Lieutenant General Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad (Urdu: اشفاق ندیم احمد; died 24 September 2021) HI(M), was a retired three star rank

Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ) is the Army, land service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The roots of its modern existence trace back to the British Indian Army that ceased to exist following the partition of India, Partition of British India, wh ...

general who served as Corps Commander

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of the

. He previously served as Chief of General Staff and Director-General of Military Operations. Lieutenant General Ahmad was second on the seniority list (after Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Zubair Hayat) in 2016 of being

Chief of Army Staff Chief of Army Staff or Chief of the Army Staff which is generally abbreviated as COAS is a title commonly used for the appointment held by the most senior staff officer or the chief commander in several nations' armies. * Chief of Army (Australia ...

, but then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appointed Lt Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, who was the inspector general training and evaluation at that time, as the army chief.

Early life and education

Ahmad hailed from

Neela, Chakwal Neela or Neelah ( ur, ) is a village of Talagang Tehsil in Pakistan. It is located in Talagang District, Punjab. It lies about 4 kilometers from the M2 motorway and about 45 kilometers from the district Talagang Talagang ( ur, ) is a ...

and was born to Ahmad Khan Qureshi, who was an engineer with Radio Pakistan. Ahmad received his formal education from the

St Mary's Cambridge School St Mary’s Cambridge Higher Secondary School, also Saint Mary’s Cambridge Higher Secondary School and formerly St Mary's Cambridge High School, is a private Catholic primary and secondary school for boys, located on Murree Road in Rawalpindi, ...

in Rawalpindi. Ahmad also attended Staff College Camberley.

Military career

As Lieutenant colonel, Ahmad was involved with the operations directorate for two years. After being promoted to Brigadier rank, Ahmad was appointed the Chief of Staff of I Corps and also served in Waziristan. He was promoted to the rank of major general in May 2009. During his tenure as a major general, he led Second Battle of Swat as General Officer Commander where he was appointed in August 2009. As a major general, he was installed as the Director General of Military Operations in 2011 where he served until 2013 and also made the plan for Pakistan Army's campaign Operation Zarb-e-Azb during his tenure as Director General of Military Operations. He was awarded Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) in August 2011. Ahmad was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in August 2013. He was appointed the Vice Chief of General Staff and shortly after appointed the Chief of General Staff. He was appointed the 31st Chief of General Staff in November 2013 shortly after Raheel Sharif took office as the 15th

. Ahmad belonged to 34 Azad Kashmir Regiment where he was installed as Colonel Commandant in April 2014. Ahmad was posted as

Commander in Multan in April 2015. During his tenure in Multan, he envisioned th
Multan Garrison Public Library
and worked hard to turn that dream into a reality. He also led the Mechanised corps. He was part of JCB-1 (Junior Cadet Battalion, PMA) and then 62-Long Course of Pakistan Military Academy.

Corporate career

Ahmad later joined

Mari Petroleum Company Mari Petroleum Company Limited (MPCL) ( ur, ) is a Pakistani petroleum exploration and production company based in Islamabad, Pakistan. The company is controlled by the Fauji Foundation with 40 percent shares. until 11 August 2020.

References

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