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General Mirza Aslam Beg

Mirza Aslam Beg
Gen Mirza Aslam Beg visiting Pakistan Army Unit.jpg
General Mirza Aslam Beg (left, in blue beret and glasses) visiting the Pakistan Army Unit, ca. 1990s.
Birth name Mirza Aslam Beg
Nickname(s) General Baig
Born (1931-08-02) 2 August 1931 (age 86)
Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, British Indian Empire (Present day, India)
Allegiance  Pakistan
Service/branch  Pakistan Army
Years of service 1952–1991
Rank OF-9 Pakistan Army.svgUS-O10 insignia.svg General
Service number PA No. – 4064
Unit Baloch Regiment
Commands held Chief of Army Staff
Adjutant General (AG)
Chief of General Staff (CGS)
XI Corps, Peshawar
Vice Chief of Army Staff
Chief Instructor (CI) at NDU
14th Army Division, Okara
Battles/wars Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Siachen conflict
Afghanistan war of 1991
Operation Desert Storm
Awards Order of Excellence Nishan-e-Imtiaz.pngNishan-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Crescent of Excellence Hilal-e-Imtiaz.pngHilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Star of Good Conduct Sitara-e-Basalat.pngSitara-e-Basalat (civil)
PAK Tamgha-e-Jamhuria ribbon.svgTamgha-e-Jamhuriat (civil)

Mirza Aslam Beg, (Urdu: مرزا اسلم بیگ; born 2 August 1931), is a retired four-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army, who served as its Chief of Army Staff from 1988 until his retirement in 1991. His appointment as chief of army staff came when his predecessor, President General Zia-ul-Haq, died in an air crash on 17 August 1988.

Beg's tenure witnessed Benazir Bhutto as being elected Prime Minister in November 1988, and the restoration of democracy and the civilian control of the military in the country. Controversial accusations were leveled against him of financing the Islamic Democracy Alliance (IDA), the conservative and right-wing opposition alliance against left-wing PPP, and rigging subsequent general elections in 1990. As a result of general elections, Nawaz Sharif was elected Prime Minister in 1990, but fell out with Beg when the latter recommended support for Iraq during the Gulf War. Beg was denied an extension from President Ghulam Ishaq Khan soon after in 1991, and replaced by General Asif Nawaz as chief of army staff. Apart from his military career, Beg briefly tenured as professor of security studies at the National Defence University (NDU) and regularly writes columns in The Nation.


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