General Mirza Aslam Beg, (Urdu: مرزا اسلم بیگ; born 2 August 1931; SBt, HI(M), NI(M), afwc, psc), is a retired four-star rank general officer who tenured as the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army from 1988 until his retirement in 1991. His four-star appointment came in effect after President General Zia-ul-Haq, met with a tragic and mysterious air crash on 17 August 1988.
After receiving confirmation from Prime minister Benazir Bhutto, Beg continued to hold the powerful and four-star assignment of chief of army staff until 1991, when his political ambitions forced the then-President Ghulam Ishaq Khan to nominate General Asif Navaz as the new chief of army staff three months prior to his retirement. As chief of army staff, Beg is credited for improving the fighting and combat operational capabilities of the Pakistan Army.
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