Aziz Khan Military person

General Muhammad Aziz Khan (Urdu: محمد عزیز خان‎), NI(M), SBt, HI(M), (born January 1, 1947) is a retired four-star rank general officer in the Pakistan Army who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.Prior to this four-star appointment, he was the field operational commander of the IV Corps stationed in Lahore, Punjab Province of Pakistan. He came into public notice in 1999 and was an instrumental of removing elected Prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a military coup d'état that brought General Pervez Musharraf into the power in country's national politics.

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Aziz Khan
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1947

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award
Nishan-e-Imtiaz
Sitara-e-Basalat
Hilal-i-Imtiaz
military operations
Kargil War
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
War in North-West Pakistan
1999 Pakistani coup d'état
Siachen conflict
military command
Chief of General Staff (CGS)
Chairman joint Chiefs
DG(S) for Inter-Services Intelligence
Force Command Northern Areas
IV Corps Lahore
military unit
Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)
service start1966
service end2004

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