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{{Short description|Pakistani general}}
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[[General (Pakistan)|General]] '''Muhammad Aziz Khan''' {{small|[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI(M)]] [[Hilal-e-Imtiaz|HI(M)]] [[Sitara-e-Basalat|SBt]] [[Tamgha-e-Basalat|TBt]]}} ({{lang-ur|{{nq|محمّد عزیز خان}}}} ; 1 January 1947), best known as '''Aziz Khan''', is a retired [[four-star general|four-star]] rank [[Pak Fauj|army general]] in the [[Pakistan Army]] who served as the 11th [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (Pakistan)|Chairman]] of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee]], appointed in October 2001 until his retirement in 2005.<ref>{{cite book|title=Excerpts from SP Military|date=2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnbfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA220|access-date=16 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Across the Line of Control: Inside Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir|pages=124}}</ref>
[[General (Pakistan)|General]] '''Muhammad Aziz Khan''' {{small|[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI(M)]] [[Hilal-e-Imtiaz|HI(M)]] [[Sitara-e-Basalat|SBt]] [[Tamgha-e-Basalat|TBt]]}} ({{lang-ur|{{nq|محمّد عزیز خان}}}} ; 1 January 1947), best known as '''Aziz Khan''', is a retired [[four-star general|four-star]] rank [[Pak Fauj|army general]] in the [[Pakistan Army]] who served as the 11th [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (Pakistan)|Chairman]] of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee]], appointed in October 2001 until his retirement in 2005.<ref>{{cite book|title=Excerpts from SP Military|date=2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnbfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA220|access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Across the Line of Control: Inside Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir|pages=124}}</ref>


Before surprisingly superseding several military officers for the appointment as the [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (Pakistan)|Chairman joint chiefs]] in 2001,<ref name="Media Monitors Network (MMN)" /> Gen. Aziz was the leading general who commanded the [[Force Command Northern Areas|Northern Command]] against the [[Indian Army]] in the 1999 [[Kargil War]].
Before surprisingly superseding several military officers for the appointment as the [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (Pakistan)|Chairman joint chiefs]] in 2001,<ref name="Media Monitors Network (MMN)" /> Gen. Aziz was the leading general who commanded the [[Force Command Northern Areas|Northern Command]] against the [[Indian Army]] in the 1999 [[Kargil War]].
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Muhammad Aziz Khan was born in [[Pallandri]], [[Sudhanoti District|Sudhanoti]], in [[British Raj|British India]] now [[Pakistan-occupied Kashmir]], Pakistan) on 1 January 1947<ref name="Partridge Publishing, Bhattacharya, 2014">{{cite book|last1=Bhattacharya|first1=Brigadier Samir|title=NOTHING BUT!|date=2014|publisher=Partridge Publishing|location=Cambridge, UK|isbn=9781482817874|pages=650|edition=1st|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xO3HAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA228|access-date=16 February 2018|language=en-uk|format=google books}}</ref> to a [[Sudhan]] [[Pashtun]] family.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hiro|first1=Dilip|title=War Without End: The Rise of Islamist Terrorism and Global Response|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136485565|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J1G4AwAAQBAJ&dq=gen+aziz+khan+Afghanistan+US&pg=PA286|access-date=18 February 2018|language=en}}</ref> He first graduating from the High School Palandri, before joining the joined the [[Pakistan Army]] in 1964.{{rp|228}}<ref name="Partridge Publishing, Bhattacharya, 2014"/> He first completed his combat duty with the army during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|second war]] with India in 1965, before being redirected to join the [[Pakistan Military Academy]] (PMA).{{rp|228}}<ref name="Partridge Publishing, Bhattacharya, 2014"/>
Muhammad Aziz Khan was born in [[Pallandri]], [[Sudhanoti District|Sudhanoti]], in [[British Raj|British India]] now [[Pakistan-occupied Kashmir]], Pakistan) on 1 January 1947<ref name="Partridge Publishing, Bhattacharya, 2014">{{cite book|last1=Bhattacharya|first1=Brigadier Samir|title=NOTHING BUT!|date=2014|publisher=Partridge Publishing|location=Cambridge, UK|isbn=9781482817874|pages=650|edition=1st|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xO3HAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA228|access-date=16 February 2018|language=en-uk|format=google books}}</ref> to a [[Sudhan]] [[Pashtun]] family.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hiro|first1=Dilip|title=War Without End: The Rise of Islamist Terrorism and Global Response|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136485565|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J1G4AwAAQBAJ&dq=gen+aziz+khan+Afghanistan+US&pg=PA286|access-date=18 February 2018|language=en}}</ref> He first graduating from the High School Palandri, before joining the joined the [[Pakistan Army]] in 1964.{{rp|228}}<ref name="Partridge Publishing, Bhattacharya, 2014"/> He first completed his combat duty with the army during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|second war]] with India in 1965, before being redirected to join the [[Pakistan Military Academy]] (PMA).{{rp|228}}<ref name="Partridge Publishing, Bhattacharya, 2014"/>


In 1966, Aziz [[Passing out (military)|passed out]] from the [[Pakistan Military Academy|PMA]] with the class of 1st War Course, which is senior to 37th PMA but junior to 38th PMA Long Course, gaining [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] as [[Second lieutenant|2nd-Lt.]] in the [[28th Punjabis|12th Battalion]] of the [[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)|Punjab Regiment]].<ref name="Media Monitors Network (MMN)">{{cite web|last1=Shegal|first1=Maj. Ikram|title=Choosing Merit over Friendship - Media Monitors Network (MMN)|url=https://www.mediamonitors.net/perspectives/choosing-merit-over-friendship/|website=Media Monitors Network (MMN)|publisher=Media Monitors Network (MMN)|access-date=16 February 2018|date=9 October 2001}}</ref> He went to command an infantry [[Platoon (military unit)|platoon]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|third war]] with India in 1971, and was later sent to attend the [[Pakistan Command and Staff College|Command and Staff College]] where he qualified as a [[Psc (military)|psc]].<ref name="Pakistan Army Museum">{{cite web|title=COLONEL IN CHIEF – PUNJAB REGIMENT|url=http://www.pakarmymuseum.com/exhibits/colonel-in-chief-punjab-regiment/|website=www.pakarmymuseum.com|publisher=Pakistan Army Museum|access-date=16 February 2022}}</ref> He later went to attend the [[National Defence University, Islamabad|National Defence University]] where he graduated with [[Master of Science|MSc]] in [[War studies]].<ref name="Pakistan Army Museum"/> In 1980s, [[Lieutenant-Colonel|Lt-Col.]] Aziz commanded the [[28th Punjabis|12th Battalion]] before joining the [[Zia regime|Zia administration]]'s staff.<ref name="Pakistan Army Museum" />
In 1966, Aziz [[Passing out (military)|passed out]] from the [[Pakistan Military Academy|PMA]] with the class of 1st War Course, which is senior to 37th PMA but junior to 38th PMA Long Course, gaining [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] as [[Second lieutenant|2nd-Lt.]] in the [[28th Punjabis|12th Battalion]] of the [[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)|Punjab Regiment]].<ref name="Media Monitors Network (MMN)">{{cite web|last1=Shegal|first1=Maj. Ikram|title=Choosing Merit over Friendship - Media Monitors Network (MMN)|url=https://www.mediamonitors.net/perspectives/choosing-merit-over-friendship/|website=Media Monitors Network (MMN)|publisher=Media Monitors Network (MMN)|access-date=16 February 2018|date=9 October 2001}}</ref> He went to command an infantry [[Platoon (military unit)|platoon]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|third war]] with India in 1971, and was later sent to attend the [[Pakistan Command and Staff College|Command and Staff College]] where he qualified as a [[Psc (military)|psc]].<ref name="Pakistan Army Museum">{{cite web|title=COLONEL IN CHIEF – PUNJAB REGIMENT|url=http://www.pakarmymuseum.com/exhibits/colonel-in-chief-punjab-regiment/|website=www.pakarmymuseum.com|publisher=Pakistan Army Museum|access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref> He later went to attend the [[National Defence University, Islamabad|National Defence University]] where he graduated with [[Master of Science|MSc]] in [[War studies]].<ref name="Pakistan Army Museum"/> In 1980s, [[Lieutenant-Colonel|Lt-Col.]] Aziz commanded the [[28th Punjabis|12th Battalion]] before joining the [[Zia regime|Zia administration]]'s staff.<ref name="Pakistan Army Museum" />


In 1980s, [[Colonel]] Aziz was selected to be appointed as [[Military Secretary (Pakistan)|Military Secretary]] to [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]], assisting him when [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|President Zia]] went on a [[State visits to the United States|state visit]] to the United States to meet with [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Ronald Reagan]].{{rp|220}}<ref name="Guide Publications, 2004">{{cite book|title=SP's Military Yearbook|date=2004|publisher=Guide Publications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnbfAAAAMAAJ|access-date=16 February 2022}}</ref> He was later posted as [[military attaché]] at the [[Embassy of Pakistan, Washington, D.C.|Pakistan Embassy]] in [[Washington D.C.]] for the [[United States Army]] to maintain [[Pakistan–United States military relations|military relations]] with the [[United States military|U.S. military]].{{rp|220}}<ref name="Guide Publications, 2004"/>
In 1980s, [[Colonel]] Aziz was selected to be appointed as [[Military Secretary (Pakistan)|Military Secretary]] to [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]], assisting him when [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|President Zia]] went on a [[State visits to the United States|state visit]] to the United States to meet with [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Ronald Reagan]].{{rp|220}}<ref name="Guide Publications, 2004">{{cite book|title=SP's Military Yearbook|date=2004|publisher=Guide Publications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnbfAAAAMAAJ|access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref> He was later posted as [[military attaché]] at the [[Embassy of Pakistan, Washington, D.C.|Pakistan Embassy]] in [[Washington D.C.]] for the [[United States Army]] to maintain [[Pakistan–United States military relations|military relations]] with the [[United States military|U.S. military]].{{rp|220}}<ref name="Guide Publications, 2004"/>


In 1990, [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]] Aziz was posted as the [[Chief of Staff]] of the [[X Corps (Pakistan)|X Corps]] which was under [[Lieutenant general|Lt. Gen.]] [[Ghulam Muhammad Malik|G.M. Malik]] before being stationed in [[Siachen conflict|Siachen]] to command the [[Northern Light Infantry]] (NLI).<ref name="Pakistan Army Museum" /> In 1991–94, [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brig.]] Aziz eventually moved to command the 80th Brigade attached to the Northern Command stationed in the [[Pakistan-occupied Kashmir]].{{rp|82}}<ref name="Manohar, Verma, 2002">{{cite book|last1=Verma|first1=Ashok Kalyan|title=Kargil, Blood on the Snow: Tactical Victory, Strategic Failure : a Critical Analysis of the War|date=2002|publisher=Manohar|isbn=9788173044113|pages=227|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OQ5yAAAAMAAJ&q=gen+mahmud+ahmed|access-date=25 February 2018|language=en}}</ref>
In 1990, [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]] Aziz was posted as the [[Chief of Staff]] of the [[X Corps (Pakistan)|X Corps]] which was under [[Lieutenant general|Lt. Gen.]] [[Ghulam Muhammad Malik|G.M. Malik]] before being stationed in [[Siachen conflict|Siachen]] to command the [[Northern Light Infantry]] (NLI).<ref name="Pakistan Army Museum" /> In 1991–94, [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brig.]] Aziz eventually moved to command the 80th Brigade attached to the Northern Command stationed in the [[Pakistan-occupied Kashmir]].{{rp|82}}<ref name="Manohar, Verma, 2002">{{cite book|last1=Verma|first1=Ashok Kalyan|title=Kargil, Blood on the Snow: Tactical Victory, Strategic Failure : a Critical Analysis of the War|date=2002|publisher=Manohar|isbn=9788173044113|pages=227|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OQ5yAAAAMAAJ&q=gen+mahmud+ahmed|access-date=25 February 2018|language=en}}</ref>
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In October 1998, [[Lieutenant-General|Lt. Gen.]] Aziz was moved to the [[GHQ (Pakistan Army)|Army GHQ]] where he was appointed as the [[Chief of General Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of General Staff]], a [[Second in Command|second-in-command]] post under the [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Army Staff]]. Himself a [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]], Gen. Aziz was fully committed to the [[Kashmir conflict|Kashmir cause]], he began implementing the plan for [[Kargil war|covert infiltration]] in [[Indian-held Kashmir|Indian occupied Kashmir]], with the approval of the [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Army Staff]].{{rp|170}}<ref name="Routledge, Abbas 2015">{{cite book|last1=Abbas|first1=Hassan|title=Pakistan's Drift Into Extremism: Allah, the Army, and America's War on Terror|date=2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317463283|pages=243|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FHKsBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA170|access-date=16 February 2018|chapter={{small|§Chapter 7: A Return to Democracy}}}}</ref>
In October 1998, [[Lieutenant-General|Lt. Gen.]] Aziz was moved to the [[GHQ (Pakistan Army)|Army GHQ]] where he was appointed as the [[Chief of General Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of General Staff]], a [[Second in Command|second-in-command]] post under the [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Army Staff]]. Himself a [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]], Gen. Aziz was fully committed to the [[Kashmir conflict|Kashmir cause]], he began implementing the plan for [[Kargil war|covert infiltration]] in [[Indian-held Kashmir|Indian occupied Kashmir]], with the approval of the [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Army Staff]].{{rp|170}}<ref name="Routledge, Abbas 2015">{{cite book|last1=Abbas|first1=Hassan|title=Pakistan's Drift Into Extremism: Allah, the Army, and America's War on Terror|date=2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317463283|pages=243|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FHKsBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA170|access-date=16 February 2018|chapter={{small|§Chapter 7: A Return to Democracy}}}}</ref>


Later investigative reports compiled by Pakistani historians and journalists, it was revealed that [[Lieutenant-General|Lt. Gen.]] Aziz was the leading general who was masterminding the area contingency operations of the [[Force Command Northern Areas|Norther Command]] led by its GOC Maj-Gen. Javed Hassan.{{rp|contents}}<ref name="Ahmed, Penguin, 2016">{{cite book|last1=Ahmed|first1=Khaled|title=Sleepwalking to Surrender: Dealing with Terrorism in Pakistan|date=2016|publisher=Penguin UK|location=UK|isbn=9789386057624|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TbzBDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT254|access-date=16 February 2022}}</ref> Despite being well aware of the consequences, the writers critically questioned [[Lieutenant-General|Lt. Gen.]] Aziz's grand strategy that brought the [[India and Pakistan|two nations]] at the brink of war, with international opinion widely accepting the Indian narrative.{{rp|contents}}<ref name="Ahmed, Penguin, 2016"/>
Later investigative reports compiled by Pakistani historians and journalists, it was revealed that [[Lieutenant-General|Lt. Gen.]] Aziz was the leading general who was masterminding the area contingency operations of the [[Force Command Northern Areas|Norther Command]] led by its GOC Maj-Gen. Javed Hassan.{{rp|contents}}<ref name="Ahmed, Penguin, 2016">{{cite book|last1=Ahmed|first1=Khaled|title=Sleepwalking to Surrender: Dealing with Terrorism in Pakistan|date=2016|publisher=Penguin UK|location=UK|isbn=9789386057624|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TbzBDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT254|access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref> Despite being well aware of the consequences, the writers critically questioned [[Lieutenant-General|Lt. Gen.]] Aziz's grand strategy that brought the [[India and Pakistan|two nations]] at the brink of war, with international opinion widely accepting the Indian narrative.{{rp|contents}}<ref name="Ahmed, Penguin, 2016"/>


During the heights of the military actions in Kargil region, the [[Indian intelligence]] was able to tape the telephonic conversations that took place between the [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee|CJCSC]] and [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Army Chief]] Gen. [[Pervez Musharraf]] and Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Aziz, proving that it was the [[Pakistan Army]] that had infiltrated without the official approval from the [[Executive branch|civilian branch]], the [[Government of Pakistan|government]] led by [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Nawaz Sharif]].{{rp|101}}<ref name="Yale University Press, Jones, 2003">{{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=Owen Bennett|title=Pakistan: Eye of the Storm|date=2003|publisher=Yale University Press|location=New York, US|isbn=0300101473|pages=310|edition=1st|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t8iYEgPYG_EC&pg=PA101|access-date=17 February 2018|chapter={{small|§Kashmir}}}}</ref> When the conversations were leaked by the India's [[Union Government ministries of India|Union]] [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]], Prime Minister Sharif met with Lt. Gen. Aziz who continuously denied the authenticity of the tapes, later confided to [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee|Chairman joint chiefs]] Musharraf that the success of operation relied on "total secrecy."{{rp|101}}<ref name="Yale University Press, Jones, 2003"/>
During the heights of the military actions in Kargil region, the [[Indian intelligence]] was able to tape the telephonic conversations that took place between the [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee|CJCSC]] and [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Army Chief]] Gen. [[Pervez Musharraf]] and Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Aziz, proving that it was the [[Pakistan Army]] that had infiltrated without the official approval from the [[Executive branch|civilian branch]], the [[Government of Pakistan|government]] led by [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Nawaz Sharif]].{{rp|101}}<ref name="Yale University Press, Jones, 2003">{{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=Owen Bennett|title=Pakistan: Eye of the Storm|date=2003|publisher=Yale University Press|location=New York, US|isbn=0300101473|pages=310|edition=1st|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t8iYEgPYG_EC&pg=PA101|access-date=17 February 2018|chapter={{small|§Kashmir}}}}</ref> When the conversations were leaked by the India's [[Union Government ministries of India|Union]] [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]], Prime Minister Sharif met with Lt. Gen. Aziz who continuously denied the authenticity of the tapes, later confided to [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee|Chairman joint chiefs]] Musharraf that the success of operation relied on "total secrecy."{{rp|101}}<ref name="Yale University Press, Jones, 2003"/>


Later Pakistani [[Investigative journalism|Investigative journalist]] news reports identified that there were four army generals who were in much [[Control (sociology)|control]] of the area contingency plans in Kargil including Lt. Gen. [[Mahmud Ahmed]], commanding the [[X Corps (Pakistan)|X Corps]], Lt. Gen. [[Shahid Aziz]] of ISI's Analysis Wing, and Lt. Gen. [[Ali Mohammad Jan Orakzai|Jan Orakzai]], commanding the [[XI Corps (Pakistan)|XI Corps]], besides Lt. Gen. Aziz.{{rp|101}}<ref name="Yale University Press, Jones, 2003"/><ref name="The Economic Times, PTI 2013">{{cite news |author=PTI|title=Nawaz Sharif shakes hands with army general linked to the 1999 coup|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/nawaz-sharif-shakes-hands-with-army-general-linked-to-the-1999-coup/articleshow/25258519.cms|access-date=18 February 2018|work=The Economic Times |date=5 November 2022}}</ref>
Later Pakistani [[Investigative journalism|Investigative journalist]] news reports identified that there were four army generals who were in much [[Control (sociology)|control]] of the area contingency plans in Kargil including Lt. Gen. [[Mahmud Ahmed]], commanding the [[X Corps (Pakistan)|X Corps]], Lt. Gen. [[Shahid Aziz]] of ISI's Analysis Wing, and Lt. Gen. [[Ali Mohammad Jan Orakzai|Jan Orakzai]], commanding the [[XI Corps (Pakistan)|XI Corps]], besides Lt. Gen. Aziz.{{rp|101}}<ref name="Yale University Press, Jones, 2003"/><ref name="The Economic Times, PTI 2013">{{cite news |author=PTI|title=Nawaz Sharif shakes hands with army general linked to the 1999 coup|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/nawaz-sharif-shakes-hands-with-army-general-linked-to-the-1999-coup/articleshow/25258519.cms|access-date=18 February 2018|work=The Economic Times |date=5 November 2013}}</ref>


After the [[Kargil war|Kargil incident]], there were no official [[Judge Advocate General Branch (Pakistan)|military inquiries]] into this incident nor there were any subsequent evidence that led to the punishment of those responsible for such incidents.<ref name="The Hindu, Raman, 2000">{{cite news|last1=Raman|first1=B.|title=Pakistan: Mullahs' blue-eyed general|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2000/09/18/stories/041855ra.htm|access-date=17 February 2018|work=www.thehindubusinessline.com|agency=The Hindu|publisher=Work written by B. Raman, Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India.)|date=18 September 2000|location=Islamabad}}</ref>
After the [[Kargil war|Kargil incident]], there were no official [[Judge Advocate General Branch (Pakistan)|military inquiries]] into this incident nor there were any subsequent evidence that led to the punishment of those responsible for such incidents.<ref name="The Hindu, Raman, 2000">{{cite news|last1=Raman|first1=B.|title=Pakistan: Mullahs' blue-eyed general|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2000/09/18/stories/041855ra.htm|access-date=17 February 2018|work=www.thehindubusinessline.com|agency=The Hindu|publisher=Work written by B. Raman, Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India.)|date=18 September 2000|location=Islamabad}}</ref>


On 12 October 1999, Lt. Gen. Aziz played a decisive role in initiating the [[1999 Pakistani coup d'état|military takeover]] of the [[Government of Pakistan|civilian government]] led by [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Nawaz Sharif]] when he refused to transfer the control of the military to General [[Ziauddin Butt]].{{rp|contents}}<ref name="Grosvenor House Publishing">{{cite book|last1=Sehri|first1=Inam|title=Judges and Generals of Pakistan Volume - I|date=2012|publisher=Grosvenor House Publishing|isbn=9781781480434|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gzllAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT377|access-date=17 February 2022}}</ref> Passing orders to take over the control of the [[Jinnah Terminal]] in Karachi, Lt. Gen. Aziz effectively gained control of the military in favor of the Gen. [[Pervez Musharraf]] who removed [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Nawaz Sharif]] and his administration.{{rp|contents}}<ref name="Grosvenor House Publishing"/>
On 12 October 1999, Lt. Gen. Aziz played a decisive role in initiating the [[1999 Pakistani coup d'état|military takeover]] of the [[Government of Pakistan|civilian government]] led by [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Nawaz Sharif]] when he refused to transfer the control of the military to General [[Ziauddin Butt]].{{rp|contents}}<ref name="Grosvenor House Publishing">{{cite book|last1=Sehri|first1=Inam|title=Judges and Generals of Pakistan Volume - I|date=2012|publisher=Grosvenor House Publishing|isbn=9781781480434|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gzllAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT377|access-date=17 February 2018}}</ref> Passing orders to take over the control of the [[Jinnah Terminal]] in Karachi, Lt. Gen. Aziz effectively gained control of the military in favor of the Gen. [[Pervez Musharraf]] who removed [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Nawaz Sharif]] and his administration.{{rp|contents}}<ref name="Grosvenor House Publishing"/>


After the [[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] paid a state visit to Pakistan in 2000, Lt. Gen. Aziz was removed from his position and was appointed as the field commander of the [[IV Corps (Pakistan)|IV Corps]] stationed in [[Lahore]], which he commanded until 2001.<ref>{{cite book|title=Asia yearbook|date=2001|publisher=Far Eastern Economic Review|url=https://archive.org/details/statisticalyearb00unes|url-access=registration|access-date=17 February 2022}}</ref>
After the [[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] paid a state visit to Pakistan in 2000, Lt. Gen. Aziz was removed from his position and was appointed as the field commander of the [[IV Corps (Pakistan)|IV Corps]] stationed in [[Lahore]], which he commanded until 2001.<ref>{{cite book|title=Asia yearbook|date=2001|publisher=Far Eastern Economic Review|url=https://archive.org/details/statisticalyearb00unes|url-access=registration|access-date=17 February 2018}}</ref>


==Chairman Joint chiefs==
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*Lt-Gen. Aziz Khan<ref name="Dawn Newspapers, Kiayani in 2001"/>–Field Commander of the [[IV Corps (Pakistan)|IV Corps]], stationed in [[Lahor, Punjab]], Pakistan
*Lt-Gen. Aziz Khan<ref name="Dawn Newspapers, Kiayani in 2001"/>–Field Commander of the [[IV Corps (Pakistan)|IV Corps]], stationed in [[Lahor, Punjab]], Pakistan


While Gen. [[Yusaf Khan (general)|Yusaf]] and Gen. Aziz were elevated to their [[Four-star rank|four-star]] commanding appointments, the remaining four army generals seek their retirement when they tendered their resignations.<ref name="Media Monitors Network (MMN)" /> Resignations of [[Mahmud Ahmed]] and Osmani were widely rumoured due to their closeness to the [[Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism|terrorists outfits]].<ref name="The Guardian, Harding 2001">{{cite news|last1=Harding|first1=Luke|title=Musharraf dismisses two Islamist generals|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/09/pakistan.afghanistan3|access-date=18 February 2018|work=The Guardian|agency=The Guardian|publisher=The Guardian, 2001|date=9 October 2001|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Media Monitors Network (MMN)" /> He also stayed as the [[Colonel-in-Chief]] of the [[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)|Punjab Regiment]] appointed by General [[Pervez Musharraf]] on 21 March 2003.<ref name="DT">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_22-3-2003_pg7_4 |title=Army can defend every inch: Musharraf|newspaper=Daily Times|date=22 March 2022}}</ref>
While Gen. [[Yusaf Khan (general)|Yusaf]] and Gen. Aziz were elevated to their [[Four-star rank|four-star]] commanding appointments, the remaining four army generals seek their retirement when they tendered their resignations.<ref name="Media Monitors Network (MMN)" /> Resignations of [[Mahmud Ahmed]] and Osmani were widely rumoured due to their closeness to the [[Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism|terrorists outfits]].<ref name="The Guardian, Harding 2001">{{cite news|last1=Harding|first1=Luke|title=Musharraf dismisses two Islamist generals|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/09/pakistan.afghanistan3|access-date=18 February 2018|work=The Guardian|agency=The Guardian|publisher=The Guardian, 2001|date=9 October 2001|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Media Monitors Network (MMN)" /> He also stayed as the [[Colonel-in-Chief]] of the [[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)|Punjab Regiment]] appointed by General [[Pervez Musharraf]] on 21 March 2003.<ref name="DT">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_22-3-2003_pg7_4 |title=Army can defend every inch: Musharraf|newspaper=Daily Times|date=22 March 2003}}</ref>


Upon appointed, Gen. Aziz called on President Musharraf, thanking the president for the promotion.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gen Aziz, Gen Yousuf call on President|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/636|access-date=18 February 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=9 October 2001}}</ref> Despite his initial support for Gen. Musharraf, Aziz Khan soon regretted playing his part in bringing to help stabilize Gen. [[Pervez Musharraf]]'s role against the civilian government when he lectured and quoted: "[[Military dictatorship|politics should not be done in uniform]]."{{rp|156}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Indian Defence Review|date=2003|publisher=Lancer International|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mjfAAAAMAAJ&q=politics+should.|access-date=18 February 2018|language=en}}</ref>
Upon appointed, Gen. Aziz called on President Musharraf, thanking the president for the promotion.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gen Aziz, Gen Yousuf call on President|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/636|access-date=18 February 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=9 October 2001}}</ref> Despite his initial support for Gen. Musharraf, Aziz Khan soon regretted playing his part in bringing to help stabilize Gen. [[Pervez Musharraf]]'s role against the civilian government when he lectured and quoted: "[[Military dictatorship|politics should not be done in uniform]]."{{rp|156}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Indian Defence Review|date=2003|publisher=Lancer International|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mjfAAAAMAAJ&q=politics+should.|access-date=18 February 2018|language=en}}</ref>
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In a response to the [[2001 Indian Parliament attack|terrorist attack]] on [[Indian parliament]] in 2001, Gen. Aziz oversaw the troop deployment across the [[Indo-Pakistan border|border]] amid the [[2001-2002 India-Pakistan standoff|military standoff]], and supportive towards the [[Indo-chinese relations|Chinese mediation]] [[Indo Pakistani relation|between the relations]] of [[India and Pakistan|two countries]].{{rp|21}}<ref name="DIANE Publishing">{{cite book|title=Dragon on Terrorism: Assessing China's Tactical Gains and Strategic Losses Post-September 11|publisher=DIANE Publishing|isbn=9781428910935|pages=60|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a0ZrE0wmtEsC&dq=gen+.+aziz+khan+2001+India-Pakistan+standoff&pg=PA21|access-date=18 February 2018|language=en}}</ref>
In a response to the [[2001 Indian Parliament attack|terrorist attack]] on [[Indian parliament]] in 2001, Gen. Aziz oversaw the troop deployment across the [[Indo-Pakistan border|border]] amid the [[2001-2002 India-Pakistan standoff|military standoff]], and supportive towards the [[Indo-chinese relations|Chinese mediation]] [[Indo Pakistani relation|between the relations]] of [[India and Pakistan|two countries]].{{rp|21}}<ref name="DIANE Publishing">{{cite book|title=Dragon on Terrorism: Assessing China's Tactical Gains and Strategic Losses Post-September 11|publisher=DIANE Publishing|isbn=9781428910935|pages=60|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a0ZrE0wmtEsC&dq=gen+.+aziz+khan+2001+India-Pakistan+standoff&pg=PA21|access-date=18 February 2018|language=en}}</ref>


In 2003, Gen. Aziz went to visit [[Sri Lanka]] where he met with [[President of Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan President]] [[Chandrika Kumaratunga]] where he agreed to [[Pakistan's military assistance to Sri Lanka|provide military assistance]] to [[Sri Lanka]] to their [[Sri Lankan Civil War|civil war]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gen Aziz in Sri Lanka|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/115440/gen-aziz-in-sri-lanka|website=DAWN.COM|access-date=18 February 2018|date=15 September 2022}}</ref> In 2005, Gen. Aziz's timely retirement was confirmed by President Musharraf and disassociate himself with Aziz with further political appointments despite rumors.<ref name="Rediff">{{cite news|last1=Raman|first1=B.|title=Why Musharraf shuffled his generals|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/oct/05raman.htm|access-date=18 February 2018|work=www.rediff.com|agency=Rediff|publisher=Rediff|date=4 October 2022}}</ref> Gen. Aziz was succeeded by Gen. [[Ehsan ul Haq]], amid another controversial appointment in 2004.<ref name="Rediff"/>
In 2003, Gen. Aziz went to visit [[Sri Lanka]] where he met with [[President of Sri Lanka|Sri Lankan President]] [[Chandrika Kumaratunga]] where he agreed to [[Pakistan's military assistance to Sri Lanka|provide military assistance]] to [[Sri Lanka]] to their [[Sri Lankan Civil War|civil war]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gen Aziz in Sri Lanka|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/115440/gen-aziz-in-sri-lanka|website=DAWN.COM|access-date=18 February 2018|date=15 September 2003}}</ref> In 2005, Gen. Aziz's timely retirement was confirmed by President Musharraf and disassociate himself with Aziz with further political appointments despite rumors.<ref name="Rediff">{{cite news|last1=Raman|first1=B.|title=Why Musharraf shuffled his generals|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/oct/05raman.htm|access-date=18 February 2018|work=www.rediff.com|agency=Rediff|publisher=Rediff|date=4 October 2004}}</ref> Gen. Aziz was succeeded by Gen. [[Ehsan ul Haq]], amid another controversial appointment in 2004.<ref name="Rediff"/>


== Awards and decorations ==
== Awards and decorations ==
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Muhammad Aziz Khan
NI(M)  HI(M)  SBt  TBt
جنرل محمد عزیز خان
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Gen. Aziz Khan in c. 2001
11th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
In office
7 October 2001 – 6 October 2004
Preceded byGen. Pervez Musharraf
Succeeded byGen. Ehsan ul Haq
President of the Pakistan Hockey Federation
In office
2000–2005
Preceded byArif Ali Khan Abbasi
Succeeded byTariq Kirmani
Personal details
Born
Muhammad Aziz Khan

(1947-01-01) 1 January 1947 (age 79)
Pallandri, Kashmir, British India
Alma materPakistan Military Academy
Military service
AllegiancePakistan
Branch/servicePakistan Army
Years of service1964–2004
RankGeneral
Unit12th Punjab Regiment
Commands
Battles/wars
Awards

General Muhammad Aziz Khan NI(M) HI(M) SBt TBt (Urdu: محمّد عزیز خان‎ ; 1 January 1947), best known as Aziz Khan, is a retired four-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army who served as the 11th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, appointed in October 2001 until his retirement in 2005.[1][2]

Before surprisingly superseding several military officers for the appointment as the Chairman joint chiefs in 2001,[3] Gen. Aziz was the leading general who commanded the Northern Command against the Indian Army in the 1999 Kargil War.

In 1999, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had tried to stop a commercial flight from landing with Army Chief Pervez Musharraf onboard so Sharif could appoint a new Army Chief. As a result, Aziz was one of the four army generals who helped to initiate the military turnover, after the plane landed, against the civilian government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.[4][5][6]

Biography

Muhammad Aziz Khan was born in Pallandri, Sudhanoti, in British India now Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Pakistan) on 1 January 1947[7] to a Sudhan Pashtun family.[8] He first graduating from the High School Palandri, before joining the joined the Pakistan Army in 1964.:228[7] He first completed his combat duty with the army during the second war with India in 1965, before being redirected to join the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA).:228[7]

In 1966, Aziz passed out from the PMA with the class of 1st War Course, which is senior to 37th PMA but junior to 38th PMA Long Course, gaining commissioned as 2nd-Lt. in the 12th Battalion of the Punjab Regiment.[3] He went to command an infantry platoon during the third war with India in 1971, and was later sent to attend the Command and Staff College where he qualified as a psc.[9] He later went to attend the National Defence University where he graduated with MSc in War studies.[9] In 1980s, Lt-Col. Aziz commanded the 12th Battalion before joining the Zia administration's staff.[9]

In 1980s, Colonel Aziz was selected to be appointed as Military Secretary to President Zia-ul-Haq, assisting him when President Zia went on a state visit to the United States to meet with U.S. President Ronald Reagan.:220[10] He was later posted as military attaché at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington D.C. for the United States Army to maintain military relations with the U.S. military.:220[10]

In 1990, Brigadier Aziz was posted as the Chief of Staff of the X Corps which was under Lt. Gen. G.M. Malik before being stationed in Siachen to command the Northern Light Infantry (NLI).[9] In 1991–94, Brig. Aziz eventually moved to command the 80th Brigade attached to the Northern Command stationed in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.:82[11]

War and Command appointments in the military

Chief of General Staff and Kargil war with India

Main articles: Kargil war, 1999 Pakistani coup d'état, and Civil-military relations
Kargil region in 1999: Lt-Gen. Aziz was the leading general in masterminding the area contingency plans for the Norther Command to infiltrate the Indian Kashmir.:101[12]

In 1994, Brig. Aziz was promoted as two-star rank when he posted as the GOC of the Force Command North based in Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan.[9] Maj-Gen. Aziz served as the GOC of the Northern Command until 1996 when he was promoted to the three-star rank, leaving the command of Maj-Gen. Javed Hassan.[9]

In 1996, Lt. Gen. Aziz was posted to the ISI, directing the ISI's analysis department, which had been responsible for providing analysis and gathering intelligence in India and Afghanistan, until 1998.:141[13] Lt. Gen. Aziz was mainly responsible in keeping intelligence on the Talibans in Afghanistan, and had reputation in the country for his ultraconservative views.:contests[14]

In October 1998, Lt. Gen. Aziz was moved to the Army GHQ where he was appointed as the Chief of General Staff, a second-in-command post under the Chief of Army Staff. Himself a Kashmiri, Gen. Aziz was fully committed to the Kashmir cause, he began implementing the plan for covert infiltration in Indian occupied Kashmir, with the approval of the Chief of Army Staff.:170[15]

Later investigative reports compiled by Pakistani historians and journalists, it was revealed that Lt. Gen. Aziz was the leading general who was masterminding the area contingency operations of the Norther Command led by its GOC Maj-Gen. Javed Hassan.:contents[16] Despite being well aware of the consequences, the writers critically questioned Lt. Gen. Aziz's grand strategy that brought the two nations at the brink of war, with international opinion widely accepting the Indian narrative.:contents[16]

During the heights of the military actions in Kargil region, the Indian intelligence was able to tape the telephonic conversations that took place between the CJCSC and Army Chief Gen. Pervez Musharraf and Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Aziz, proving that it was the Pakistan Army that had infiltrated without the official approval from the civilian branch, the government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.:101[12] When the conversations were leaked by the India's Union Ministry of Defence, Prime Minister Sharif met with Lt. Gen. Aziz who continuously denied the authenticity of the tapes, later confided to Chairman joint chiefs Musharraf that the success of operation relied on "total secrecy.":101[12]

Later Pakistani Investigative journalist news reports identified that there were four army generals who were in much control of the area contingency plans in Kargil including Lt. Gen. Mahmud Ahmed, commanding the X Corps, Lt. Gen. Shahid Aziz of ISI's Analysis Wing, and Lt. Gen. Jan Orakzai, commanding the XI Corps, besides Lt. Gen. Aziz.:101[12][17]

After the Kargil incident, there were no official military inquiries into this incident nor there were any subsequent evidence that led to the punishment of those responsible for such incidents.[18]

On 12 October 1999, Lt. Gen. Aziz played a decisive role in initiating the military takeover of the civilian government led by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif when he refused to transfer the control of the military to General Ziauddin Butt.:contents[19] Passing orders to take over the control of the Jinnah Terminal in Karachi, Lt. Gen. Aziz effectively gained control of the military in favor of the Gen. Pervez Musharraf who removed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his administration.:contents[19]

After the President Clinton paid a state visit to Pakistan in 2000, Lt. Gen. Aziz was removed from his position and was appointed as the field commander of the IV Corps stationed in Lahore, which he commanded until 2001.[20]

Chairman Joint chiefs

Main articles: 2001-2002 India-Pakistan standoff and Sri Lankan Civil War
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Chairman joint chiefs Gen. Aziz meeting with American Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to hold discussions on military logistics in the War in Afghanistan in 2001.
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Gen. Aziz had been very critical President Musharraf's policy on siding with the United States against the Taliban in Afghanistan.[21]

On 6 October 2001, Lt. Gen. Aziz was surprisingly promoted to four-star rank with an immediate effect when he was appointed as the Chairman joint chiefs.[22]

This promotion was one of the earliest controversial decisions made by the Musharraf administration, where news media had been very critical of this appointment.[3] At the time of the promotion, Lt. Gen. Aziz was sixth in the seniority with senior army generals who were in the race of promotion to four-star included with seniority:

While Gen. Yusaf and Gen. Aziz were elevated to their four-star commanding appointments, the remaining four army generals seek their retirement when they tendered their resignations.[3] Resignations of Mahmud Ahmed and Osmani were widely rumoured due to their closeness to the terrorists outfits.[24][3] He also stayed as the Colonel-in-Chief of the Punjab Regiment appointed by General Pervez Musharraf on 21 March 2003.[25]

Upon appointed, Gen. Aziz called on President Musharraf, thanking the president for the promotion.[26] Despite his initial support for Gen. Musharraf, Aziz Khan soon regretted playing his part in bringing to help stabilize Gen. Pervez Musharraf's role against the civilian government when he lectured and quoted: "politics should not be done in uniform.":156[27]

In 2001, Gen. Aziz publicly came out against President Pervez Musharraf's policy on siding with the United States, without effectively addressing the issue of containing the terrorists organizations.[21] He viewed the American attack on Afghanistan with great suspicion, and had held sympathetic views towards the Talibans in Afghanistan, and harboured strong anti-American views when he termed the Americans as "number one enemy".:156[28]

In a response to the terrorist attack on Indian parliament in 2001, Gen. Aziz oversaw the troop deployment across the border amid the military standoff, and supportive towards the Chinese mediation between the relations of two countries.:21[29]

In 2003, Gen. Aziz went to visit Sri Lanka where he met with Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga where he agreed to provide military assistance to Sri Lanka to their civil war.[30] In 2005, Gen. Aziz's timely retirement was confirmed by President Musharraf and disassociate himself with Aziz with further political appointments despite rumors.[31] Gen. Aziz was succeeded by Gen. Ehsan ul Haq, amid another controversial appointment in 2004.[31]

Awards and decorations

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Nishan-e-Imtiaz

(Military)

(Order of Excellence)

Hilal-e-Imtiaz

(Military)

(Crescent of Excellence)

Sitara-e-Basalat

(Star of Good Conduct)

Tamgha-e-Basalat

(Medal of Good Conduct)

Tamgha-e-Diffa

(General Service Medal)

Siachen Glacier Clasp

Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War

(War Medal 1965)

Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War

(War Medal 1971)

Tamgha-e-Baqa

(Nuclear Test Medal)

1998

Tamgha-e-Istaqlal Pakistan

(Escalation with India Medal)

2002

10 Years Service Medal 20 Years Service Medal 30 Years Service Medal 35 Years Service Medal
40 Years Service Medal Tamgha-e-Sad Saala Jashan-e-

Wiladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam

(100th Birth Anniversary of

Muhammad Ali Jinnah)

1976

Hijri Tamgha

(Hijri Medal)

1979

Jamhuriat Tamgha

(Democracy Medal)

1988

Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha

(Resolution Day

Golden Jubilee Medal)

1990

Tamgha-e-Salgirah Pakistan

(Independence Day

Golden Jubilee Medal)

1997

Command and Staff College
Quetta

Instructor's Medal

The Order of Military Merit
(Grand Cordon)

(Jordan)

Foreign decorations

Foreign Awards
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See also

References

  1. ↑ Excerpts from SP Military. 2004. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Across the Line of Control: Inside Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir. p. 124.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Shegal, Maj. Ikram (9 October 2001). "Choosing Merit over Friendship - Media Monitors Network (MMN)". Media Monitors Network (MMN). Media Monitors Network (MMN). Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Kiani, Khaleeq (28 January 2013). "Kargil adventure was four-man show: general". DAWN.COM. Islamabad: Dawn newspapers, 2013. Dawn newspapers. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  5. ↑ Kiani, Khaleeq (31 October 2001). "Commanders discuss situation". Dawn Archives, 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  6. ↑ 'New Vice Chief and CJCSC'
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Bhattacharya, Brigadier Samir (2014). NOTHING BUT! (google books) (1st ed.). Cambridge, UK: Partridge Publishing. p. 650. ISBN 9781482817874. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  8. ↑ Hiro, Dilip (2014). War Without End: The Rise of Islamist Terrorism and Global Response. Routledge. ISBN 9781136485565. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 "COLONEL IN CHIEF – PUNJAB REGIMENT". www.pakarmymuseum.com. Pakistan Army Museum. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 SP's Military Yearbook. Guide Publications. 2004. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  11. ↑ Verma, Ashok Kalyan (2002). Kargil, Blood on the Snow: Tactical Victory, Strategic Failure : a Critical Analysis of the War. Manohar. p. 227. ISBN 9788173044113. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Jones, Owen Bennett (2003). "§Kashmir". Pakistan: Eye of the Storm (1st ed.). New York, US: Yale University Press. p. 310. ISBN 0300101473. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  13. ↑ Kiessling, Hein (2016). "§The ISI under Ziauddin". Faith, Unity, Discipline: The Inter-Service-Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan (1st ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 315. ISBN 9781849048620. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  14. ↑ Jaishankar, K.; Ronel, Natti (2013). "§Jihad as State policy". Global Criminology: Crime and Victimization in a Globalized Era. CRC Press. ISBN 9781482209617. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  15. ↑ Abbas, Hassan (2015). "§Chapter 7: A Return to Democracy". Pakistan's Drift Into Extremism: Allah, the Army, and America's War on Terror. Routledge. p. 243. ISBN 9781317463283. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Ahmed, Khaled (2016). Sleepwalking to Surrender: Dealing with Terrorism in Pakistan. UK: Penguin UK. ISBN 9789386057624. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  17. ↑ PTI (5 November 2013). "Nawaz Sharif shakes hands with army general linked to the 1999 coup". The Economic Times. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  18. ↑ Raman, B. (18 September 2000). "Pakistan: Mullahs' blue-eyed general". www.thehindubusinessline.com. Islamabad: Work written by B. Raman, Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India.). The Hindu. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Sehri, Inam (2012). Judges and Generals of Pakistan Volume - I. Grosvenor House Publishing. ISBN 9781781480434. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  20. ↑ Asia yearbook. Far Eastern Economic Review. 2001. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 McCarthy, Rory (14 June 2002). "Rumsfeld in Kashmir climbdown". The Guardian. The Guardian. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  22. ↑ Kiyani, Khaleeq (13 October 2001). "Commanders discuss situation". asianstudies.github.io. No. 7/41. Islamabad: DAWN WIRE SERVICE. Dawn Newspapers. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 Kiani, Khaleeq (8 October 2001). "Commanders discuss situation". DAWN.COM. Dawn Newspapers. Dawn Newspapers. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  24. ↑ Harding, Luke (9 October 2001). "Musharraf dismisses two Islamist generals". The Guardian. The Guardian, 2001. The Guardian. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  25. ↑ "Army can defend every inch: Musharraf". Daily Times. 22 March 2003.
  26. ↑ "Gen Aziz, Gen Yousuf call on President". DAWN.COM. 9 October 2001. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  27. ↑ Indian Defence Review. Lancer International. 2003. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  28. ↑ Khera, Col. P.N. (2009). Verma, Bharat (ed.). Indian Defence Review (google books) (1st ed.). New Delhi: Lancer Publishers. p. 100. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  29. ↑ Dragon on Terrorism: Assessing China's Tactical Gains and Strategic Losses Post-September 11. DIANE Publishing. p. 60. ISBN 9781428910935. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  30. ↑ "Gen Aziz in Sri Lanka". DAWN.COM. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Raman, B. (4 October 2004). "Why Musharraf shuffled his generals". www.rediff.com. Rediff. Rediff. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

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