Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan) - List of Chiefs of Army Staff

List of Chiefs of Army Staff

No. Name Term of Appointment Unit of Commission Decorations

Army Commander-in-Chief, Pakistan Army
1 General Sir Frank Messervy August 15, 1947 – February 10, 1948 9th Hodson's Horse KCSI, KBE, CB, DSO
2 General Sir Douglas Gracey February 11, 1948 – January 16, 1951 1st Gurkha Rifles KCB, KCIE, CBE, MC
3 Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan January 16, 1951 – October 26, 1958 1/14 Punjab Regiment NPk, HPk, HJ, GCMG, MBE
4 General Muhammad Musa October 27, 1958 – June 17, 1966 6/13 Frontier Force Rifles HPk, HJ, HQA, MBE
5 General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan June 18, 1966 – December 20, 1971 4/10 Baluch Regiment HPk, HJ, SPk
6 Lieutenant General Gul Hassan Khan December 20, 1971 – March 3, 1972 Armoured Corps SPk, SQA

Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army (COAS) and 4-star generals
7 General Tikka Khan March 3, 1972 – March 1, 1976 Artillery HJ, HQA, SPk
8 General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq March 1, 1976 – August 17, 1988 Armoured Corps
9 General Mirza Aslam Beg August 17, 1988 – August 16, 1991 Baloch Regiment NI(M), SBt
10 General Asif Nawaz August 16, 1991 – January 8, 1993 Punjab Regiment NI(M), SBt (Bar)
11 General Abdul Waheed January 11, 1993 – January 12, 1996 Frontier Force Regiment NI(M), SBt
12 General Jehangir Karamat January 12, 1996 – October 6, 1998 Armoured Corps NI(M), TBt
13 General Pervez Musharraf October 6, 1998 – November 28, 2007 Artillery NI(M), TBt
14 General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani November 29, 2007 – Present Baloch Regiment NI(M), HI

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