|
Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq
General officer, General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Hilal-i-Imtiaz, HI, Order of the Star of Jordan, GCSJ, Order of the Rajamitrabhorn, ร.ม.ภ, (Urdu: ; 12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani four-star rank, four-star General (Pakistan), general and politician who became the sixth President of Pakistan following Operation Fair Play, a coup and declaration of martial law in 1977. Zia served in office until his Death and state funeral of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, death in a plane crash in 1988. He remains the country's longest-serving ''de facto'' head of state and Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan), Chief of Army Staff. Educated at St. Stephen's College, Delhi , Zia was commissioned in the British Indian Army in the Guides Cavalry on 12 May 1943 after graduating from the Officer Training School (OTS) Mhow as British Army Officer and fought against Japanese forces in World War II in Burma and Malaya, before opting for Pakistan in 1947. He fought as a tank commander in the In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General (Pakistan)
General ; ur, ; abbreviated as GEN) is a Four-star rank, four-star commissioned general officer and military rank in the Pakistan Army, officially used by the government of Pakistan to denote a supreme leader of the army. It is given to an army general officer (usually a lieutenant general) upon promotion or possibly a position advancement with a Pay grade, basic pay scale of 22 (BPS-22). It is the highest rank in the Pakistan Armed Forces, armed services with NATO's equivalent-rank code of OF-9, immediately ranks above three-star Lieutenant general (Pakistan), lieutenant general and below five-star Field marshal (Pakistan), field marshal. Since it is denoted by a four-star rank, it is equivalent to the rank of Admiral (Pakistan), admiral and Air chief marshal (Pakistan), air chief marshal. The Pakistan army is led by a senior four-star general as Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan), Chief of Army Staff (COAS). The army chief also serves as a senior member of the Joint Chiefs of Staf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
