Rashad Mahmood

General Rashad Mahmood NI
راشد محمود

Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
In office 29 November 2013 – 26 November 2016
President	Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by	Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani (Acting)
Succeeded by	Zubair Mahmood Hayat
Personal details
Born	Pakistan
Awards	Nishan-e-Imtiaz
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Army
Years of service	May 1975 - Present
Rank	General

Rashad Mahmood (Urdu/Punjabi: راشد محمود), is a retired four-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army who served as the 16th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. He was appointed as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on November 27, 2013. He retired on November 27 2016.^[1]

Biography

He was commissioned in 1979 to Baloch Regiment.^[2] He belongs to Kaira family of Gujjars from Taxila, Rawalpindi.

He has attended Company Commander Course from France and is a graduate of Canadian Army Command and Staff College, National Defence University, Pakistan. The General Officer has varied experience of Command, Staff and Instructional appointments. His major appointments include Platoon Commander, Pakistan Military Academy, Brigade Major Infantry Brigade, Instructor at Command and Staff College and NDU Pakistan. He has remained Chief of Staff of Bahawalpur Corps and Military Secretary to the President. The General Officer has commanded two Infantry Battalions, two Infantry Brigades and United Nations contingent at Congo, Infantry Division at Jhelum, Director General at Inter-Service Intelligence Directorate, Islamabad and Commander Lahore IV Corps (Pakistan). After commanding the Corps, he took over as Chief of General Staff (Pakistan) in January 2013. The General Officer has been conferred with Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)^[3] and Nishan-e-Imtiaz (military).^[4]

References

↑ "Dawn News". Retrieved 27 November 2013.
↑ "Gen Rashid likely to be new army chief". The Nation. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
↑ "Welcome to ISPR". Ispr.gov.pk. 1956-06-16. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
↑ "President honours army chief, JCSC head with Nishan-e-Imtiaz". Tribune. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.

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Preceded by Ashfaq Pervez Kayani (Acting)	Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee 2013 - 2016	Succeeded by Zubair Mahmood Hayat

Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Pakistan

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