"Every Country has Army, but Pakistan Army has a country"

"Every Country has Army, but  Pakistan Army has a country"

Besides tens of thousands of Army Men working in government-owned 
airline and other government-owned industries here's list of Army 
Officers in Civilian Govt. Departments and Government owned 
industries and civilian institutions of Pakistan including 
Universities. Pakistan should be called "Army Inc." 

General Pervez Musharraf (President of Pakistan) 
Major General (Retd) Muhammad Anwar (President of Azad Kashmir);
Lt Gen (Retd) Khalid Maqbool (Governor Punjab);
Commander Khalil (Governor NWFP);
Lt General (Retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi (Federal Education Minister); 
Col (Retd) S.K. Tressler (Federal Minorities & Culture Minister);
Lt Gen. Hamid Javed (Chief Executive's Chief of Staff);
Lt General Muneer Hafeez (Chief of NAB);
Major General Usman Shah (Deputy Chief of NAB); 
Major General Shujaat Zameer (Deputy Chief of NAB);
Major General Abdul Jabbar Bhatti (Chief, Regional
Accountability Bureau, RAB,Punjab);
Air Vice Marshal Zakaullah (Chief of RAB NWFP);
Major General Tariq Bashir (Chief of RAB Sindh); 
Major General Owais Mushtaq (Chief of RAB Balochistan) ;
Lt General (Retd) Hamid Nawaz (Secretary Defence);
Air Marshal (Retd) Zahid Anees (Secretary Defence Production); 
Lt General (Retd) Saeedul Zafar (Secretary Railways); 
Major General (Retd) Fazal Ghafoor (Ambassador to North Korea);
Brigadier (Retd) Abdul Majeed Khan (Ambassador to Tajikistan);
Major General (Retd) Salimullah (Ambassador to UAE);
Major General (Retd) Muhammad Hassan Aqeel (Ambassador to Thailand); 
Lt General (Retd) Asad Durrani (Ambassador to Saudi Arabia);
Vice Admiral (Retd) Shamoon Aslam Khan (Ambassador to Ukraine);
Air Marshal (Retd) Najeeb Akhtar (Ambassador to Brazil);
Major General Syed Mustafa Anwar Hussain (Ambassador to Indonesia); 
Lt General (Retd) Muhammad Shafeeq (Ambassador to Bahrain);
Major General (Retd) Agha Masood Hassan (DG of Postal Services);
Major General Farrukh Javed (Chairman National Highway Authority);
Rear Admiral Ahmad Hayat (Chairman Karachi Port Trust); 
Rear Admiral Sikandar Viqar Naqvi (Chairman Port Qasim Authority);
Vice Admiral Tauqir Hussain Naqvi (Chairman National Shipping 
Corporation) ;
Major General (Retd) Muhammad Hassan (Chief of National Fertilizer 
Corporation) ; 
A Lt. General (Chairman Pakistan Steel Mills);
Lt Colonel (Retd) Akbar Hussain (Export Processing Zone Authority);
Major General Shehzad Alam Malik (Chairman Pakistan 
Telecommunications Authority); 
Air Vice Marshal Azhar Masood (Chairman National Telecommunications 
Authority); 
Brigadier (Retd) Muhammad Saleem (Chairman NADRA);
Brigadier Mirza Babar Aziz (DG NADRA);
Brigadier (Retd) Muhammad Anwar Khan (DG NADRA NWFP); 
Major General Raza Hussain (Chairman SUPARCO);
Major General Sabihuddin Bokhari (Surveyor General of Pakistan); 
Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema (DG National Crisis Management Cell);
Air Marshal (Retd) Shafeeq Haider (Chairman Federal Public Service 
Commission);
Lt General Arshad Hussain (Member Federal Public Service Commission); 
Lt General (Retd) Jehangir Nasrullah (Chairman Punjab Public Service 
Commission);
Major General (Retd) Arshad Chaudhry (Member Punjab Public Service 
Commission);
Major General (Retd) Arshadullah Tarar (Member Punjab Public Service 
Commission); 
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Aliuddin (DG Civil Aviation Authority);
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Arshad Saleem (Deputy DG Civil Aviation 
Authority);
Major General Zafar Abbas (DG Anti-Narcotics Force);
Major General Syed Haider Javed (DG National Logistics Cell); 
Major General (Retd) Inayatullah Khan Niazi (DG Auqaf, the Deptt. of 
Historical Relics); 
Major General Pervez Akmal (MD OGDC);
Brigadier (Retd) Rizvan Ashraf (General Manager OGDC);
Brigadier (Retd) Ishtiaq Ali Khan (MD Pakistan Mineral Development 
Authority); 
Major General (Retd) Hamid Hassan Butt (Chairman Pakistan Railways); 
Lt General (Retd) Syed Shujaat Ali Khan (Rector Engineering 
University Lahore);
Lt General (Retd) Arshad Mehmood (Vice Chancellor Punjab University); 
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Sardar Khan (Vice Chancellor Engineering 
University Peshawar);
Captain (Retd) U.A.G. Isani (Vice Chancellor Islamabad University);
Lt General (Retd) Sardar Ali (DG National Institute of Public 
Administration) ; 
Brigadier (Retd) Maqsoodul Hassan (DG Directorate of Education); 
Brigadier Muhammad Ejaz (Home Secretary Punjab);
Brigadier Abdur Rehman (Director Health NWFP);
Brigadier Shadab (Secretary C&W Punjab)
Brigadier Anees (Chairman Punjab Privatisation Commission);
Colonel (Retd) Shahid Qureshi (DIG Sindh Telecommunications) ; 
Colonel (Retd) Ghulam Hussain (Secretary S&GAD NWFP);
Brigadier Mukhtar (Home Secretary, Sindh); 
Brigadier Zaheer Qadri (DG, KDA, Sindh and not Secretary C&W NWFP);
Brigadier (Retd) Akhtar (Secretary to Governor Sindh); 
Major General (Retd) Imtiaz (Chairman Pakistan Athletics Federation);
Brigadier Saulat Abbas (DG Pakistan Sports Board). 
Brig. Khalid Javed, DG Projects Directorate, NADRA, Islamabad
Col Talmeez Abbas, DG Dataware Housing, NADRA, Islamabad 
Maj Tahir M. Alvi DDG, Project Directorate, NADRA, Islambad 
Brig Safdar Husain Awan is the Secy (C&W) NWFP Brig Qadri is DG KDA; 
Brig Mohtarim is Home Secretary Sindh
Major General (Retd) Hashmi, Registrar, Pakistan Engineering Council; 
Major General (Retd) Anis Bajwa, Chairman PTDC;
Major Genera (Retd) Asif Riaz Bokhari, NRB;
Brig Muhammad Toseef Uz Zaman Khan, Civil Aviation Authority; 
Brig Saeed Ahmed Malik, WAPDA Head Qtrs Lahore;
Brig Muhammad Iqbal, WAPDA HQ Lahore; 
Brig Mushtaq Ahmed, WAPDA HQ, Lahore;
Brig Khalid Sohail Cheema, DG Pak PWD;
Brig Shamshad Khan, GM NWFP NHA;
Brig (Retd) Zareen Khan, Project Incharge Ghazi Brotha Dam WAPDA; 
Brig (Retd) Mukhtar Ahmed Tariq, GM Admin OGDC; 
Brig (Retd) Muhammad Hamayoun Khan, GM Procurement OGDC;
Brig (Retd) Sardar Javed Ashraf, MD KW&SB;
Brig (Retd) Nisar, IG Prisons (Sindh);
Brig (Retd) Zafar Ahmed Malik, Karachi Building & Control Authority; 
Brig (Retd) Aftab Ahmed, DG PHA;
Brig (Retd) Dilbar Husain Naqvi, MD National Construction Company;
Colonel Rauf, IG Prisons, NWFP;
Colonel Asif Jamal, MD, Multan Development Authority;
Colonel (Retd) Najam ul Hasan Malik, TMO Rawalpindi; 
Colonel (Retd) Hafiz Abdur Rehman Malik, MD WASA, Rawalpindi;
Colonel (Retd) Kanwar Muhammad Sherbaz Khan, GM CS&E OGDC;
Lt Col Muhammad Azim, GM NHA;
LT Col Naqeeb Amjad Malik, Manager CS&E OGDC;
Lt Col (Retd) Aziz ul Haque Mirza, Member (Operations) NHA;
Lt Col (Retd) Hafeezullah Awan, MD WASA Quetta.
Major General (Retd) Shujaat Ali Khan, Ambassador to Morocco;
Major General (Retd) Badruddin, Ambassador to Brunei; 
Vice Admiral(Retd) Khalid Mir, Ambassador to Lebanon;
Brig (Retd) Muhammad Nisar, Ambassador to Argentina;
Brig. Sikandar Ali, Director, Anti Narctics Force;
Brig (R) Saeed Ahmad Rafi, Director General, Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs (He was inducted by Gen Musharraf into Foreign Service as 
incharge of overseas polling for Presidential Referendum in April); 
Brig (R) Mian Khalid Habib, Chief of Protocol, M/o foreign Affirs; 
Brig Tipu Sultan, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 
Group Capt (R) Khalid Aziz Babar, Director General, M/o Foreign 
Affairs;
Naval Lt (R) Ghalib Iqbal, Consul General, Toronto (son-in-law of 
former Air Chief Anwar Shamim) {Anwer Shamim is a Quadiyani and had 
served General Zia {Ameer ul Momineen as per Jamat-e-Islami} , Anwer 
Shamim has huge ranches in California, USA, which he 
and his brother in Law Khursheed Anwer Mirza made through trafficking 
Narcotics during so-called Afghan Jihad {the Time Weekly that carried 
this news was banned in Pakistan in 80s}.
Naval Lt (R) Qasim Raza Mutaqqi, Counsellor, Rome; 
Col (R) Salik Nawaz, Deputy Chief of Protocol, M/o Foreign Affairs;
Capt (R) Masood Akhtar, Deputy Chief of Protocol, M/o Foreign Affairs; 
Capt (R) Shaukat Muqaddam, Counsellor, Dublin;
Capt (R) Zaighamuddin Azam Khan, Counsellor, Berlin; 
Capt (R) Sohail Ittehad Hussain, Director General,M/o Foreign Affairs;
Capt (R) Khalid Durrani, Director, M/o Foreign Affairs. 
General ® Jahangeer Karamat, Ambassador of Pakistan in USA.
Brigadier ® Ejas Shah, Director General Intelligence Bureau. 

The above list was of 2002. In 2003, as many as 104 serving and 
retired Lieutenant Generals, Major Generals or equivalent ranks from 
other services are among the 1,027 military officers inducted on 
civilian posts in different ministries, divisions and Pakistani 
missions abroad after Oct 12, 1999 military takeover. The number of 
army Brigadiers or their equivalent ranks from the Navy and Air Force 
is even higher at 160, according to an annexure placed before the 
Senate library. 

There have been 14 ambassadors and a high commissioner from the 
military ranks during this period.

Of these 1,027 military officers inducted on civilian posts, 27 
military officers have been given the prized grade of 22 while 62 
officers have been adjusted in grade 21. A whopping figure of 150 
officers occupy civilian positions in Grade 20. There are 276 
officers between grade 20 and 22 alone. The nature of their jobs 
varies from deputation, secondment, re-employment to contract basis. 
These military officers occupy civilian posts in a situation where, 
according to Incharge Cabinet Division Raza Hiraj, there are 
700 'unabsorbed' surplus civilian employees. There are 33 officers on 
special duty (OSD) just in grades between 19 and 21. 

The range of fields where military officers are working on civilian 
posts encompasses every sector of human endeavour including 
communications, education, diplomacy, water and electricity 
management, information, post office, jails, local bodies, think 
tanks, industrial production, shipping, minority affairs, population 
welfare, health, agriculture, railways, highways, housing, labour and 
manpower, social and women development, law and justice and sub- 
sectors of sports from cricket to hockey. 

A close look at the figures shows that these military personnel 
occupy 13 posts in the cabinet division, 5 posts in the commerce 
ministry, 98 in communications ministry, 113 in the defence division, 
52 in the defence production division, 9 in the education ministry, 
16 in the establishment division, 24 in the ministry of foreign 
affairs, 6 in the ministry of food, agriculture and livestock. There 
are 88 military officers working in the ministry of interior, 2 in 
the health ministry, 6 in the housing and works ministry, 29 in the 
industries and production ministry, 3 in the information and 
broadcasting ministry, 58 in the ministry of Information Technology, 
25 in the Kashmir affairs and northern affairs ministry, five in the 
labour and manpower division, 17 in the ministry of minorities 
affairs, 39 in the ministry of petroleum and natural resources, just 
one each in the ministry of population welfare, the planning and 
development division and the ministry of religious affairs. There are 
two military officials working in the revenue division (CBR), 21 in 
the ministry of science and technology, 72 in the ministry of 
railways/railway board, 37 in the ministry of water and power, 5 in 
the ministry of women development, 6 in the Wafaqi Mohtasib (Federal 
Ombudsmen). There are another 37 officers who have been inducted 
under the military's 10 per cent quota in civilian posts over and 
above these appointments. 

In the Foreign Affairs 13 Lieutenants and Major Generals were 
appointed as ambassadors in different countries, while one Brigadier 
and a Major also got ambassadorial positions. 
Lt-Gen (retd) Asad Durrani was appointed as ambassador in Riyadh 
(contract expired on October 2002). 
Vice-Admiral (retd) Shamoon Alam Khan was appointed as ambassador in 
Kyiv (up to August 28, 2003), 
Vice-Admiral (retd) Khalid M Mir was appointed ambassador in Beirut 
(up to July 2003),
Lt-Gen (retd) Nasim Rana as ambassador in Kuala Lumpur (up to July 
2003), 
Air Marshal (retd) Muhammad Farooq Qari as ambassador in Tripoli, 
Lt-Gen (retd) Agha Jehangir Ali Khan as ambassador in Mexico, 
Maj-Gen (retd) Shujaat Ali Khan as ambassador in Rabat (up to 
September 2003), 
Maj-Gen (retd) Fazal Ghafoor as ambassador in Tashkent (contract 
expired on April 2002), 
Maj-Gen (retd) Salim Ullah as ambassador in Abu Dhabi (up to June 
2003), 
Lt-Gen (retd) Mohammad Shafique as ambassador in Bahrain (contract 
expired on October 2002), 
Maj-Gen (retd) Muhammad Hassan Aqeel as ambassador in Thailand (up to 
June 2003), 
Maj Gen (retd) Syed Mustafa Anwar Hussain as ambassador in Indonesia 
(up to August 2003) and Maj-Gen (retd) Sultan Habib as ambassador in 
DPR Korea (up to October
2003).
Brigadier Abdul Majid Khan was appointed as ambassador in Dushambe 
(contract expired on June 2002), while 
Major Badruddin was posted as high commissioner to Bender Seri 
Begawen. In the cabinet division, 
Maj-Gen Khalid Bashir was appointed as Member (Tech) Pakistan 
Telecommunication Authority (PTA) (up to November 2001), 
Maj-Gen Raza Hussain as chairman SUPARCO and
Maj-Gen Shahzada Alam Malik as Chairman PTA. 
These inductions were made on regular basis. Similarly, in the 
ministry of communications, Maj-Gen Tariq Javed was inducted as 
National Highway Authority chairman on November 11, 2000 but was 
later repatriated. In his place Maj Gen Furrakh Javed was appointed 
as NHA chief on November 5, 2001 on a secondment basis. He already 
had served as deputy director general (Dev) in the Civil Aviation 
Authority (CAA). Likewise, 
Maj-Gen (retd) Agha Masood Hasan was appointed as Director General 
Pakistan Post Office on a contract basis,
Vice-Admiral Taj Muhammad Khattak was appointed as Chairman Port 
Qasim Authority (PQA) on secondment,
Rear Admiral Muhammad Asad Qureshi was appointed as Director General 
PQA, 
Vice Admiral (retd) S Tauquir H Naqvi as Chairman Pakistan National 
Shipping Corporation (PNSC) on contract, 
Vice Admiral (retd) S Abaid Ullah Khan as chairman (PNSC) (contract 
terminated on October, 2000), 
Rear Admiral Bakhat Ali Jumani was appointed as Executive Director 
(Ship Management PNSC), 
Rear Admiral (retd) Sarfraz Khan was appointed as Chairman Gwadar 
Port Authority (GPA),
Rear Admiral Muhammad Nashat Raffi as General Manager Karachi Port 
Trust (KPT),

Vice Admiral Ahmed Hayat was appointed on a contract basis as 
Chairman Karachi Port Trust (KPT), but prior to him Vice Admiral 
(retd) Khalid Mohammad Mir was serving as chairman. Maj Gen (retd) 
Mohsin Ahmed Vahidy was appointed as Executive Directive PNSC Karachi 
on a contract basis but he is not serving now, while Rear Admiral 
Sikandar Viqar Naqvi was appointed chairman PQA (not serving). 
Similarly, in the ministry of defence, Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Nawaz Khan 
was re-employed on a contract basis as secretary ministry of defence 
but earlier Lt-Gen (retd) Nasim Rana was serving in this capacity 
whose contract was terminated on July 8, 2001. Rear Admiral Irfan 
Ahmad was appointed as Additional Secretary (contract terminated), 
then Maj-Gen Muhammad Ashraf Chaudhry was made Additional Secretary, 
defence ministry, on secondment basis. 

Maj-Gen Javed Iqbal was appointed as Director General Military Land 
and Cantonments (ML&C) on secondment but he was later retired. Later, 
Maj Gen Muhammad Jawed was appointed as DG ML&C on secondment. 
Maj-Gen Mahboobul Muzaffar and Maj-Gen Sabihuddin Bokhari were 
appointed as Surveyor General of Pakistan. 
After their retirement, Maj-Gen Tariq Javed was appointed in their 
place on secondment basis. Rear Admiral Arshad Munir Ahmed was 
appointed Ex-Managing Director Karachi Shipyard (contract expired), 
Air Vice Marshal S Javed Raza as Director Pre Engineering PIA, 
AVM (retd) Niaz Hussain Director (Engineering) PIA and 
AVM Arshad Rashid Sethi as Deputy Director General, CAA (not working).

In the Defence Production Division, Air Marshal (retd) Zahid Anis was 
appointed as secretary D P Division. Earlier Lt-Gen (retd) Lehrasab 
was working in his place. Similarly, Maj-Gen Ali Baz was appointed as 
Additional Secretary D P Division. Earlier, Maj-Gen Rehmat Khan was 
serving as Additional Secretary D P Division. Maj-Gen M Salimuddin 
was re-employed after his retirement from the army as Chief 
Scientists and Scientific Adviser DESTO in place of Maj-Gen Akbar 
Saeed Awan, while Maj-Gen Syed Ali Hamid was appointed as Director 
General DEPO on secondment basis while AVM Aurangzeb Khan was 
appointed Chairman Pakistan Aeronautical Complex board, Kamra. 

In the Establishment Division, Maj-Gen (retd) Rahmatullah was 
appointed as Managing Director Federal Employees Benevolent Fund and 
Group Insurance. Earlier, Maj-Gen (retd) Inayatullah Khan Niazi was 
working in his place. Air Marshal (retd) Shafique Haider was 
appointed as Chairman Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) while 
Lt-Gen (retd) Arshad Hussain was appointed Member, FPSC. 

Maj-Gen (retd) Sikander Shami was appointed as Director General of 
Head of Institute of NIPA, Lahore, while Lt-Gen (retd) Sardar Ali as 
Director NIPA, Lahore, both on a contract basis. Maj-Gen Muhammad 
Iqbal Khan was appointed as Managing Director PASSCO on contract in 
the ministry of food, agriculture and livestock, Maj-Gen Ahsan Ahmad 
as Director General health on secondment but was replaced by Maj-Gen 
(retd) Muhammad Aslam also on secondment/contract in the health 
ministry. 

In the interior ministry Maj-Gen (retd) Zahid Ehsan was appointed as 
Chairman Nadra (posted out) while in the ministry of industries and 
production Maj-Gen (retd) M Mohsin was appointed as chairman NFC 
(national finance commission) on contract. AVM Azhar Maud was 
appointed National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) chairman. 

In the ministry of information and broadcasting Maj-Gen (retd) 
Jamshed Ayaz Khan was appointed as president Institute of Regional 
Studies, Islamabad, on contract. In the minorities, culture, sports, 
Maj-Gen (retd) Inayat Ullah Khan Niazi was appointed Chairman ETPB 
(contract expired), while Maj-Gen Anis Ahmad Bajwa was appointed as 
Managing Director PTDC Islamabad on contract. He had already served 
as Deputy Chief of Staff to Chief Executive in the Prime Minister's 
secretariat. Lt-Gen Hamid Javed was appointed as Chief of Staff to 
the President in the president's secretariat. 

Similarly in the Prime Minister's secretariat Lt-Gen Ghulam Ahmad was 
appointed as chief of staff to Chief Executive in place of Lt-Gen 
Hamid Javed. 
Maj-Gen Abdul Jabbar Bhatti, Maj-Gen Shafaatullah Shah and
Maj-Gen Muhammad Yousaf were also appointed as deputy chief of staff 
to chief executive. 
Maj-Gen Haroon Sikandar Pasha was appointed as Director Chief 
Executive's secretariat. 
Maj-Gen Nadeem Taj had also served as Military Secretary (MS) to 
Chief Executive (posted as MS to the president from January 2002). 
Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool (now Governor Punjab) and Lt-Gen Syed Muhammad 
Amjad were appointed as Chairm an National Accountability Bureau 
(NAB), while Maj-Gen Abdul Jabbar Bhatti, 
Maj-Gen Ijaz Ahmed Bakhshi and
Maj-Gen Ovais Mushtaq Qureshi, 
AVM (retd) M Saleemud
Din, Maj-Gen Muhammad Sabir, 
Maj-Gen Nazakat Ali Khan,
Maj-Gen Shujaat Zamir Dar, 
Maj-Gen Syed Usman Shah and
Maj-Gen Tariq Bashir, 
Rear Admiral Ihsanul Haq, 
Real Admiral Ubaid Sadiq, AVM Masood Akhtar, 
AVM Zakaullah Khan and 
AVM (retd) Khuda Dad were subsequently appointed as Director General, 
NAB 
Maj-Gen (retd) Syed Asif Riaz Bokhari was appointed as Member, NRB on 
a contract basis.

Maj-Gen Parvez Akmal was appointed as Managing Director Oil and Gas 
Development Company (OGDC) (not working) while Maj-Gen (retd) Syed 
Usman Shah was appointed as Director General Intelligence and 
Investigation. 

In the railways ministry Lt-Gen (retd) Javaid Ashraf Qazi was 
appointed as secretary/chairman Pakistan Railways. After his contract 
was terminated Lt-Gen (retd) Saeeduz Zafar replaced him. On 
termination of his contract, Maj-Gen (retd) Hamid Hassan Butt was 
appointed as General Manager M & SPR but his contract too was 
terminated. Lt-Gen (retd) Zulfiqar Ali Khan was appointed as WAPDA 
Chairman on secondment/contract while Maj-Gen (retd) M Aslam Zuberi 
was appointed Adviser in the Wafaqi Mohtasib secretariat (contract 
expired). Those who were appointed in the attached departments 
include Air Marshal (retd) Sharbat A Changazi who was appointed as 
Director State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan and Rear 
Admiral (retd) Ejaz Husain appointed as General Manager Special 
Project, Pakistan State Oil Company Ltd. {4} 


       
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