baloch Regiment NI(M), HI List of Army Vice Chiefs
The post of Vice Chiefs of Army Staff existed whenever the Chief of Army Staff was also the President of Pakistan.
No. Name Term of Appointment Unit of Commission Decorations 1 General Abdul Hamid Khan March 25, 1969 – December 20, 1971 Baloch Regiment HQA, SPk 2 General Mohammad Sawar Khan April 13, 1980 – March 22, 1984 Artillery NI(M) 3 General Khalid Mahmud Arif March 22, 1984 – March 29, 1987 Armoured Corps NI(M), SBt 4 General Mirza Aslam Beg March 29, 1987 – August 17, 1988 Baloch Regiment NI(M), SBt 5 General Muhammad Yusaf Khan October 8, 2001 – October 6, 2004 Armoured Corps NI(M) 6 General Ahsan Saleem Hyat October 7, 2004 – October 7, 2007 Armoured Corps NI(M) 7 General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani October 8, 2007 – November 28, 2007 Baloch Regiment NI(M), HI See also
- Pakistan Army
- Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (Pakistan)
- Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)
- Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)
- Chief of General Staff (Pakistan)
External links
- List of Army Chiefs at Pakistan Army website
- Official Pakistan Army website
- Inter-Services Public Relations
- PAF s' Chief of the Air Staffs
Categories:- Chiefs of Army Staff, Pakistan
- Government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
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