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Tariq Waseem Ghazi is a retired lieutenant general in the Pakistan Army who served as the 23rd secretary of defense to the

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, 21st president of the National Defence University, and commandant of the Command and Staff College.

Career

Ghazi was commissioned in the

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in 1967. He obtained MS degree in

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from the National Defence University, Pakistan. After retiring from the military, he was appointed as defense secretary in the

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from May 2005 to April 2007. Prior to his appointment at the ministry of defence, Ghazi served as a

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for the

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in 1998.

Awards and decorations

Foreign decorations

References

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