Senior Staff Appointments
From 1970s and onwards, Anwar Shamim has held several senior command and staff appointments. During 1960, he commanded a No. 11 Squadron Arrows and the No. 33 Wing Dragnov of the Pakistan Air Force as Lieutenant-Colonel. He has flown a variety of airplanes and was always current on all fighter aircraft in the PAF inventory. He has served as Officer Commanding of three PAF Bases Masroor, Korangi Creek and Sakesar.
In 1976, as Major-General, Shamim was made Deputy Director of the Directorate for the Tactical Air War Operations (TAWO) at the Combatant Air Headquarters (AHQ) of Rawalpindi. However, he was replaced by Hakeem-Ollah and was posted as Director of Air War Operations (AWO). In 1977, Shamim was finally promoted to Air Marshal (Lieutenant-General) and was made Assistant Chief of Air Staff and Director General of the Air Research and Plans (ARP), Air Headquarters. The same year, the Air Force appointed Shamim as Air attaché at the Pakistan High Commission to the United Kingdom but the PAF notified Colonel Shamim that he has not been cleared. He was immediately advised to go the General's Headquarter (GHQ) to see General Zia-ul-Haq.
On July 23, 1978, the PAF Promotion Directorate promoted Anwar Shamim as a four-star air chief martial, overseeing three senior officers. The promotion was brought under the executive presidential order of General Zia-ul-Haq, Chief Martial Law Administrator during this period.
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