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Pakistan Army/ History Of Pakistan Army Since 1947/ List Of Generls Of Pakistan Army,




I am writing the following lines to refute the biggest fallacy associated with Pakistan Army that it is actually a Punjab Army which takes care of the interests of the Punjab ang does not take care of the other federating units. It is outright false and worng to say such a thing because form the time of Pakistan independence 14 Generals have commanded Pakistan Army. Out of these 14 Generals 2 were British, 4 were Pakhtun, 1 was Hazara, 1 was Baloch, 1 was a Rajput, 3 were Mohajir and 2 were Punjab.

In 64 years after independence, Pakistan has been ruled by 4 Generals for 32 years. These Generals are General Ayub Khan (9 years), General Yahya Khan (3 years), General Zia Ul Haq (11 years) and General Pervaz Musharaf (9 years). Not a single one of these General was a Punjab. So much for the myth of Pakistan Dominated army.

Here is the list of all Generals who have lead the Pakistan Army:

1.General Sir Frank Walter Messervy was born 1n 1893 in Trinidad to British parents. He was commissioned in the Indian Army in 1913 and later joined 9 Hudson's Hores, India in 1914. When Pakistan achieved independence in 1947v, he enjoyed a singular honour to serve as a First Commanded in Chief of Pakistan Army form 15 August 1947 to 10 February 1948.

2. General sir Douglas David Gracy was British and was born on 3 Sept 1894. He was commissiond in British Army and served in both the First and Second World Wars. He is the second Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan, holding this office form 11 February 1948 to 16 January 1951.

3. General Muhammad Ayub Khan was an ethnic Pakhtun. He was born on 14 May 1907. He was selected for Royal Militay Academy Sand Hurst in 1922 and got commission on 2nd feb 1928. He joined the 1st Battalion of the 14 Punjab Regiment, later known as 5 Punjab Regiment. He was made Commander-in-Chife of Pakistan Army on January 17, 1951, succeeding General Sir Douglas Gracey, thus becoming the first native Pakistan Geeneral to hold this          prestigious position.

4. General Muhammad Musa was born on Nov 1908. He was born in a Hazare Shia Muslim family in Quetta, he was form the Sardar family of the Hazara tribe in  Balochistan, Pakistan. He got commission form Indian Military Academy in Dehradu on 1st Feb 1935. He was posted to the 6th Royal Battalion, the 13th Frontier Force Rifles ass a Platoon Commander in 1936. He servrd with distinction in the Pakistan Army and rose to the rank of the commander in shief of pakistan Armed Forces on 1st April 1959 and held the office till 17 Sept 1966.

5. General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan was born in Chakwal in 1917, to an ethnic Shia Muslim Qizilbash family os Pakistan descent who could trace their militry links to the time of Nader Shah. He was, however, culturally Pakistan. He got commission in british Army on 15 Jul 1939. He because Chief of Army Staff on 18 Sep 1966 and held this office till 20 Dec1971.

6. General Gul Hassan was born on 9 June 1921. He was a Sunni Pakhtun born in Quetta. He got Commission on 22nd Feburary 1942. He commanded 1 Armed Division and  remained CGS before he was appointed acting C-in-C on 20 December 1971. He was appointed C-in-C on 22 January 1972 till his retirement on 3rd March 1972.

7. General Tikka Khan was a Narma Rajput and was born on 7 Jul 1915.
He was a graduate of the India Military Acadomy at Dehradun, and was commissioned on 22 Dec 1940. General Tikka Khan was Pakistan's Chief of army Staff form 3rd March 1972 to 1st March 1976.

8. General Zia-ul-Haq was a Mohajir and was born in Jalandhar in India on 12 September 1924. He was Commissioned in the British Army on 12 May 1943. At Pakistan's independence, he joined the Pakistani Army ass a Major. He got trained in the United States 1962-1964 at the U.S Army Command and General Staff Collage Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. On 1 April 1976 he was appointed Chief of Army Staff.

9. General Mirza Aslam Beg was a Mohajir and was born in Azam Garh, British India on 2 August 1931 and got commission in Pakistan Army on 23 August 1952. He was made Chieff of Army on August 1988 and remained in the office till 1 August 1992.

10. General Asif Nawaz Janjua was a Rajupt and was born on 3 Junuary 1937. He was selected for Royal Military Academy on 31 March 1957. He was Made Chief of Army Staff form 1991 to 1993.

11. General Abdul Wahid Kakar was Pakistan of Balochistan province and was born on 20 March 1937 and got commission on 18 October 1959. General Wahid Kakar is remembered for starting the Shaheen Nuclear missile Project. He was made Chief of Army Staff on 12 Junuary 1993 and held the office till 12 Junuary 1996.

12. General Jehangir Karamat was a Punjabi who got commission on 14 October 1961. General Karamat is a graduate of the U.S Army Command and General Staff Colloge at Fort Leavenwort, U.S.A. He was made  Chief of the Army Staff on 12 january 1996 and held the office till 7 October 1998. 

13. General Pervez Musharraf is a Mohajir and was born on August 11, 1943 in Delhi, British India. He got Commission form 
PMA kakul on 19 Apirl 1964. In 1998 he was promoted to General and took over ass the Chief of Army Staff and he had been holding this office till November 2007.

14. General Ashfaq Pravez Kayani is a Punjabi who commissioned form Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul in Baloch Regiment in 1971. General Ashfak Pravez Kayani is graduate of Fort Benning (USA), Command and StaffCollage Fort 
Leavenworth (USA), Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Hawaii (USA), and National Defence College Islamabad.