Hamid Javaid ( ur, حامد جاوید ), HI, HI(M), AFWC, PSC, (born October 1947) was a former

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 Chief of Staff (COS) to President

Pervez Musharraf General Pervez Musharraf ( ur, , Parvez Muśharraf; born 11 August 1943) is a former Pakistani politician and four-star general of the Pakistan Army who became the tenth president of Pakistan after the successful military takeover of the ...

for six years from September 2001 to December 2007. Javaid was the son of Mohammad Ashraf, a prominent leader of

Allama Mashriqi Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi ( ur, ; August 1888 27 August 1963), also known by the honorary title Allama Mashriqi (), was a British Indian, and later, Pakistani mathematician, logician, political theorist, Islamic scholar and the founder of th ...

Khaksar Tehrik The Khaksar movement ( ur, ) was a social movement based in Lahore, Punjab, British India, established by Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi in 1931, with the aim of freeing India from the rule of the British Empire. The Khaksars opposed the partitio ...

. He played a major role in ensuring that governance was transparent at the highest level. He played a key role in ensuring harmonious relations between the civil and the military bureaucracies. He started the

Al-Zarrar The Al-Zarrar ( Urdu: الضرار), is a third generation main battle tank (MBT), currently in the services of the Pakistan Army since 2004. The tank is named after Muslim warrior Zarrar bin Al-Azwar. It is a highly upgraded version of Pakis ...

and

Al-Khalid The Al-Khalid ( ur, —, literally "The Eternal Tank") is a Pakistani main battle tank developed by Heavy Industries Taxila since the 1990s. It is based on the Chinese Type 90-IIM tan, whose original prototype was developed by China Nort ...

main battle tank projects while working as the director-general of

Heavy Industries Taxila Heavy Industries Taxila (Reporting name: HIT), ( ur, ) is a Pakistani state-owned defence, military contractor, engineering conglomerate, and military corporation located in Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan.Shakil Shaikh
"President’s Chief of Staff being relieved"
''The News'', 9 December 2007 In February 2011 he became President of Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital in Rawalpindi."Current President of Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital"
''Al-Shifa'', retrieved 18 October 2011

Military career

Before joining the army, he attended

Cadet College Hasan Abdal Cadet College, Hasan Abdal (CCH) Urdu/Pashto :کیدت کالج/کیڈٹ کالج حسن ابدال is a residential secondary school located in Hasan Abdal, Attock District, Punjab, Pakistan. The college has over 500 enrolled students aged 13 ...

. He was commissioned in the Armoured Corps of the Pakistan Army on 31 October 1965. He received basic training from the School of Armour and Mechanized Warfare in

Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Nowshera (; ; ps, نوښار, ''pr.'' ''Nowkhār'' ) is the capital city of Nowshera District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is the 78th largest city in Pakistan and ninth largest city in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. ...

followed by training in the US Army Armor School in

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. He was a graduate of the Command and Staff College,

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and National Defence College,

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...

. Javaid served as the military attache to the United States from 1986 to 1990. He later commanded the XXXI Corps Reserve at

Bahawalpur Bahawalpur () is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. With inhabitants as of 2017, it is Pakistan's 11th most populous city. Founded in 1748, Bahawalpur was the capital of the former princely state of Bahawalpur, ruled by the Abbasi fa ...

for two years after which he headed

Heavy Industries Taxila Heavy Industries Taxila (Reporting name: HIT), ( ur, ) is a Pakistani state-owned defence, military contractor, engineering conglomerate, and military corporation located in Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan.Al-Khalid The Al-Khalid ( ur, —, literally "The Eternal Tank") is a Pakistani main battle tank developed by Heavy Industries Taxila since the 1990s. It is based on the Chinese Type 90-IIM tan, whose original prototype was developed by China Nort ...

and delivered to the Pakistan Army the first batch of its indigenously manufactured world class Main Battle Tank. Lt Gen (R) Hamid Javaid also successfully conceived and produced Tank

and several other armored and security vehicles.

Chief of Staff

In 2001, he became Chief of Staff (COS). He advised Musharraf on reconciliation with leading political parties so that a smooth transition could be ensured at the time of 2008 elections. He played an important role in negotiating the

Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan (Urdu: آئین پاکستان میں سترہویں ترمیم) was an amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan passed in December 2003, after over a year of political wrangling between s ...

and a working arrangement with

Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto ( ur, بینظیر بُھٹو; sd, بينظير ڀُٽو; Urdu ; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 t ...

. He maintained a low profile, refusing to take an official residence or even a security guard and traveled in a private car. Javaid is thought to have been against the emergency imposed in the country on 3 November 2007, which is considered the main reason for his resignation. He served as Chief of Staff to President Musharraf until 1 November 2007.

Presidential view

President Musharraf in his speech at Javaid's retirement, said that "whether it was the situation after the 9/11 attacks, the confrontation and

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with regard to confidence building measures (CBMs) with India, the law and order problem, the domestic political situation, the passage of the 17th Amendment, or the encouragement of foreign direct investment (FDI), Lt-Gen Hamid Javaid made a vital contribution in tackling these issues very intelligently and prudently for the benefit of the country and nation.... Had he not been there, the project of

Al-Khalid tank The Al-Khalid ( ur, —, literally "The Eternal Tank") is a Pakistani main battle tank developed by Heavy Industries Taxila since the 1990s. It is based on the Chinese Type 90-IIM tan, whose original prototype was developed by China North ...

could not be achieved." The President hailed him as an honest, upright, dedicated, hard-working and a balanced officer and man, with clarity of approach and thinking.

Al-Shifa Trust

After retirement as chief of staff, Hamid Javaid was made the chairman of the Pakistan Arab Refinery (PARCO) in February 2008. He resigned from that post in August 2008. He later became the second President Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital in 2011 and served there until his death in 2019. The trust runs four eye hospitals in

Sukkur Sukkur (; ) is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh along the western bank of the Indus River, directly across from the historic city of Rohri. Sukkur is the third largest city in Sindh after Karachi and Hyderabad, and 14th largest ci ...

Kohat Kohat ( ps, کوهاټ; ur, ) is a city that serves as the capital of the Kohat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is regarded as a centre of the Bangash tribe of Pashtuns, who have lived in the region since the late 15th century ...

and

Muzaffarabad Muzaffarabad (; ur, ) is the capital and largest city of Azad Kashmir, and the 60th largest in Pakistan. The city is located in Muzaffarabad District, near the confluence of the Jhelum and Neelum rivers. The district is bounded by the Pak ...

Death

Hamid Javaid died on 11 May 2019 due to cardiac complications after a knee replacement surgery.

References

External links

Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital
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