Aziz Khan (general)
| Muhammad Aziz Khan | |
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| محمد عزيز خان | |
General Aziz Khan in Pakistan's Prime Minister's Secretariat
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| Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee | |
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In office 7 October 2001 – 6 October 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Pervez Musharraf |
| Succeeded by | Ehsan ul Haq |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1, 1947 |
| Awards |
 Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Basalat (Military) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Pakistan
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| Service/branch |
 Pakistan Army
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| Years of service | 1966–2004 |
| Rank |
 General
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| Unit | Punjab Regiment |
| Commands |
Chairman joint Chiefs DG(S) for Inter-Services Intelligence Force Command Northern Areas Chief of General Staff (CGS) IV Corps, Lahore |
| Battles/wars |
Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1984 Indo-Pakistani War of 1999 Pakistani coup d'état of 1999 War in North-West Pakistan |
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.
General Aziz Khan was born on 1 January 1947 in the village of Dhar Dhrach, (Now Afzalabad) Palandri, Azad Kashmir, and studied at High School Palandri (now Post Graduate College Palandri).
Aziz Khan was commissioned in the Pakistan Army in 1966 in the 1st War Course (thus junior to 37th PMA, but senior to 38th PMA) in the Infantry's Punjab Regiment. He was a graduate of Command and Staff College, Quetta and National Defence College, Rawalpindi.
As a Colonel, Aziz was the Personal Military Secretary to the former President of Pakistan, General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. He also served as the Military Personnel at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington DC in late 1980s. Returning to Pakistan, as a brigadier, Aziz worked as the Chief of Staff (COS) of the X Corps under the then Corps Commander Lt Gen Ghulam Muhammad Malik and also commanded an infantry brigade in the Siachen area around the same time. After that, he served as the deputy director of Inter-Services Intelligence. He was then posted as the Commander Force Command Northern Areas (FCNA), Gilgit who is responsible for the entire Kashmir region and Northern Areas operations. Gen. Aziz Khan is thought to be one of the primary architects of an unprovoked, covert attack on the Indian controlled territory in the Indian State of Kashmir, which resulted in the Kargil War. (It is worthy to mention that the entire Pakistani forces in Kargil War was conducted by then Commander FCNA Maj Gen Javed Hassan).
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