Mushtaq Ahmed Baig
Lieutenant General Mushtaq Ahmed Baig | |
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| Birth name | Mushtaq Ahmed Baig |
| Born | 21 December 1951 Lehr Sultanpur Village District Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan. |
| Died | 25 February 2008 (aged 56) Rawalpindi, Punjab |
| Allegiance | Pakistan |
| Service | Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1976 - 2008 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Unit | Pakistan Army Medical Corps |
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| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | Hilal-i-Imtiaz |
Mushtaq Ahmad Baig HI(M) (1951 – 25 February 2008) was the surgeon general of the Pakistani Army until his death from a suicide-bomb attack on 25 Feb. 2008. He was an ophthalmologist by profession. Baig is the oldest senior Army officer to be targeted and killed since Pakistan's involvement in the War on Terror and the North West-Pakistan Conflict. He is the most senior Pakistan Army general to have died in war since the death of Major General Iftikhar Khan Janjua in the Battle of Chamb.