Naweed Zaman

Lieutenant-General Naweed Zaman is a retired three-star rank general of the Pakistan Army.

Lieutenant General

Naweed Zaman
Zaman in 2017
Rector NUST
Assumed office
November 2016
Personal details
AwardsHilal-e-Imtiaz
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Army
Years of service1980 - 2016
Rank Lieutenant-General
CommandsGOC 7th Infantry Division, Corps Commander IV Corps, Military Secretary Army General Headquarters
Battles/warsOperation Rah-e-Nijat (Path to Salvation)

Military career

Zaman was formally commissioned into the Pakistan Armed Forces in 1980, after graduating from the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) with a Sword of Honour, at which he later also served an instructor at the School of Infantry and Tactics.[1]

He also attended the National Defence University, Pakistan (NDU), Joint Services Command and Staff College, UK (JSCSC) and Royal College of Defence Studies, UK (RCDS).[1]

He served as General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 7th Infantry Division, Corps Commander of the IV Corps and as Military Secretary at Army General Headquarters (GHQ).[2][3][4] [5] [6]

During his service as the GOC of the 7th Infantry Division, he partook in Operation Rah-e-Nijat (Path to Salvation) which cleared out the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other associated militant groups from Pakistan's South Waziristan Agency, and brought it back under the control of the Government of Pakistan.

Zaman is a recipient of the Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Star of Crescent) by the Government of Pakistan.

In September 2014, Zaman was reportedly shortlisted as a candidate by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to succeed Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Zaheer-ul-Islam, who was about to retire. Ultimately Major General Rizwan Akhtar was selected and appointed to the job.[7][8]

Purported corruption charges

Zaman was purported to be one of eleven Army officers to have been dismissed in April 2016 on the orders of Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif for supposed corruption-related charges relating to the Panama Papers revelations, but this was dismissed by Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa, the head of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) branch of the Armed Forces, along with the accusation against General Sajjid Ghani. Instead Zaman formally retired from military service.[9][10][11]

Academic career

He was appointed Rector of the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in November 2016.[1]

Personal life

Zaman graduated from Cadet College Hasan Abdal (CCH) prior to his military service, is married and has three children.[12]

References
  1. "NUST Rector". NUST. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  2. "Zaman made Corps Commander". CCH. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  3. "Zaman promoted to Lt. General". CCH. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  4. "Student's goodwill gesture:From a "future army officer"". Dawn. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  5. "Military reshuffle: Four majors general promoted". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  6. "Lt Gen Naweed Zaman Commander Lahore Corps during their visit to Corps Headquarters and talking to students of LUMS". The Pioneer. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  7. "New ISI chief to be named soon". Dawn. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  8. "New ISI chief — time for the PM to pick and choose". Dawn. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  9. "Unprecedanted move: Army dismisses 11 senior officers". Express Tribune. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  10. "Lt Gen Bajwa confirms sacking of army officers as 'part of anti-corruption drive'". Express Tribune. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  11. "DG ISPR confirms forced retirement of six Army officers". GEO News. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  12. "Prominent Abdalians in Armed Forces". CCH. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
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