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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/26/General-sahir-shamshad-mirza.jpg/440px-General-sahir-shamshad-mirza.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="917" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/General_(Pakistan)" title="General (Pakistan)">General</a> <a href="/wiki/Sahir_Shamshad_Mirza" title="Sahir Shamshad Mirza">Sahir Shamshad Mirza</a><br /></div>since 27 November 2022</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Armed_Forces_of_Pakistan_Flag.svg/23px-Armed_Forces_of_Pakistan_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Armed_Forces_of_Pakistan_Flag.svg/35px-Armed_Forces_of_Pakistan_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, 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of Staff Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Council_(Pakistan)" title="National Security Council (Pakistan)">National Security Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Command_Authority_(Pakistan)" title="National Command Authority (Pakistan)">National Command Authority</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(Pakistan)" title="Minister of Defence (Pakistan)">Minister of Defence</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Official_residence" title="Official residence">Residence</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Islamabad" title="Islamabad">Islamabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seat_(legal_entity)" title="Seat (legal entity)">Seat</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joint_Staff_Headquarters_(Pakistan)" title="Joint Staff Headquarters (Pakistan)">Joint Staff Headquarters</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi_Cantonment" title="Rawalpindi Cantonment">Rawalpindi</a>, Pakistan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nominator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" title="Prime Minister of Pakistan">Prime Minister of Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/President_of_Pakistan" title="President of Pakistan">President of Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3 years<br />Renewable once</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Precursor</th><td class="infobox-data">Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Commander_in_Chief_(Pakistan_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander in Chief (Pakistan Army)">Army</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Staff_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)">Navy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Air_Staff_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)">Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">1 March 1976<span class="noprint">; 48 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1976-03-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data">General <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Shariff" class="mw-redirect" title="Muhammad Shariff">Muhammad Sharif</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data">Vice Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee</b> (<b>CJCSC</b>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is, in principle, the highest-ranking and senior most uniformed <a href="/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces)" title="Officer (armed forces)">military officer</a>, typically at <a href="/wiki/Four-star_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Four-star officer">four-star</a> rank, in the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Armed_Forces" title="Pakistan Armed Forces">Pakistan Armed Forces</a> who serves as a principal staff officer (PSO) and a chief <a href="/wiki/Military_advisor" title="Military advisor">military adviser</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Pakistan" title="Government of Pakistan">civilian government</a> led by elected <a href="/wiki/Prime_minister_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime minister of Pakistan">prime minister of Pakistan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Council_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="National Security Council of Pakistan">National Security Council</a>. The role of advisement is also extended to the elected members in the <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Pakistan" title="National Assembly of Pakistan">bicameral parliament</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Pakistan)" title="Ministry of Defence (Pakistan)">ministry of Defence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYU_Press,_2002_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYU_Press,_2002-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 42">: 42 </span></sup> The chairman leads the meetings and coordinates the combined efforts of the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee,_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Pakistan">Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee</a> (JCSC), comprising the chairman, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Army_Staff_(Pakistan)" title="Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan)">chief of the Army Staff</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(Pakistan)" title="Chief of the Air Staff (Pakistan)">chief of the Air Staff</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Naval_Staff_(Pakistan)" title="Chief of the Naval Staff (Pakistan)">chief of the Naval Staff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colonel_commandant" title="Colonel commandant">commandant</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Marines" title="Pakistan Marines">marines</a>, director general <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Coast_Guards" title="Pakistan Coast Guards">Coast Guards</a> and <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Plans_Division_Force" title="Strategic Plans Division Force">Strategic Plans Division</a>, and commanders of the service branches in the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Armed_Forces" title="Civil Armed Forces">Civil Armed Forces</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_(Pakistan)" title="National Guard (Pakistan)">National Guard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Springer_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Springer-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 145–146">: 145–146 </span></sup> </p><p>Even as the principal staff officer (PSO), the chairman does not have any authority over the command of the combatant forces.<sup id="cite_ref-Springer,_Rizvi_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Springer,_Rizvi-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 145">: 145 </span></sup> The individual service chiefs are solely responsible for the coordination and logistics of the armed and combatant forces. Due to this constraint, the chiefs of <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Army_Staff_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)">army</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Staff_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)">navy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Air_Staff_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)">air force</a> are much in <a href="/wiki/Command_and_Control_(Military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Command and Control (Military)">command and control</a> of their respected commands.<sup id="cite_ref-Springer,_Rizvi_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Springer,_Rizvi-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 146–147">: 146–147 </span></sup> </p><p>The chairman's mandate is to transmit <a href="/wiki/Military_communications" title="Military communications">strategic communications</a> to the combatant commanders from the <a href="/wiki/Prime_minister_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime minister of Pakistan">prime minister</a> and <a href="/wiki/President_of_Pakistan" title="President of Pakistan">president</a> as well as allocate additional funding to the combatant commanders if necessary.<sup id="cite_ref-Springer,_Rizvi_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Springer,_Rizvi-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 146–147">: 146–147 </span></sup> The chairman is nominated and appointed by the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" title="Prime Minister of Pakistan">prime minister</a>; and is finally confirmed by the president.<sup id="cite_ref-Springer,_Rizvi_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Springer,_Rizvi-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 147">: 147 </span></sup> Unlike <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>, the appointment of chairman does not need confirmation via majority vote by the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Pakistan" title="Parliament of Pakistan">parliament</a>. Although, the appointment needs confirmation from the prime minister. By statute, the chairman is appointed as a four-star general, four-star air chief marshal and/or four star admiral. By law required, all four-star officers are required to have vast experience in joint uniformed services of Pakistan during their 40-year-long military careers.<sup id="cite_ref-Springer,_Rizvi_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Springer,_Rizvi-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 148">: 148 </span></sup> </p><p>The post of CJCSC was created by the former prime minister of Pakistan <a href="/wiki/Zulfikar_Ali_Bhutto" title="Zulfikar Ali Bhutto">Zulfikar Ali Bhutto</a> in March 1976, and the first chairman was four star rank officer, General <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Shariff" class="mw-redirect" title="Muhammad Shariff">Muhammad Shariff</a>. The current holder of the office is General <a href="/wiki/Sahir_Shamshad_Mirza" title="Sahir Shamshad Mirza">Sahir Shamshad Mirza</a> appointed in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appointment_preferences">Appointment preferences</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chairman_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Appointment preferences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Revolt_of_the_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Revolt of the Admiral">Revolt of the Admiral Bokhari</a>, <a href="/wiki/1999_Pakistani_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1999 Pakistani coup d'état">1999 Pakistani coup d'état</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interservice_rivalry" title="Interservice rivalry">Interservice rivalry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Institutional_discrimination" title="Institutional discrimination">Institutional discrimination</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Army_vs._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Army vs. Navy">Army vs. Navy</a></div> <p>Despite the post of the chairmanship is bound constitutionally for the rotation, the <a href="/wiki/Army_general" title="Army general">army generals</a> are strongly preferred for such post, despite coming short of their qualifications, by the civilian prime ministers in a view of stabilizing the <a href="/wiki/Civil%E2%80%93military_relations" title="Civil–military relations">civil military relations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Westview_Press,_Shafqat_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Westview_Press,_Shafqat-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 229">: 229 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Oxford_University_Press,_Nawaz_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oxford_University_Press,_Nawaz-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 426–427">: 426–427 </span></sup> </p><p>Unlike the American system where the balance is made between the branches of the <a href="/wiki/US_military" class="mw-redirect" title="US military">U.S. military</a>, the majority of the chairmen are appointed from the department of the army, superseding the officers in the navy, marines, and the air force.<sup id="cite_ref-defence_Journal,_Ali_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-defence_Journal,_Ali-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1999, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" title="Prime Minister of Pakistan">Prime Minister</a> Sharif notably refused to appoint the senior most officer, Admiral <a href="/wiki/Fasih_Bokhari" title="Fasih Bokhari">Fasih Bokhari</a>, to such post in favor of appointing junior-most officer, Gen. <a href="/wiki/Pervez_Musharraf" title="Pervez Musharraf">Pervez Musharraf</a>. This action of Prime Minister Sharif led towards Adm. Bokhar <a href="/wiki/Revolt_of_the_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Revolt of the Admiral">revolting against this decision</a> in public in 1999, creating strain in the relation between the civilian government and the military.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Friday_Times,_Siddiqi_2017_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Friday_Times,_Siddiqi_2017-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Four-star_admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Four-star admiral">four-star admirals</a> in the Pakistan Navy have been notably superseded by the junior army officers, in instances took place in 2005 when Adm. <a href="/wiki/Shahid_Karimullah" title="Shahid Karimullah">Karim</a> was superseded by junior-most <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-General">Lt-Gen.</a> <a href="/wiki/Ehsan_ul_Haq" title="Ehsan ul Haq">Ehsan ul Haq</a><sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_newspapers,_Staff_2004_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn_newspapers,_Staff_2004-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, in 2011 when <a href="/wiki/Noman_Bashir" title="Noman Bashir">Adm. Numan</a> was bypassed in favor of <a href="/wiki/Khalid_Shameem_Wynne" title="Khalid Shameem Wynne">Lt-Gen. Wynne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Maverick_Pakistan_release_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maverick_Pakistan_release-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, the practice continued by the civil government when Adm. <a href="/wiki/Asif_Sandila" title="Asif Sandila">Asif Sandila</a> was bypassed and overlooked when the junior most officer, Lt-Gen. <a href="/wiki/Rashad_Mahmood" title="Rashad Mahmood">Rashad Mahmood</a> was eventually appointed as Chairman joint chiefs.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Seniority in Navy's Candidacy for Chairman joint chiefs </span></th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Eventual Appointment for Chairman joint chiefs from Army</span></th> <th><span style="font-size:85%;">Year Zone of appointment</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Adm. <a href="/wiki/Fasih_Bokhari" title="Fasih Bokhari">Fasih Bokhari</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-General">Lt-Gen.</a> <a href="/wiki/Pervez_Musharraf" title="Pervez Musharraf">Pervez Musharraf</a></td> <td>1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Adm. <a href="/wiki/Shahid_Karimullah" title="Shahid Karimullah">Shahid Karim-ullah</a></td> <td>Lt-Gen. <a href="/wiki/Ehsan_ul_Haq" title="Ehsan ul Haq">Ehsan ul Haq</a></td> <td>2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Adm. <a href="/wiki/Noman_Bashir" title="Noman Bashir">Noman Bashir</a></td> <td>Lt-Gen. <a href="/wiki/Khalid_Shameem_Wynne" title="Khalid Shameem Wynne">K. Shamim Wynne</a></td> <td>2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Adm. <a href="/wiki/Asif_Sandila" title="Asif Sandila">Asif Sandila</a></td> <td>Lt-Gen. <a href="/wiki/Rashad_Mahmood" title="Rashad Mahmood">Rashad Mahmood</a></td> <td>2014 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Due to such preferential treatments given to army department, the retired admirals have given a strong criticism of such criterion, expressing their dissatisfaction towards the appointment processes.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Chairman_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee">List of Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chairman_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: List of Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th class="unsortable">Portrait </th> <th>Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Took office</th> <th data-sort-type="date">Left office</th> <th>Time in office</th> <th>Defence branch</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" title="Prime Minister of Pakistan">Prime Minister</a> </th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Muhammad Shariff NI(M), SI(M)"><img alt="Muhammad Shariff NI(M), SI(M)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Shariff, Muhammad</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Shariff_(general)" title="Muhammad Shariff (general)">Muhammad Shariff</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Sitara-i-Imtiaz" title="Sitara-i-Imtiaz">SI(M)</a></span></span></b><br /><small>(1921–1999)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 March 1976</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 January 1977</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002327000000000000♠"></span>327 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali</span><a href="/wiki/Zulfikar_Ali_Bhutto" title="Zulfikar Ali Bhutto">Zulfikar Ali Bhutto</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Mohammad Shariff NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), HJ, SJ, SK"><img alt="Mohammad Shariff NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), HJ, SJ, SK" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Shariff, Mohammad</span>Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Shariff" title="Mohammad Shariff">Mohammad Shariff</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Hilal-i-Imtiaz" title="Hilal-i-Imtiaz">HI(M)</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Sitara-i-Imtiaz" title="Sitara-i-Imtiaz">SI(M)</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Hilal-i-Jur%27at" title="Hilal-i-Jur'at">HJ</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Sitara-e-Jurat" title="Sitara-e-Jurat">SJ</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Sitara-i-Khidmat" class="mw-redirect" title="Sitara-i-Khidmat">SK</a></span></span></b><br /><small>(1920–2020)</small><br /><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 January 1977</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13 April 1980</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003117700000000000♠"></span>3 years, 82 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg/46px-Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Pakistan Navy</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali</span><a href="/wiki/Zulfikar_Ali_Bhutto" title="Zulfikar Ali Bhutto">Zulfikar Ali Bhutto</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Iqbal Khan NI(M), SBt"><img alt="Iqbal Khan NI(M), SBt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Khan, Iqbal</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Iqbal_Khan_(general)" title="Iqbal Khan (general)">Iqbal Khan</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Sitara-e-Basalat" title="Sitara-e-Basalat">SBt</a></span></span></b><br /><small>(1924–2000)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13 April 1980</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 March 1984</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003143900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 344 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">*</span><i>None</i><br />1977 – 1985</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Rahimuddin_Khan.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rahimuddin Khan NI(M), SBt"><img alt="Rahimuddin Khan NI(M), SBt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/General_Rahimuddin_Khan.jpg/100px-General_Rahimuddin_Khan.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/General_Rahimuddin_Khan.jpg/150px-General_Rahimuddin_Khan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c3/General_Rahimuddin_Khan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="184" data-file-height="274" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Khan, Rahimuddin</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rahimuddin_Khan" title="Rahimuddin Khan">Rahimuddin Khan</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Sitara-e-Basalat" title="Sitara-e-Basalat">SBt</a></span></span></b><br /><small>(1926–2022)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">22 March 1984</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 March 1987<sup id="cite_ref-MS_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MS-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003113300000000000♠"></span>3 years, 38 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Junejo, Mohammad Khan</span><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Khan_Junejo" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammad Khan Junejo">Mohammad Khan Junejo</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Akhtar Abdur Rahman NI(M), SBt"><img alt="Akhtar Abdur Rahman NI(M), SBt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Rahman, Akhtar Abdur</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Akhtar_Abdur_Rahman" title="Akhtar Abdur Rahman">Akhtar Abdur Rahman</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Sitara-e-Basalat" title="Sitara-e-Basalat">SBt</a></span></span></b><br /><small>(1924–1988)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 March 1987</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Death_of_Muhammad_Zia-ul-Haq" title="Death of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq">17 August 1988</a> †</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002476000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 110 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Junejo, Mohammad Khan</span><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Khan_Junejo" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammad Khan Junejo">Mohammad Khan Junejo</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), SBt"><img alt="Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), SBt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Sirohey, Iftikhar Ahmed</span>Admiral<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Iftikhar_Ahmed_Sirohey" title="Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey">Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Hilal-i-Imtiaz" title="Hilal-i-Imtiaz">HI(M)</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Sitara-i-Imtiaz" title="Sitara-i-Imtiaz">SI(M)</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Sitara-e-Basalat" title="Sitara-e-Basalat">SBt</a></span></span></b><br /><small>(born 1934)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 November 1988</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17 August 1991</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003101000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 280 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg/46px-Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Pakistan Navy</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Bhutto, Benazir</span><a href="/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto" title="Benazir Bhutto">Benazir Bhutto</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Shamim_Alam_Khan.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Shamim Allam NI(M), SJ, SBt"><img alt="Shamim Allam NI(M), SJ, SBt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/General_Shamim_Alam_Khan.jpg/100px-General_Shamim_Alam_Khan.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/General_Shamim_Alam_Khan.jpg/150px-General_Shamim_Alam_Khan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/General_Shamim_Alam_Khan.jpg/200px-General_Shamim_Alam_Khan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="211" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Khan, Shamim Alam</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Shamim_Alam_Khan" title="Shamim Alam Khan">Shamim Allam</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Sitara-e-Jurat" title="Sitara-e-Jurat">SJ</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Sitara-e-Basalat" title="Sitara-e-Basalat">SBt</a></span></span></b><br /><small>(1937–2021)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17 August 1991</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9 November 1994</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003118000000000000♠"></span>3 years, 84 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Sharif, Nawaz</span><a href="/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif" title="Nawaz Sharif">Nawaz Sharif</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Feroz Khan NI(M), SBt"><img alt="Feroz Khan NI(M), SBt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Khan, Farooq Feroze</span>Air Chief Marshal<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Farooq_Feroze_Khan" title="Farooq Feroze Khan">Feroz Khan</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Sitara-e-Basalat" title="Sitara-e-Basalat">SBt</a></span></span></b><br /><small>(1939–2021)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10 November 1994</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9 November 1997</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003109500000000000♠"></span>2 years, 364 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Air_Force_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Air_Force_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Air_Force_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Pakistan Air Force</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Bhutto, Benazir</span><a href="/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto" title="Benazir Bhutto">Benazir Bhutto</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jehangir_Karamata.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Jehangir Karamat NI(M), SBt"><img alt="Jehangir Karamat NI(M), SBt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c4/Jehangir_Karamata.png/100px-Jehangir_Karamata.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c4/Jehangir_Karamata.png/150px-Jehangir_Karamata.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c4/Jehangir_Karamata.png/200px-Jehangir_Karamata.png 2x" data-file-width="228" data-file-height="294" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Karamat, Jehangir</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Jehangir_Karamat" title="Jehangir Karamat">Jehangir Karamat</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Sitara-e-Basalat" title="Sitara-e-Basalat">SBt</a></span></span></b><br /><small>(born 1941)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">9 November 1997</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 October 1998</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002332000000000000♠"></span>332 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Sharif, Nawaz</span><a href="/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif" title="Nawaz Sharif">Nawaz Sharif</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">10</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PervezMusharraf.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pervez Musharraf NI(M), TBt"><img alt="Pervez Musharraf NI(M), TBt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/PervezMusharraf.jpg/100px-PervezMusharraf.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/PervezMusharraf.jpg/150px-PervezMusharraf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/PervezMusharraf.jpg/200px-PervezMusharraf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="243" data-file-height="253" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Musharraf, Pervez</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Pervez_Musharraf" title="Pervez Musharraf">Pervez Musharraf</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Tamgha-e-Basalat" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamgha-e-Basalat">TBt</a></span></span></b><br /><small>(1943–2023)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 October 1998</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 October 2001</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 years</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Sharif, Nawaz</span><a href="/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif" title="Nawaz Sharif">Nawaz Sharif</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Aziz_Khan_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aziz Khan NI(M), SBt"><img alt="Aziz Khan NI(M), SBt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/General_Aziz_Khan_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-General_Aziz_Khan_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/General_Aziz_Khan_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-General_Aziz_Khan_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/General_Aziz_Khan_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-General_Aziz_Khan_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="707" data-file-height="938" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Khan, Aziz</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Aziz_Khan_(general)" title="Aziz Khan (general)">Aziz Khan</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Sitara-e-Basalat" title="Sitara-e-Basalat">SBt</a></span></span></b><br /><small>(born 1947)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 October 2001</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 October 2004</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 years</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Jamali, Zafarullah Khan</span><a href="/wiki/Zafarullah_Khan_Jamali" class="mw-redirect" title="Zafarullah Khan Jamali">Zafarullah Khan Jamali</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ehsan_ul_haq.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ehsan ul Haq NI(M)"><img alt="Ehsan ul Haq NI(M)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Ehsan_ul_haq.jpg/100px-Ehsan_ul_haq.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Ehsan_ul_haq.jpg/150px-Ehsan_ul_haq.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Ehsan_ul_haq.jpg/200px-Ehsan_ul_haq.jpg 2x" data-file-width="702" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">ul Haq, Ehsan</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ehsan_ul_Haq" title="Ehsan ul Haq">Ehsan ul Haq</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a></span></span></b><br /><small>(born 1949)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 October 2004</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 October 2007</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 years</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Aziz, Shaukat</span><a href="/wiki/Shaukat_Aziz" title="Shaukat Aziz">Shaukat Aziz</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Tariq Majid NI(M), HI(M)"><img alt="Tariq Majid NI(M), HI(M)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Majid, Tariq</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Tariq_Majid" title="Tariq Majid">Tariq Majid</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Hilal-i-Imtiaz" title="Hilal-i-Imtiaz">HI(M)</a></span></span></b><br /><small>(born 1950)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 October 2007</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">7 October 2010</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 years</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Soomro, Muhammad Mian</span><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Mian_Soomro" title="Muhammad Mian Soomro">Muhammad Mian Soomro</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Yousaf_Raza_Gillani" class="mw-redirect" title="Yousaf Raza Gillani">Yousaf Raza Gillani</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">14</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Khalid_Wynne_(close-up).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Khalid Shameem Wynne NI(M)"><img alt="Khalid Shameem Wynne NI(M)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Khalid_Wynne_%28close-up%29.jpg/100px-Khalid_Wynne_%28close-up%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Khalid_Wynne_%28close-up%29.jpg/150px-Khalid_Wynne_%28close-up%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Khalid_Wynne_%28close-up%29.jpg/200px-Khalid_Wynne_%28close-up%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="618" data-file-height="798" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Wynne, Khalid Shameem</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Khalid_Shameem_Wynne" title="Khalid Shameem Wynne">Khalid Shameem Wynne</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a></span></span></b><br /><small>(1953–2017)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8 October 2010</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">8 October 2013</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 years</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Gillani, Yousaf Raza</span><a href="/wiki/Yousaf_Raza_Gillani" class="mw-redirect" title="Yousaf Raza Gillani">Yousaf Raza Gillani</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Raja_Pervaiz_Ashraf" title="Raja Pervaiz Ashraf">Raja Pervaiz Ashraf</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mir_Hazar_Khan_Khoso" title="Mir Hazar Khan Khoso">Mir Hazar Khan Khoso</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mian_Muhammad_Nawaz_Sharif" class="mw-redirect" title="Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif">Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">-</td><td style="; background: #E6E6AA"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kayani_in_July_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ashfaq Parvez Kayani NI(M), HI(M)"><img alt="Ashfaq Parvez Kayani NI(M), HI(M)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kayani_in_July_2010.jpg/100px-Kayani_in_July_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kayani_in_July_2010.jpg/150px-Kayani_in_July_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kayani_in_July_2010.jpg/200px-Kayani_in_July_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1155" data-file-height="1619" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span style="display:none">Kayani, Ashfaq Parvez</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ashfaq_Parvez_Kayani" title="Ashfaq Parvez Kayani">Ashfaq Parvez Kayani</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Hilal-i-Imtiaz" title="Hilal-i-Imtiaz">HI(M)</a></span></span></b><br /><small>(born 1952)</small><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">8 October 2013</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">27 November 2013</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span data-sort-value="7001500000000000000♠"></span>50 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span style="display:none">Sharif, Nawaz</span><a href="/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif" title="Nawaz Sharif">Nawaz Sharif</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rashad_Mahmood.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rashad Mahmood NI(M)"><img alt="Rashad Mahmood NI(M)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Rashad_Mahmood.jpg/100px-Rashad_Mahmood.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Rashad_Mahmood.jpg/150px-Rashad_Mahmood.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Rashad_Mahmood.jpg/200px-Rashad_Mahmood.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1723" data-file-height="1149" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Mahmood, Rashad</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Rashad_Mahmood" title="Rashad Mahmood">Rashad Mahmood</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a></span></span></b><br /><small>(born 1953)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">27 November 2013</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 November 2016</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003109700000000000♠"></span>3 years, 1 day</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Sharif, Nawaz</span><a href="/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif" title="Nawaz Sharif">Nawaz Sharif</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">16</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General_Zubair.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Zubair Hayat NI(M)"><img alt="Zubair Hayat NI(M)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/General_Zubair.jpg/100px-General_Zubair.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/General_Zubair.jpg/150px-General_Zubair.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/General_Zubair.jpg/200px-General_Zubair.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2007" data-file-height="2669" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Hayat, Zubair Mahmood</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Zubair_Mahmood_Hayat" title="Zubair Mahmood Hayat">Zubair Hayat</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a></span></span></b><br /><small>(born 1960)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">28 November 2016</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">27 November 2019</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003109400000000000♠"></span>2 years, 364 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Sharif, Nawaz</span><a href="/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif" title="Nawaz Sharif">Nawaz Sharif</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Shahid_Khaqan_Abbasi" title="Shahid Khaqan Abbasi">Shahid Khaqan Abbasi</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Imran_Khan" title="Imran Khan">Imran Khan</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">17</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CJCSC_Gen.Nadeem_Raza.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nadeem Raza NI(M), HI(M)"><img alt="Nadeem Raza NI(M), HI(M)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/CJCSC_Gen.Nadeem_Raza.jpg/100px-CJCSC_Gen.Nadeem_Raza.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/CJCSC_Gen.Nadeem_Raza.jpg/150px-CJCSC_Gen.Nadeem_Raza.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/CJCSC_Gen.Nadeem_Raza.jpg/200px-CJCSC_Gen.Nadeem_Raza.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="388" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Raza Naveed</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Nadeem_Raza" title="Nadeem Raza">Nadeem Raza</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Hilal-i-Imtiaz" title="Hilal-i-Imtiaz">HI(M)</a></span></span></b><br /><small>(born 1965)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">27 November 2019</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">27 November 2022</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 years</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Khan, Imran</span><a href="/wiki/Imran_Khan" title="Imran Khan">Imran Khan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Shehbaz_Sharif" title="Shehbaz Sharif">Shehbaz Sharif</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">18</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:General-sahir-shamshad-mirza.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sahir Shamshad Mirza NI(M), HI(M)"><img alt="Sahir Shamshad Mirza NI(M), HI(M)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/26/General-sahir-shamshad-mirza.jpg/100px-General-sahir-shamshad-mirza.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/26/General-sahir-shamshad-mirza.jpg/150px-General-sahir-shamshad-mirza.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/26/General-sahir-shamshad-mirza.jpg/200px-General-sahir-shamshad-mirza.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="917" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span style="display:none">Shamshad, Sahir</span>General<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Sahir_Shamshad_Mirza" title="Sahir Shamshad Mirza">Sahir Shamshad Mirza</a> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Nishan-e-Imtiaz" title="Nishan-e-Imtiaz">NI(M)</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 75%;"><a href="/wiki/Hilal-i-Imtiaz" title="Hilal-i-Imtiaz">HI(M)</a></span></span></b></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">27 November 2022</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><i>Incumbent</i></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002805000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 74 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Pakistani_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="324" data-file-height="216" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Shehbaz_Sharif" title="Shehbaz Sharif">Shehbaz Sharif</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_by_Branch_of_Service">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by Branch of Service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chairman_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by Branch of Service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pervez_Musharraf%27s_Mercedes_Benz_in_Pakistan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Pervez_Musharraf%27s_Mercedes_Benz_in_Pakistan.jpg/250px-Pervez_Musharraf%27s_Mercedes_Benz_in_Pakistan.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Pervez_Musharraf%27s_Mercedes_Benz_in_Pakistan.jpg/375px-Pervez_Musharraf%27s_Mercedes_Benz_in_Pakistan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Pervez_Musharraf%27s_Mercedes_Benz_in_Pakistan.jpg/500px-Pervez_Musharraf%27s_Mercedes_Benz_in_Pakistan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3984" data-file-height="2660" /></a><figcaption>Car used by Chairman Joint Chiefs with the flag and star plate (General <a href="/wiki/Ehsan_ul_Haq" title="Ehsan ul Haq">Ehsan ul Haq</a>'s car in 2006)</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Army - 14</li> <li>Navy - 2</li> <li>Air Force - 1</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chairman_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee,_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Pakistan">Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Army_Staff_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)">Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grade_22" title="Grade 22">Grade 22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Air_Staff_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)">Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Staff_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)">Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of General Staff (Pakistan)">Chief of General Staff (Pakistan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Pakistan Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Pakistan Navy</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chairman_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_Committee&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Admiral M.S. Khan filled his position on several occasion. 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href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Ghana)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Ghana)">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Defence_(Guinea)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Defence (Guinea) (page does not exist)">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Guinea-Bissau)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Guinea-Bissau) (page does not exist)">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Ivory_Coast)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Ivory Coast)">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Forces_(Kenya)" title="Chief of Defence Forces (Kenya)">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Lesotho_Defence_Force" title="Commander of the Lesotho Defence Force">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Liberia)" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (Liberia)">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_(Libya)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff (Libya) (page does not exist)">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Madagascar)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Madagascar) (page does not exist)">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Defence_Force_(Malawi)" title="Commander of the Defence Force (Malawi)">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Mali)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Mali) (page does not exist)">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Mauritania)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Mauritania) (page does not exist)">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inspector_general_(Morocco)" title="Inspector general (Morocco)">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Mozambique)" title="Chief of General Staff (Mozambique)">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Force_(Namibia)" title="Chief of the Defence Force (Namibia)">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joint_Chief_of_staff_(Niger)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joint Chief of staff (Niger) (page does not exist)">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Nigeria)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (Nigeria)">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Rwanda)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (Rwanda)">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_(S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe)" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (São Tomé and Príncipe)">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Senegal)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Senegal)">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Defence_(Seychelles)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Defence (Seychelles) (page does not exist)">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Sierra_Leone)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Sierra Leone)">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Force_(Somalia)" title="Chief of Defence Force (Somalia)">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_South_African_National_Defence_Force" title="Chief of the South African National Defence Force">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(South_Sudan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (South Sudan) (page does not exist)">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Sudan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Sudan) (page does not exist)">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanzania_People%27s_Defence_Force#Chief_of_Defence_Force" title="Tanzania People's Defence Force">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Togo)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Defence Staff (Togo) (page does not exist)">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_(Tunisia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff (Tunisia) (page does not exist)">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Forces_(Uganda)" title="Chief of Defence Forces (Uganda)">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Defence_Force_(Zambia)" title="Commander of the Defence Force (Zambia)">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defense_(Zimbabwe)" title="Chief of Defense (Zimbabwe)">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">states with<br />limited recognition</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Somaliland)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Somaliland)">Somaliland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Biafra</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Bophuthatswana_Defence_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force (page does not exist)">Bophuthatswana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Ciskei_Defence_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Ciskei Defence Force (page does not exist)">Ciskei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirdar" title="Sirdar">British Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Ethiopia)" title="Chief of General Staff (Ethiopia)">Ethiopian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defense_(Zimbabwe)" title="Chief of Defense (Zimbabwe)">Rhodesia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Transkei_Defence_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Transkei Defence Force (page does not exist)">Transkei</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Venda_Defence_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Venda Defence Force (page does not exist)">Venda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Zaire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Antigua_and_Barbuda)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (Antigua and Barbuda)">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_(Argentina)" title="Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Argentina)">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Defence_Force_(Bahamas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Defence Force (Bahamas)">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_(Barbados)" title="Chief of Staff (Barbados)">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Defence_Force_(Belize)" title="Commander of the Defence Force (Belize)">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Bolivia#Commander_in_Chief_of_the_Armed_Forces" title="Armed Forces of Bolivia">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces" title="Joint Staff of the Armed Forces">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Canada)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Defence_(Chile)" title="Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Defence (Chile)">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Commander_of_the_Military_Forces_(Colombia)" title="General Commander of the Military Forces (Colombia)">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_Revolutionary_Armed_Forces#Leadership" title="Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_(Dominican_Republic)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff (Dominican Republic) (page does not exist)">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joint_Chief_of_Staff_(Ecuador)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joint Chief of Staff (Ecuador) (page does not exist)">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Joint_Staff_(El_Salvador)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Joint Staff (El Salvador) (page does not exist)">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Guatemala)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Guatemala)">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_(Guyana)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Staff (Guyana)">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Haiti" title="List of commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Haiti">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Honduras)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of the Armed Forces (Honduras) (page does not exist)">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Jamaica)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (Jamaica)">Jamaica</a></li> <li>Mexico <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_National_Defense_(Mexico)" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretariat of National Defense (Mexico)">Secretariat of National Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_the_Navy" title="Secretariat of the Navy">Secretariat of the Navy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Army_(Nicaragua)" title="Commander-in-Chief of the Army (Nicaragua)">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Paraguay)" title="Commander of the Armed Forces (Paraguay)">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Joint_Command_(Peru)" title="Chief of the Joint Command (Peru)">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Defence_Force_Commander_(Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Defence Force Commander (Saint Kitts and Nevis) (page does not exist)">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Suriname)" title="Commander of the Armed Forces (Suriname)">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Trinidad_and_Tobago)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (Trinidad and Tobago)">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Staff_(Uruguay)" title="Defence Staff (Uruguay)">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Command_Operations_(Venezuela)" class="mw-redirect" title="Strategic Command Operations (Venezuela)">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Afghanistan)" title="Chief of General Staff (Afghanistan)">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Defense_(Bahrain)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Defense (Bahrain) (page does not exist)">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principal_Staff_Officer_(Bangladesh)" title="Principal Staff Officer (Bangladesh)">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_Operations_Officer_(Bhutan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief Operations Officer (Bhutan) (page does not exist)">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Royal_Brunei_Armed_Forces" title="Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief_of_the_Royal_Cambodian_Armed_Forces" title="Commander-in-chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Staff_Department_of_the_Central_Military_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission">PR of China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(India)" title="Chief of Defence Staff (India)">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Indonesian_National_Armed_Forces" title="Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" title="General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran">Iran</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army#Commanders-in-Chief" title="List of commanders of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army">AJA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps#Commanders-in-Chief" title="List of commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">IRGC</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Iraq)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Iraq)">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Israel)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Israel)">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff,_Joint_Staff" title="Chief of Staff, Joint Staff">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_(Jordan)" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Jordan)">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Kazakhstan)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Kazakhstan)">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_Department_of_the_Korean_People%27s_Army" title="General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_(South_Korea)" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (South Korea)">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Kuwait)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Kuwait)">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_Armed_Forces_(Kyrgyzstan)" title="General Staff of Armed Forces (Kyrgyzstan)">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Laos)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Laos) (page does not exist)">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Lebanese_Armed_Forces" title="Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Forces_(Malaysia)" title="Chief of Defence Forces (Malaysia)">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Force_(Maldives)" title="Chief of Defence Force (Maldives)">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Mongolia)" title="Chief of General Staff (Mongolia)">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_of_Defence_Services" title="Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Army_Staff_(Nepal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Army Staff (Nepal)">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_staff_(Oman)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of staff (Oman) (page does not exist)">Oman</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Philippines" title="Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_General_Staff_(Qatar)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of General Staff (Qatar) (page does not exist)">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_General_Staff" title="Chairman of the General Staff">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Force_(Singapore)" title="Chief of Defence Force (Singapore)">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Sri Lanka)">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Syria)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Syria)">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Tajikistan)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Tajikistan)">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Forces_(Thailand)" title="Chief of Defence Forces (Thailand)">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Force_(Timor-Leste)" title="Chief of Defence Force (Timor-Leste)">Timor-Leste</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Turkmenistan)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Turkmenistan)">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_staff_(United_Arab_Emirates)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of staff (United Arab Emirates) (page does not exist)">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Uzbekistan)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Uzbekistan)">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Vietnam)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Vietnam)">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_of_Staff_(Yemen)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief of Staff (Yemen) (page does not exist)">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">states with<br />limited recognition</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Republic_of_China)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Republic of China)">Republic of China (Taiwan)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Democratic Kampuchea</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_General_Headquarters" title="Imperial General Headquarters">Imperial Japan</a></li> <li>Mengjiang</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Manchukuo" title="Politics of Manchukuo">Manchukuo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Joint_General_Staff_(South_Vietnam)" title="Chief of the Joint General Staff (South Vietnam)">South Vietnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Albania)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Albania)">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Armenia)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Armenia)">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Austria)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Austria)">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Staff_of_Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces" title="General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Belarus)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Belarus)">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Belgium)" title="Chief of Defence (Belgium)">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiefs_of_Joint_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Chiefs of Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_(Bulgaria)" title="Chief of the Defence (Bulgaria)">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Croatia)" title="Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (Croatia)">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_National_Guard_General_Staff" title="Chief of the National Guard General Staff">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Czech_Republic)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Czech Republic)">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Denmark)" title="Chief of Defence (Denmark)">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Estonian_Defence_Forces" title="Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Finland)" title="Chief of Defence (Finland)">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(France)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (France)">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inspector_General_of_the_Bundeswehr" title="Inspector General of the Bundeswehr">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defense_Forces_(Georgia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Defense Forces (Georgia)">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_National_Defence_General_Staff" title="Hellenic National Defence General Staff">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_General_Staff_(Hungary)" title="Chief of General Staff (Hungary)">Hungary</a></li> <li>Iceland</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_Defence_Forces_(Ireland)" title="Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces (Ireland)">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Italy)" title="Chief of the Defence Staff (Italy)">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Joint_Headquarters_(Latvia)" title="Commander of the Joint Headquarters (Latvia)">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Lithuania)" title="Chief of Defence (Lithuania)">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Luxembourg)" title="Chief of Defence (Luxembourg)">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Malta)" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Armed Forces (Malta)">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Moldova)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Moldova)">Moldova</a></li> <li>Monaco</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_General_Staff_(Montenegro)" title="Chief of the General Staff (Montenegro)">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_(Netherlands)" title="Chief of Defence 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