Shamim Alam Khan

Shamim Alam Khan

Shamim Alam Khan in Pakistan Army Service Dress.
Birth name Shamim Alam
Nickname(s) None
Born 1937 (age 78–79)
Shillong, British Raj
(now India)
Allegiance  Pakistan
Service/branch  Pakistan Army
Years of service 1956-1994
Rank General
Unit 20th Lancers, Army Armoured Corps
Special Service Group (SSG)
Commands held 1st Armoured Division, Multan
Vice Chief of General Staff (VCGS)
Infantry Division
II Corps, Multan
Chief of General Staff (CGS)
XXXI Corps, Bahawalpur
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
Battles/wars Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Awards Sitara-e-Basalat
Sitara-e-Jurat
Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Nishan-e-Imtiaz Award Recipient
Country Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Presented by Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Sitara-e-Jurat Award Recipient

Shamim Alam Khan was recipient of the Sitara-e-Jurat Award
Country Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Presented by Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Shamim Alam Khan, NI(M), SJ, SBt, (born 1937) is a retired four-star rank general in the Pakistan Army who served as the Supreme Commandant of the Pakistan Defense Forces as Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1991 to 1994. A former member of the Special Service Group, Khan also commanded the II Corps at Multan and XXXI Corps at Bahawalpur and was the Chief of General Staff (CGS) at the Army GHQ.

Military career

Shamim Alam Khan was born in present-day India. He joined the army after passing his Senior Cambridge from Lawrence College Ghora Gali and FSc from the Government College, Lahore. He was commissioned in 20th Lancers of the Armoured Corps in 1956 in the 14th PMA Long Course. Later in his career, he commanded a SSG company in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, for which he awarded the Sitara-e-Jurat. He then attended the Staff College, Camberley after the 1965 war. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, he served with the 28th Cavalry in the Chamb sector and later took over the command of the regiment after the war. He then served as GSO-1 in I Corps at Mangla, attended the War Course and was retained as an instructor in the National Defence College, Rawalpindi. On the brigadier and major general level, Khan commanded an independent armoured brigade, the 1st Armoured Division at Multan, served as Vice Chief of General Staff (VCGS) at GHQ and then commanded an infantry division.

After promotion to lieutenant general, Khan commanded the II Corps at Multan.[1] After his stint as corps commander, Khan was posted as the Chief of General Staff (CGS) at GHQ and later commanded the XXXI Corps at Bahawalpur. He was promoted to full general in 1991 and appointed the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. He retired from Army after completing his three-year tenure in 1994.

References

  1. ↑ Khaled Ahmed. "The Death of Zia-Ul-Haq" Criterion Quarterly, April - June 2007. Issue - Vol. 2 No. 2
Military offices
Preceded by
Mian Muhammad Afzaal		 Chief of General Staff
1989 – 1991 		Succeeded by
Asif Nawaz
Preceded by
Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey		 Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
1991 – 1994 		Succeeded by
Farooq Feroze Khan
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