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[[General (Pakistan)|General]] '''Khalid Shameem Wynne''' {{small|[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI(M)]], [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|HI(M)]]}}({{lang-ur|{{nq|خالد شمیم وائیں}}}}; 28 August 1953 – 30 December 2017), was a [[four star general|four-star]] rank [[General (Pakistan)|General]] in the [[Pakistan Army]] who served as the 14th [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (Pakistan)|Chairman]] of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Pakistan|Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee]] appointed in 2010 until retiring on 8 October 2013.<ref name="ISPR">{{cite web|title=Welcome to ISPR|url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Pug4UJZanPAJ:https://www.ispr.gov.pk/front/main.asp%3Fo%3Dt-press_release%26id%3D1532+&cd=15&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|website=webcache.googleusercontent.com|publisher=ISPR|access-date=19 February 2022}}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=dnaseer/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/614717/farewell-joint-chiefs-of-staff-committee-head-set-to-retire/ |title=Farewell: As CJCSC hangs up his uniform, speculation rife about successor - The Express Tribune |date=7 October 2013 |work=The Express Tribune |access-date=2 January 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Khalid Shameem Wynne''' {{small|[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI(M)]], [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|HI(M)]]}}({{langx|ur|{{nq|خالد شمیم وائیں}}}}; 28 August 1953 – 30 December 2017), was a Pakistani [[four star general|four-star]] [[General (Pakistan)|general]] who served as the 14th [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (Pakistan)|Chairman]] of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Pakistan|Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee]] appointed in 2010 until retiring on 8 October 2013.<ref name="ISPR">{{cite web|title=Welcome to ISPR|url=https://www.ispr.gov.pk/front/main.asp?o=t-press_release&id=1532|website=www.ispr.gov.pk|publisher=ISPR|access-date=19 February 2018}}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=dnaseer/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/614717/farewell-joint-chiefs-of-staff-committee-head-set-to-retire/ |title=Farewell: As CJCSC hangs up his uniform, speculation rife about successor - The Express Tribune |date=7 October 2013 |work=The Express Tribune |access-date=2 January 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==


Wynne came from an army background and hailed from the soldier-producing area of [[Sialkot]]. His father, Lieutenant Colonel Arshad Shameem Wynne served in the Pakistan Army until 1972.<ref name="Dawn"/> His unit was also the 20th battalion of the [[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)|Punjab Regiment]].<ref name=dnaseer/>  
Wynne came from an ethnic Kashmiri family with an army background and hailed from the soldier-producing area of [[Sialkot]]. His father, Lieutenant Colonel Arshad Shameem Wynne served in the Pakistan Army until 1972.<ref name="Dawn"/> His unit was also the 20th battalion of the [[Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)|Punjab Regiment]].<ref name=dnaseer/>  


Khalids father, Arshad was a close aid to [[Father of the Nation|Quaid-e-Azam]] [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/_oLN9COlML/?hl=en | title=Citizens Archive of Pakistan on Instagram: "Lieutenant Colonel Arshad Shameem Wynne &#124; Oral History Project, 1800 stories collected since 2007 You can sponsor an interview for just PKR 2000! "My #job was to look after his &#91;Jinnah's&#93; needs. So I was like his #errand #boy, delivering #chits and pieces of paper between him and other #leaders at the time. Of course, I was only fifteen years old. We were situated in #tents near the place where they were going to have the #session of the #Muslim #League. The Quaid was given two men but he #chose one out of them; and that one person was myself. He chose me. He would give me the chits and #messages to give to others he wanted to get in touch with; like Sikandar Hayat Khan. And I would run along and deliver his messages. So this, I think, is a #feather in my #cap. I am very #proud of this - that I was with the Quaid-e-Azam."" }}</ref>
Khalids father, Arshad was a close aide to [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/_oLN9COlML/?hl=en | title=Citizens Archive of Pakistan on Instagram: "Lieutenant Colonel Arshad Shameem Wynne &#124; Oral History Project, 1800 stories collected since 2007 You can sponsor an interview for just PKR 2000! "My #job was to look after his &#91;Jinnah's&#93; needs. So I was like his #errand #boy, delivering #chits and pieces of paper between him and other #leaders at the time. Of course, I was only fifteen years old. We were situated in #tents near the place where they were going to have the #session of the #Muslim #League. The Quaid was given two men but he #chose one out of them; and that one person was myself. He chose me. He would give me the chits and #messages to give to others he wanted to get in touch with; like Sikandar Hayat Khan. And I would run along and deliver his messages. So this, I think, is a #feather in my #cap. I am very #proud of this - that I was with the Quaid-e-Azam."" }}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=May 2025}}


Khalid obtained his earlier education from various cantonment schools all over Pakistan and joined [[Cadet College Hasan Abdal]] as special entry in 1969 after matriculation.<ref name="abdalians">{{Cite web |url=http://abdalians.com/component/content/article/40-achievements/527-lt-gen-khalid-shameem-wynne-posted-as-corps-commander-quetta.html |title=Lt. Gen. Khalid Shameem Wynne posted as Corps Commander Quetta |last=Administrator |website=abdalians.com |language=en-gb |access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref>
Khalid obtained his earlier education from various cantonment schools all over Pakistan and joined [[Cadet College Hasan Abdal]] as special entry in 1969 after matriculation.<ref name="abdalians">{{Cite web |url=http://abdalians.com/component/content/article/40-achievements/527-lt-gen-khalid-shameem-wynne-posted-as-corps-commander-quetta.html |title=Lt. Gen. Khalid Shameem Wynne posted as Corps Commander Quetta |last=Administrator |website=abdalians.com |language=en-gb |access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref>


==Military career==
==Military career==
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Before this appointment, Wynne was serving as the [[Chief of General Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of General Staff (CGS)]] at the [[GHQ (Pakistan Army)|Army GHQ]] since April 2010.<ref>[http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/wyne-made-chief-of-general-staff-840 "Wyne made chief of general staff"] ''Dawn'', 18 April 2010</ref> He also served as field operational Commander of the [[XII Corps (Pakistan)|XII Corps]] in Quetta from 2007 to 2010, overseeing the [[Balochistan conflict|Baloch insurgency]] and the fallout of the [[War in North-West Pakistan|war in the Tribal Areas]].<ref>[http://www.dawn.com/2007/04/15/top9.htm "Commanders to discuss security tomorrow"] ''Dawn'', 15 April 2007</ref>
Before this appointment, Wynne was serving as the [[Chief of General Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of General Staff (CGS)]] at the [[GHQ (Pakistan Army)|Army GHQ]] since April 2010.<ref>[http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/wyne-made-chief-of-general-staff-840 "Wyne made chief of general staff"] ''Dawn'', 18 April 2010</ref> He also served as field operational Commander of the [[XII Corps (Pakistan)|XII Corps]] in Quetta from 2007 to 2010, overseeing the [[Balochistan conflict|Baloch insurgency]] and the fallout of the [[War in North-West Pakistan|war in the Tribal Areas]].<ref>[http://www.dawn.com/2007/04/15/top9.htm "Commanders to discuss security tomorrow"] ''Dawn'', 15 April 2007</ref>


At the onset of the initial retirement dates of Generals [[Ashfaq Parvez Kayani]] and [[Tariq Majid]] at the end of 2010, Wynne would have been the [[List of serving generals of the Pakistan Army|senior-most general]] in the [[Pakistan Army]] and thus a candidate for a four-star post.<ref>Ahmad Noorani. [http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27423 "Newly-promoted general to head seniority list"] ''The News'', 22 February 2010</ref><ref>Hamid Hussain. [http://www.brecorder.com/index.php?id=1022363&currPageNo=1&query=&search=&term=&supDate= "Selection of next army chief: Wynne, Yousaf top contenders while Taj a dark horse"] ''Business Recorder'', 19 February 2010</ref>
At the onset of the initial retirement dates of Generals [[Ashfaq Parvez Kayani]] and [[Tariq Majid]] at the end of 2010, Wynne would have been the [[List of serving generals of the Pakistan Army|senior-most general]] in the [[Pakistan Army]] and thus a candidate for a four-star post.<ref>Ahmad Noorani. [http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27423 "Newly-promoted general to head seniority list"] ''The News'', 22 February 2010</ref><ref>Hamid Hussain. [http://www.brecorder.com/index.php?id=1022363&currPageNo=1&query=&search=&term=&supDate= "Selection of next army chief: Wynne, Yousaf top contenders while Taj a dark horse"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220180501/http://www.brecorder.com/index.php?id=1022363&currPageNo=1&query=&search=&term=&supDate= |date=20 February 2010 }} ''Business Recorder'', 19 February 2010</ref>


In September 2010, it was announced that Lieutenant General Wynne would be promoted as four-star general and would replace General [[Tariq Majid]] as the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee on 8 October 2010.<ref name="Dawn">{{cite news|title=General Wyne new JCSC chairman|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/854131/general-wyne-new-jcsc-chairman|access-date=2 January 2018|work=Dawn|date=29 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="The News"/> He retired on 8 October 2013, after 42 years in active services.<ref>{{cite news|title=CJCSC Gen Khalid Shameem Wynne retires|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/89692-cjcsc-gen-khalid-shameem-wynne-retires|access-date=2 January 2018|work=Geo News|agency=AFP|date=8 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="BR: Retirement">{{cite news|title=Armed Forces bids farewell to Gen. Khalid Shameem Wynne|url=http://www.brecorder.com/top-news/108-pakistan-top-news/139258-armed-forces-bids-farewell-to-gen-khalid-shameem-wynne.html|access-date=7 October 2013|newspaper=Business Recorder|date=7 October 2022}}</ref>
In September 2010, it was announced that Lieutenant General Wynne would be promoted as four-star general and would replace General [[Tariq Majid]] as the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee on 8 October 2010.<ref name="Dawn">{{cite news|title=General Wyne new JCSC chairman|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/854131/general-wyne-new-jcsc-chairman|access-date=2 January 2018|work=Dawn|date=29 September 2010}}</ref><ref name="The News"/> He retired on 8 October 2013, after 42 years in active services.<ref>{{cite news|title=CJCSC Gen Khalid Shameem Wynne retires|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/89692-cjcsc-gen-khalid-shameem-wynne-retires|access-date=2 January 2018|work=Geo News|agency=AFP|date=8 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="BR: Retirement">{{cite news|title=Armed Forces bids farewell to Gen. Khalid Shameem Wynne|url=http://www.brecorder.com/top-news/108-pakistan-top-news/139258-armed-forces-bids-farewell-to-gen-khalid-shameem-wynne.html|access-date=7 October 2013|newspaper=Business Recorder|date=7 October 2013}}</ref>


==Death==
==Death==


Khalid Shameem Wynne died while travelling to Lahore on 30 December 2017, when a tyre on the [[SUV]] they were travelling in burst near Chakri Interchange on the [[M2 motorway (Pakistan)|Rawalpindi–Lahore motorway]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/retired-top-pakistani-general-dies-in-car-accident/2017/12/30/2bf1f622-ed57-11e7-956e-baea358f9725_story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072716/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/retired-top-pakistani-general-dies-in-car-accident/2017/12/30/2bf1f622-ed57-11e7-956e-baea358f9725_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2018 |title=Retired top Pakistani general dies in car accident |agency=Associated Press |date=30 December 2017 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=2 January 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> The injured were taken to [[Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi|Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi]].<ref name="Express">{{cite news|title=Ex-CJCSC Gen (retd) Khalid Shameem Wynne dies in road accident|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1596862/1-ex-cjsc-gen-retd-khalid-shameem-wynne-passes-away-road-accident/|access-date=2 January 2018|work=Express Tribune|date=30 December 2022}}</ref><ref name="dnaseer">{{Cite web |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1379770 |title=Former CJCSC, Gen Khalid Shamim Wynne passes away in road accident |last=Naseer, Tahir |date=30 December 2017 |publisher=DAWN |access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Car crash claims life of former CJCSC General (retd) Khalid Shameem Wynne|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/174531-former-cjcs|publisher=Geo News|access-date=30 December 2022}}</ref> Pakistani Prime Minister [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]] and Chief Minister Punjab [[Shehbaz Sharif]] expressed their grief over Wynne's death.<ref name="Express"/>
Khalid Shameem Wynne died while travelling to Lahore on 30 December 2017, when a tire on the [[SUV]] they were travelling in burst near Chakri Interchange on the [[M2 motorway (Pakistan)|Rawalpindi–Lahore motorway]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/retired-top-pakistani-general-dies-in-car-accident/2017/12/30/2bf1f622-ed57-11e7-956e-baea358f9725_story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072716/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/retired-top-pakistani-general-dies-in-car-accident/2017/12/30/2bf1f622-ed57-11e7-956e-baea358f9725_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2018 |title=Retired top Pakistani general dies in car accident |agency=Associated Press |date=30 December 2017 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=2 January 2018 |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> The injured were taken to [[Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi|Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi]].<ref name="Express">{{cite news|title=Ex-CJCSC Gen (retd) Khalid Shameem Wynne dies in road accident|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1596862/1-ex-cjsc-gen-retd-khalid-shameem-wynne-passes-away-road-accident/|access-date=2 January 2018|work=Express Tribune|date=30 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="dnaseer">{{Cite web |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1379770 |title=Former CJCSC, Gen Khalid Shamim Wynne passes away in road accident |last=Naseer, Tahir |date=30 December 2017 |publisher=DAWN |access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Car crash claims life of former CJCSC General (retd) Khalid Shameem Wynne|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/174531-former-cjcs|publisher=Geo News|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref> Pakistani Prime Minister [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]] and Chief Minister Punjab [[Shehbaz Sharif]] expressed their grief over Wynne's death.<ref name="Express"/>


Wynne was laid to rest in Lahore on 1 January 2018. His [[Salat al-Janazah|funeral prayer]] was attended by COAS Gen [[Qamar Javed Bajwa]], former president [[Asif Ali Zardari]] and former army chief Gen [[Raheel Sharif]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Gen Khalid Shameem Wynne laid to rest|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/263264-gen-khalid-shameem-wynne-laid-to-rest|access-date=2 January 2018|work=The News International|date=2 January 2022}}</ref>
Wynne was laid to rest in Lahore on 1 January 2018. His [[Salat al-Janazah|funeral prayer]] was attended by COAS Gen [[Qamar Javed Bajwa]], former president [[Asif Ali Zardari]] and former army chief Gen [[Raheel Sharif]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Gen Khalid Shameem Wynne laid to rest|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/263264-gen-khalid-shameem-wynne-laid-to-rest|access-date=2 January 2018|work=The News International|date=2 January 2018}}</ref>


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== Awards and decorations ==
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General
Khalid Shameem Wynne
NI(M), HI(M)
خالد شمیم وائیں
14th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
In office
8 October 2010 – 8 October 2013
Preceded byGeneral Tariq Majid
Succeeded byGeneral Ashfaq Parvez Kayani[1]
Personal details
Born
Khalid Shameem Wynne

(1953-08-28)28 August 1953
Abbottabad, North-West Frontier Province, Dominion of Pakistan
Died30 December 2017(2017-12-30) (aged 64)
Chakri, Punjab, Pakistan
Cause of deathTyre Burst Motor-vehicle collision
Parent(s)
Education
Nickname(s)Wynne
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Army
Years of service1971–2013
Rank General
Unit20th Punjab Regiment
CommandsChief of General Staff
Commander XII Corps
Commadant School of Infantry & Tactics, Quetta
Deputy, Chief of General Staff (D-CGS)
GOC 41 Infantry Division
Battles/wars
Awards Nishan-e-Imtiaz (MI)
Hilal-e-Imtiaz (MI)

Khalid Shameem Wynne NI(M), HI(M)(Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.; 28 August 1953 – 30 December 2017), was a Pakistani four-star general who served as the 14th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee appointed in 2010 until retiring on 8 October 2013.[3][4][5]

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Wynne came from an ethnic Kashmiri family with an army background and hailed from the soldier-producing area of Sialkot. His father, Lieutenant Colonel Arshad Shameem Wynne served in the Pakistan Army until 1972.[6] His unit was also the 20th battalion of the Punjab Regiment.[4]

Khalids father, Arshad was a close aide to Muhammad Ali Jinnah.[7][better source needed]

Khalid obtained his earlier education from various cantonment schools all over Pakistan and joined Cadet College Hasan Abdal as special entry in 1969 after matriculation.[8]

Military career[edit | edit source]

In 1971, Wynne joined the Army after his intermediate examination.[4] He passed out in April 1972 in the 1st Special War Course to join his father's battalion, 20 Punjab Regiment.[6] He graduated from Command and Staff College, Quetta; Bundeswehr Command and Staff College, Hamburg, Germany; and the National Defence University, Islamabad. He held a master's degree in War Studies from Quaid-i-Azam University.[8]

Command appointments[edit | edit source]

Wynne had held various command, staff and instructional appointments during his 42-year military career. He had been a brigade major of two infantry brigades.[8] He had commanded his own 20th Battalion of the Punjab Regiment, two infantry brigades, including the 323 Infantry Brigade in Siachen (also known as Siachen Brigade), the 41st Infantry Division in Quetta and the Southern Command in Quetta.[6]

Ash Carter (center) with Wynne (right), 16 September 2013

Staff and instructional appointments[edit | edit source]

On the academic part, he had held various instructional designations and remained on the faculty of School of Infantry and Tactics, Quetta; Command and Staff College, Quetta and Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul.[6]

Wynne also remained Chief of Staff in a Corps Headquarters and Commandant of the School of Infantry and Tactics in Quetta.[6] He had also served in General Staff directorate, staying as Deputy Chief of General Staff (DCGS) from 2006 to 2007[6] and then as Chief of General Staff from April 2010 to October 2010.[4]

Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee[edit | edit source]

Prior to his promotion, the official statement noted that "General Wynne was appointed as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee by President Asif Ali Zardari, on the advice of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani."[9]

Before this appointment, Wynne was serving as the Chief of General Staff (CGS) at the Army GHQ since April 2010.[10] He also served as field operational Commander of the XII Corps in Quetta from 2007 to 2010, overseeing the Baloch insurgency and the fallout of the war in the Tribal Areas.[11]

At the onset of the initial retirement dates of Generals Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Tariq Majid at the end of 2010, Wynne would have been the senior-most general in the Pakistan Army and thus a candidate for a four-star post.[12][13]

In September 2010, it was announced that Lieutenant General Wynne would be promoted as four-star general and would replace General Tariq Majid as the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee on 8 October 2010.[6][9] He retired on 8 October 2013, after 42 years in active services.[14][15]

Death[edit | edit source]

Khalid Shameem Wynne died while travelling to Lahore on 30 December 2017, when a tire on the SUV they were travelling in burst near Chakri Interchange on the Rawalpindi–Lahore motorway.[16] The injured were taken to Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi.[17][4][18] Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif expressed their grief over Wynne's death.[17]

Wynne was laid to rest in Lahore on 1 January 2018. His funeral prayer was attended by COAS Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, former president Asif Ali Zardari and former army chief Gen Raheel Sharif.[19]

Awards and decorations[edit | edit source]

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Nishan-e-Imtiaz

(Military)

(Order of Excellence)

Hilal-e-Imtiaz

(Military)

(Crescent of Excellence)

Tamgha-e-Diffa

(General Service Medal)

Siachen Glacier Clasp

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

Centenary Instructor's Medal

(2007)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Ex-CJCSC Gen (Retd) Khalid Shameem Wynne dies in road accident". 30 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Former CJCSC, Gen Khalid Shamim Wynne passes away in road accident". 30 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Welcome to ISPR". www.ispr.gov.pk. ISPR. Retrieved 19 February 2018.[permanent dead link]
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Naseer, Tahir (30 December 2017). "Former CJCSC, Gen Khalid Shamim Wynne passes away in road accident". DAWN. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Farewell: As CJCSC hangs up his uniform, speculation rife about successor - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 "General Wyne new JCSC chairman". Dawn. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Citizens Archive of Pakistan on Instagram: "Lieutenant Colonel Arshad Shameem Wynne | Oral History Project, 1800 stories collected since 2007 You can sponsor an interview for just PKR 2000! "My #job was to look after his [Jinnah's] needs. So I was like his #errand #boy, delivering #chits and pieces of paper between him and other #leaders at the time. Of course, I was only fifteen years old. We were situated in #tents near the place where they were going to have the #session of the #Muslim #League. The Quaid was given two men but he #chose one out of them; and that one person was myself. He chose me. He would give me the chits and #messages to give to others he wanted to get in touch with; like Sikandar Hayat Khan. And I would run along and deliver his messages. So this, I think, is a #feather in my #cap. I am very #proud of this - that I was with the Quaid-e-Azam.""".
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Administrator. "Lt. Gen. Khalid Shameem Wynne posted as Corps Commander Quetta". abdalians.com. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Shakil Shaikh. "Gen Wyne new CJCSC" The News, 29 September 2010
  10. ↑ "Wyne made chief of general staff" Dawn, 18 April 2010
  11. ↑ "Commanders to discuss security tomorrow" Dawn, 15 April 2007
  12. ↑ Ahmad Noorani. "Newly-promoted general to head seniority list" The News, 22 February 2010
  13. ↑ Hamid Hussain. "Selection of next army chief: Wynne, Yousaf top contenders while Taj a dark horse" Archived 20 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine Business Recorder, 19 February 2010
  14. ↑ "CJCSC Gen Khalid Shameem Wynne retires". Geo News. AFP. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  15. ↑ "Armed Forces bids farewell to Gen. Khalid Shameem Wynne". Business Recorder. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  16. ↑ "Retired top Pakistani general dies in car accident". Washington Post. Associated Press. 30 December 2017. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Ex-CJCSC Gen (retd) Khalid Shameem Wynne dies in road accident". Express Tribune. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  18. ↑ "Car crash claims life of former CJCSC General (retd) Khalid Shameem Wynne". Geo News. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  19. ↑ "Gen Khalid Shameem Wynne laid to rest". The News International. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

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