Lieutenant General Waheed Arshad, HI, TBt, afwc, fsc, psc, is a retired three-star general in the Pakistan Army who served as the Chief of General Staff at the General Headquarters from 2010 to 2013.
15 Facts About Waheed Arshad
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Waheed Arshad served as the chief Army spokesman heading the Inter Services Public Relations from 2007 to 2008.
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Waheed Arshad was commissioned in the Armoured Corps of the Pakistan Army in October 1975 in the 52nd PMA Long Course.
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Waheed Arshad is a graduate of Command and Staff College Quetta; Turkish War College, Istanbul, and the National Defence College in Islamabad.
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Waheed Arshad holds master's degrees in War and Strategic Studies from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad and a diploma in the Turkish Language from National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad.
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Waheed Arshad commanded 16 Horse, an Armored Regiment and both an Armored and Infantry Brigades.
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Waheed Arshad has served as General Staff Officer Grade-1 and Director Military Operations at Military Operations Directorate.
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Waheed Arshad was promoted to Major General on 7 January 2005.
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Waheed Arshad was then sent as GOC 26th Mechanized Division in Bahawalpur where he served until April 2007.
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Waheed Arshad then proceeded to relieve Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan as DG Inter Services Public Relations.
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In January 2008, Waheed Arshad was appointed as the Director General, Planning at Chief Of Army Staff Secretariat, heading the army's think-tank.
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In October 2008, Waheed Arshad was appointed as the Vice Chief of General Staff of the Army replacing Lt.
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Waheed Arshad was promoted to Lieutenant General in April 2010 and took over as IG Training and Evaluation.
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Waheed Arshad replaced the recently promoted General Khalid Shameem Wynne who was appointed as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.
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Waheed Arshad was succeeded as CGS by Lt General Rashad Mahmood, who later became the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.