Chief of Army Staff (COAS)

The designation of the COAS was created from the previous

title Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army in 1972.
Since 1972, there has been 10 four-star rank army generals to be
appointed as chief of army staff by statute.
The Prime Minister approved the nomination and appointment of
the Chief of Army Staff, with President confirming the Prime
Minister's appointed choosing and nomination.
The army chiefs, including the previous army's commanders-in-
chiefs, had justified their course of actions by noting to attempt to
control the worsening of the law and order situation in the country,
as in the case of Ayub Khan by attempting to revive
the economic prosperity in a threat of financial crises, as seen
in (1958).
Yahya Khan (1969) and General Zia-ul-Haq: (1977)
& General Pervez Musharraf (1999).
List of Chiefs of Army Staff

Time
Unit of
N Chief of Army Took Left in
Portrait Commiss
o. Staff office office offic
ion
e

General 3 years
Tikka Khan HJ, 3 March 1 March , 2 Fd Regt
1
HQA, SPk 1972 1976 364 da Arty
(1915–2002) ys

General 12 year
17
Muhammad Zia- 1 March s,
2 August 13 Lancers
ul-Haq 1976 169 da
1988
(1924–1988) ys
 Time
Unit of
N Chief of Army Took Left in
Portrait Commiss
o. Staff office office offic
ion
e

General 2 years
17 16
Mirza Aslam ,
3 August August 16 Baloch
Beg NI(M), SBt 364 da
1988 1991
(born 1931) ys

General
Asif Nawaz 16 8 1 year,
4 Janjua NI(M), S August January 145 da 5 Punjab
Bt 1991 1993 † ys
(1937–1993)

General
Abdul Waheed 11 12
3 years
5 Kakar NI(M), SB January January 5 FF
, 1 day
t 1993 1996
(born 1937)

General
2 years
Jehangir 12 6
,
6 Karamat NI(M), January October 13 Lancers
267 da
TBt 1996 1998
ys
(born 1941)
 Time
Unit of
N Chief of Army Took Left in
Portrait Commiss
o. Staff office office offic
ion
e

General
9 years
Pervez 6 28 16 (SP)
,
7 Musharraf NI(M) October Novemb Medium
53 day
, TBt 1998 er 2007 Regt Arty
s
(born 1943)

General
Ashfaq Pervez 29 29 6 years
8 Kayani NI(M), HI Novemb Novemb , 5 Baloch
(C) er 2007 er 2013 0 days
(born 1952)

General
Raheel 29 29 3 years
9 Sharif NI(M), HI( Novemb Novemb , 6 FF
M) er 2013 er 2016 0 days
(born 1956)

General
5 years
Qamar Javed 29
Incumb , 16 Baloch
10 Bajwa NI(M), HI( Novemb
ent 70 day
M) er 2016
s
(born 1960)