Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad

Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad
اشفاق ندیم احمد
33rd Chief of General Staff
Pakistan Army
In office
29 November 2013  9 April 2015
Preceded byRashad Mahmood
Succeeded byZubair Mahmood Hayat
Personal details
Born1958 (1958)
Died24 September 2021(2021-09-24) (aged 62–63)
Resting placeH-8, Islamabad
Military service
Branch/service Pakistan Army
Years of service1980 – 2016
Rank Lieutenant General
Unit34 Azad Kashmir Regiment
CommandsChief of General Staff
Vice Chief of General Staff
II Corps
Azad Kashmir Regiment
Battles/warsOperation Zarb-e-Azb
Operation Rah-e-Haq
Operation Rah-e-Rast
Operation Rah-e-Nijat

Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad (died 24 September 2021, was a retired three-star rank general who served as Corps Commander II Corps of the Pakistan Army. He previously served as Chief of General Staff and Director-General of Military Operations. Lieutenant General Ahmad was second on the seniority list (after Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Zubair Hayat) in 2016 of being Chief of Army Staff, but then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appointed Lt Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, who was the inspector general training and evaluation at that time, as the army chief.