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Waheed Arshad, HI(M), TBt, afwc, fsc(t), psc, is a retired three-star

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in the

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who served as the Chief of General Staff (CGS) at the

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from 2010 to 2013."Lt-Gen Waheed Arshad new CGS"
Dawn (newspaper), Published 1 October 2010, Retrieved 26 March 2019 His previous appointments at the GHQ include; IG Training and Evaluation (IGT&E), Vice Chief of General Staff (VCGS) and DG Planning at COAS Secretariat. Waheed Arshad also served as the chief Army spokesman heading the

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from 2007 to 2008.

Army career

Waheed Arshad was commissioned in the

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of the

in October 1975 in the 52nd PMA Long Course. He is a graduate of Command and Staff College

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; Turkish War College,

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, and the National Defence College in

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. He holds master's degrees in War and Strategic Studies from

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and a diploma in the

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from

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, Islamabad.

Command, staff and instructional appointments

During his career, he served as Brigade Major of an Independent Armored Brigade Group and remained on the faculty of

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, School of Infantry and Tactics, Quetta and National Defence College, Islamabad. He commanded 16 Horse, an Armored Regiment and both an Armored and Infantry Brigades. He has also served as General Staff Officer Grade-1 and Director Military Operations at Military Operations Directorate.

Senior appointments

Waheed Arshad was promoted to Major General on 7 January 2005. He was then sent as GOC 26th Mechanized Division in

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where he served until April 2007. He then proceeded to relieve Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan as DG

. In January 2008, Waheed Arshad was appointed as the Director General, Planning at Chief Of Army Staff (COAS) Secretariat, heading the army's think-tank. This post was established by the former Army Chief General

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. Maj-Gen Khalid Kidwai (who retired as Lt-Gen and chief of Strategic Planning Division) and Maj-Gen

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(who retired as general in the capacity of VCOAS) held the appointments of DG Planning in the past. In October 2008, Waheed Arshad was appointed as the Vice Chief of General Staff (VCGS) of the Army replacing Lt. Gen. Muhammad Yousaf who took over the XXXI Corps at Bahawalpur. Waheed Arshad was promoted to

in April 2010 and took over as IG Training and Evaluation (IGT&E)."Wyne made chief of general staff"
Dawn (newspaper), Published 18 April 2010, Retrieved 26 March 2019 Barely six months later in October 2010, he took over as Chief of General Staff (CGS), the most coveted posting in

. He replaced the recently promoted General

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who was appointed as

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. He was succeeded as CGS by Lt General Rashad Mahmood, who later became the

Personal life

Waheed Arshad is married and has three children.

Awards and decorations

References

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