Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi Military person
Air Chief Marshal Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi (Urdu: پرویز مهدی قریشی; 1 October 1943; NI(M)) is a retired four-star rank Air Chief Marshal who served as the fifteenth Chief of Air Staff from 1997 until 2000. Before elevating to the four-star assignment, Qureshi served as the commander of the Central Air Command, Southern Air Command and the Air Defence Command and was finally promoted to four-star rank by Prime minister Navaz Sharif in 1997.As chief of air staff, Qureshi commanded the combatant units and formations of the PAF during the non-declared 1999 Indo-Pakistani war. After serving his three-years designated tenure, Qureshi took the honorary retirement and succeeded by much junior officer Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir in November 2000 as chief of air staff.
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| award | |
|---|---|
| military operations | |
| military command | Chief of Air Staff Southern Air Command No. 9 Squadron Griffins Vice Chief of Air Staff Central Air Command ACAS Air Logistics Air Defence Command DCAS Air Operations No. 14 Squadron Tail Choppers |
| military unit | |
| service start | 1964 |
| service end | 2000 |