Javed Iqbal Ramday

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is a

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general from the

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who commanded the XXXI Corps. Born into

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family, his relatives include Anwar-ul-Haq Ramday who led

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at GHQ, Rawalpindi against TTP and

Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ) is a renowned Pakistani statesman, philanthropist, and former jurist who served as senior judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 2002 to 2010. His lordship famously restored democracy ...

who served as a jurist in Pakistan.

Military career

Ramday served as GOC Swat during the

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. In 2011, Ramday was wounded while he was airborne when his helicopter came under fire in the Swat Valley. In 2012, he joined the National Defence University in Islamabad, first as commandant and then as chief instructor in B-Division in 2013. In August 2013, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general while he was serving as chief instructor in National Defence University. Shortly after, he was appointed as the President at the National Defence University where he served until 2015. Ramday was appointed as the Corps Commander XXXI Corps in April 2015.

Often confused with namesake

He is often confused with Lt Gen Javed Iqbal who was charged with espionage and leaking "sensitive information to foreign agencies". Gen Ramday replaced Gen Javed Iqbal as Corps Cdr XXXI back in 2015. Later Gen Ramday retired in 2016 and took over Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited which he left in June 2020. He belongs to the infantry's

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramday, Javed Iqbal Living people Pakistan Army lieutenant generals Year of birth missing (living people) People from Punjab, Pakistan Recipients of Hilal-i-Imtiaz