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Contents [hide]
1 Early life
1.1 Education
2 Career
2.1 1971 war experience
2.2 Academia and professorship
2.3 Staff and Command appointments
3 Intelligence service
3.1 Directorship of Inter-Services Intelligence
4 Chief of Army Staff
4.1 Withdrawal of military from civilian government
4.2 2008 general election
4.3 Perceptions of Kayani as COAS
4.4 Recent events
5 Retirement
6 Awards and decorations
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Early life[edit]
Education[edit]
Ashfaq Parvez Kayani was born at Manghot, a village located in Gujar Khan Distri
ct Punjab Province, on 20 April 1952. The town of Manghot is situated on the Pot
hohar Plateau bounded on the east by the Jhelum River, on the west by the Indus
River. Ashfaq's father was a Non-commissioned officer (NCO) in the Pakistan Army
.
His humble background as the son of an NCO has endeared him to the junior ranks
of the army. After attending a local high school, Ashfaq successfully enrolled i
n the Military College Jhelum, Sarai Alamgir and made a transfer to Pakistan Mil
itary Academy in Kakul where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1971 in hi
s class of 45th PMA Long Course.[4]
Career[edit]
1971 war experience[edit]
Ultimately, Kayani gained commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the 5th Battalion of
the famed Baloch Regiment on 29 August 1971.[5] He actively participated and jo
ined up the military in time of 1971 war with India.[6][6]
Academia and professorship[edit]
After the war, Ashfaq continued to resume his studies and became more involved w
ith his studies after joining the Command and Staff College in Quetta.[4] After
his graduation, Kayani departed to United States on deputation and educated at t
he United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth and
the United States Army Infantry School at the Fort Benning.[5] After graduating
from the military institutions in the United States, Ashfaq returned to Pakistan
and attained his Master of Science in War studies from the National Defence Uni
versity.[5]
Kayani is a chain smoker as well as a keen golfer. He is currently president of
the Pakistan Golf Federation.[5] During his long military career, Ashfaq has bee
n on the faculty of School of Infantry and Tactics, also in Quetta.[5] Ashfaq br
iefly taught war courses at the Command and Staff College in Quetta and later mo
ved on to accepting the professorship of strategic studies and joined the teachi
ng faculty at the National Defence University in Islamabad.[5]
Kayani is married and has two children, a son and a daughter. He belongs to Kaya
ni clan which claims ancestry from Persian Kayanian dynasty.
Staff and Command appointments[edit]
2007
Post abolished
Preceded by
Pervez Musharraf
Chief of Army Staff
2007
2013
Succeeded by
Raheel Sharif
Preceded by
Khalid Shameem Wynne
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (Acting)
2013
Succeeded by
Rashad Mahmood
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Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Pakistan
Shariff Adm. Shariff Iqbal Rahimuddin Akhtar Sirohey Alam Feroze Karamat Musharr
af Aziz Haq Majid Wynne Kayani Mahmood
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Pakistan Pakistan Armed Forces
Categories: Living people1952 birthsPakistani generalsNon-U.S. alumni of the Com
mand and General Staff CollegeNational Defence University, Pakistan alumniDirect
ors of the Inter-Services IntelligencePeople from Gujar KhanNational Defence Uni
versity, Pakistan facultyChiefs of Army Staff, PakistanGovernment of Benazir Bhu
tto staffers and personnelForeign recipients of the Legion of MeritPeople of the
War in North-West PakistanPsychological warfare theoristsCounter-insurgency the
oristsMilitary theoristsPothohari peoplePakistani military personnel of the Indo
-Pakistani War of 1971
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