Abdul Waheed Kakar
Abdul Waheed Kakar | |
|---|---|
| 5th Chief of Army Staff | |
| In office 8 January 1993 – 12 January 1996 | |
| President | Ghulam Ishaq Khan Wasim Sajjad (acting) Farooq Leghari |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif Moeenuddin Ahmad Qureshi (caretaker) Benazir Bhutto |
| Preceded by | Asif Nawaz Janjua |
| Succeeded by | Jehangir Karamat |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 March 1937 Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1956–1996 |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | 5th Frontier Force Regiment 27th Azad Kashmir Regiment |
| Commands | Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan) XII Corps (Pakistan) Adjutant General, Army GHQ G.O.C 16th Infantry Division 27th Azad Kashmir Regiment |
| Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
| Awards | Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Basalat Order of Military Merit |
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Abdul Waheed Kakar (born 23 March 1937), is a retired senior officer of the Pakistan Army who served as the fifth chief of army staff, appointed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 12 January 1993 after the controversial death of his predecessor General Asif Nawaz. Upon the completion of his three-year tenure, Kakar retired in 1996.
Notably, Kakar superseded five senior high ranking army generals with more years of seniority. General Kakar oversaw the national general elections, after he secured the resignations of President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resolve the Constitutional crisis in 1993.