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Abdul Waheed Khan was born into a Pashtun family of the Kakar tribe (which originally migrated from Zhob, Baluchistan) in the suburbs of Peshawar on 23 March 1937. Among the founding fathers of Pakistan, his uncle, Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar, later went on to serve as the Governor of Punjab and as the President of Pakistan Muslim League (PML).
After graduating from a local high school in 1955, Waheed Kakar, as he generally became known, graduated from Edwardes College before joining the Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul in 1956. He was commissioned in the 5th Battalion of the Frontier Force Regiment (5FF) in 1959.
A straight-forward soldier who brooked no nonsense, Gen. Waheed Kakar was a short, stocky and handsome man with an imposing personality. A man of conviction he had the courage to stand his ground on his principles. Numerous examples of this exist throughout his career even before his elevation to the position of COAS.
Read more: A giant among men bravest of the brave: Brigadier Muhammad Taj
One of well-known incidents was when he as Adjutant-General of the Army in 1987-89 refused to admit three students in the Army Medical College, who did not meet the minimum criteria, this despite direct orders from President General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. He strongly believed in merit without a personal agenda.
After over thirty years of service in the Pakistan Army, attaining the rank of Lt Gen he was given command of the Corps in Quetta. When he was just about to retire from the Army in the summer of 1993, the then incumbent COAS Gen Asif Nawaz Janjua, another outstanding soldier of great integrity, unfortunately suddenly passed away.
In consultation with the then PM Mian Nawaz Sharif President Ghulam Ishaq Khan promoted him to four-star rank and appointed him Chief of Army Staff (COAS). During the early years of his command of the Army his no-nonsense approach was manifest in his retiring two Lt Gens (a serving DG ISI and former one), when he found their professional activities to be contrary to good order and military discipline.
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The Legacy of General Waheed Kakar
Abdul Waheed Khan was born into a Pashtun family of the Kakar tribe (which originally migrated from Zhob, Baluchistan) in the suburbs of Peshawar on 23 March 1937. Among the founding fathers of Pakistan, his uncle, Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar, later went on to serve as the Governor of Punjab and as the President of Pakistan Muslim League (PML).
After graduating from a local high school in 1955, Waheed Kakar, as he generally became known, graduated from Edwardes College before joining the Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul in 1956. He was commissioned in the 5th Battalion of the Frontier Force Regiment (5FF) in 1959.
A straight-forward soldier who brooked no nonsense, Gen. Waheed Kakar was a short, stocky and handsome man with an imposing personality. A man of conviction he had the courage to stand his ground on his principles. Numerous examples of this exist throughout his career even before his elevation to the position of COAS.
Read more: A giant among men bravest of the brave: Brigadier Muhammad Taj
One of well-known incidents was when he as Adjutant-General of the Army in 1987-89 refused to admit three students in the Army Medical College, who did not meet the minimum criteria, this despite direct orders from President General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. He strongly believed in merit without a personal agenda.
After over thirty years of service in the Pakistan Army, attaining the rank of Lt Gen he was given command of the Corps in Quetta. When he was just about to retire from the Army in the summer of 1993, the then incumbent COAS Gen Asif Nawaz Janjua, another outstanding soldier of great integrity, unfortunately suddenly passed away.
In consultation with the then PM Mian Nawaz Sharif President Ghulam Ishaq Khan promoted him to four-star rank and appointed him Chief of Army Staff (COAS). During the early years of his command of the Army his no-nonsense approach was manifest in his retiring two Lt Gens (a serving DG ISI and former one), when he found their professional activities to be contrary to good order and military discipline.
Read full article here:
The Legacy of General Waheed Kakar
