List of Army Chiefs

No Unit of
Name Term of Appointment Decorations
. Commission
General Sir Frank August 15, 1947 – 9th Hodson's KCSI, KBE, CB,
1
Messervy February 10, 1948 Horse DSO
General Sir Douglas February 11, 1948 – KCB, KCIE, CBE,
2 1st Gurkha Rifles
Gracey January 16, 1951 MC
Field Marshal
January 16, 1951 – 1/14 Punjab NPk, HPk, HJ,
3 Muhammad Ayub
October 26, 1958 Regiment GCMG, MBE
Khan
General Muhammad October 27, 1958 – 6/13 Frontier HPk, HJ, HQA,
4
Musa Khan June 17, 1966 Force Rifles MBE
General Agha
June 18, 1966 – 4/10 Baluch
5 Muhammad Yahya HPk, HJ, SPk
December 20, 1971 Regiment
Khan
Lieutenant General Gul December 20, 1971 –
6 Armoured Corps SPk, SQA
Hassan Khan March 3, 1972
March 3, 1972 – March
7 General Tikka Khan 12 Artillery HJ, HQA, SPk
1, 1976
General Muhammad March 1, 1976 – August
8 Armoured Corps
Zia-ul-Haq 17, 1988
General Mirza Aslam August 17, 1988 –
9 Baloch Regiment NI(M), SBt
Beg August 16, 1991
August 16, 1991 –
10 General Asif Nawaz Punjab Regiment NI(M), SBt (Bar)
January 8, 1993
January 11, 1993 – Frontier Force
11 General Abdul Waheed NI(M), SBt
January 12, 1996 Regiment
General Jehangir January 12, 1996 –
12 Armoured Corps NI(M), TBt
Karamat October 6, 1998
General Pervez October 6, 1998 –
13 Artillery NI(M), TBt
Musharraf November 28, 2007
General Ashfaq Parvez
14 November 29, 2007 – Baloch Regiment NI(M), HI
Kayani

List of Army Vice Chiefs

The post of Vice Chiefs of Army Staff existed whenever the Chief of Army Staff was also the
President of Pakistan.

No Unit of Decoration
Name Term of Appointment
. Commission s
1 General Abdul Hamid March 25, 1969 – December Baloch Regiment HQA, SPk
 Khan 20, 1971
General Mohammad April 13, 1980 – March 22,
2 Artillery NI(M)
Sawar Khan 1984
General Khalid Mahmud March 22, 1984 – March 29,
3 Armoured Corps NI(M), SBt
Arif 1987
General Mirza Aslam March 29, 1987 – August 17,
4 Baloch Regiment NI(M), SBt
Beg 1988
General Muhammad October 8, 2001 – October 6,
5 Armoured Corps NI(M)
Yusaf Khan 2004
General Ahsan Saleem October 7, 2004 – October 7,
6 Armoured Corps NI(M)
Hyat 2007
October 8, 2007 – November
7 General M.Nadeem Khan Baloch Regiment NI(M), HI
28, 2007

List of Army Deputy Chiefs

No Term of Unit of
Name Decorations
. Appointment Commission
Lieutenant General Agha 4/10 Baluch HPk, HJ,
1 March - June 1966
Muhammad Yahya Khan Regiment SPk
Lieutenant General Muhammad Frontier Force
2 1978-1980 NI(M), SBt
Iqbal Khan Regiment
Lieutenant General Muzaffar May - October
3 Armoured Corps HI(M)
Usmani 2001