Rashad Mahmood NI(M) (), is a retired four-star

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in the

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who served as the 15th

Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) is, in principle, the highest-ranking and senior most uniformed military officer, typically at four-star rank, in the Pakistan Armed Forces who serves as a principal staff officer (PSO) an ...

. He was appointed as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan by prime minister

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on November 27, 2013. He retired on November 27, 2016.

Biography

He was commissioned in 1979 in 7th Battalion of the

Baloch Regiment The Baloch Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army. The modern regiment was formed in May 1956 by the merger of 8th Punjab Regiment, 8th Punjab and Bahawalpur Regiments with the 10th Baluch Regiment, Baluch Regiment. Since then, fur ...

. He belongs to a Kashmiri Sheikh family settled in Sialkot. He attended a

Company Commander A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 100–250 soldiers and usually commanded by a major or a captain. Most companies are made up of three to seven platoons, although the exact number may vary by country, unit type, and struc ...

course in France and is a graduate of the

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National Defence University, Pakistan The National Defence University (NDU), formerly introduced as Army War Course (1963–70), the National Defence College (1970–2007), is the military university of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan focused on military education and training fo ...

. He has varied experience of command, staff and instructional appointments. His major appointments include Platoon Commander,

Pakistan Military Academy Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) is a military academy located nearby Kakul village in Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Established in October 1947, it is the only service academy in Pakistan that trains cadets to serve as army of ...

, Brigade Major Infantry Brigade, Instructor at Command and Staff College and National Defence University. He has remained Chief of Staff of ''Bahawalpur Corps'' and Military Secretary to the President. Mahmood has commanded two infantry battalions, two infantry brigades and a

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contingent in Congo, Infantry Division at Sialkot, Director General at

Inter-Service Intelligence The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is the premier Pakistani Intelligence community, intelligence agency of Pakistan. It is responsible for gathering, processing, and analyzing any information from around the world that is deemed relevant t ...

Directorate, Islamabad and Commander 4 Corps (Lahore). After commanding the Corps, he took over as

Chief of General Staff (Pakistan) Chief of General Staff (abbreviated as CGS) is the most coveted position within the Pakistan Army after that of the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS). Although the COAS is the head of the land forces, the CGS is "the organizational lead on both int ...

in January 2013. He has been conferred with

Hilal-i-Imtiaz The ''Hilal-e-Imtiaz'' (; ), also spelled as ''Hilal-i-Imtiaz,'' is the second-highest (in the order of "Imtiaz") civilian award and honour given to both civilians and military officers of the Pakistan Armed Forces by the Government of Pakist ...

(Military) and

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(military).

References

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