Ehsan ul Haq
| Ehsan ul Haq | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 22, 1949 Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Allegiance |
 Pakistan |
| Service/branch | Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1969–2007 |
| Rank |
 General
|
| Unit | Army Air Defense (AD) |
| Commands held | 3rd Air Defense Division, Sargodha 16th Infantry Division, Pano Aqil DG Military Intelligence (DGMI) XI Corps, Peshawar DG Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee |
| Battles/wars |
Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff War in North-West Pakistan |
| Awards |
Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
Ehsan ul Haq (Urdu: احسان الحق) (born September 22, 1949 in Mardan), is a retired four-star general of the Pakistan Army who served as the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Pakistan Military until October 8, 2007. After the military coup of 1999 in which General Pervez Musharraf came to power, General Ehsan was given some of the most important posts in the Pakistan Army which included commanding the Army corps in the restive tribal region and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; directing the ISI, the principal intelligence body; and chairmaning Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, the Commander-in-chief of Pakistan Armed Forces.
Ehsan ul-Haq graduated from PAF Public School Sargodha in 1967, and was commissioned in Anti Aircraft Artillery (later formed as the arm of Army Air Defense) in October 1969 in the 41st PMA Long Course. While serving in the Army, General Ehsan commanded an Infantry and an Air Defense division. Some of Ehsan's achievements consist of graduating from Command and Staff College, Quetta, and National Defense University, Islamabad. He was promoted Brigadier in June 1992 and Major General in June 1996. He attended air defence courses in China and Saudi Arabia and participated in the Leadership Executive Development Course at the US Army Logistics Management College at Fort Lee, Virginia in 1989.
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