Nadeem Ahmad

Nadeem Ahmad
Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmad known for successfully managing both natural disasters as well as a complex emergency
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1971–2010
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Sind Regiment
Commands held	10th Infantry Division, Lahore Northern Military Command, Gilgit Anti-Narcotics Force (DG ANF) Vice Chief of General Staff (VCGS) Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) I Strike Corps, Mangla
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Indo-Pakistani war of 1999 India-Pakistan standoff 2001 Pakistan earthquake 2005 War in North-West Pakistan
Awards	Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Eisaar Tamgha-e-Basalat

Lieutenant-General Nadeem Ahmad, (Urdu: نديم احمد; HI(M), SE, TBt), is a now-retired senior three-star rank general officer who is famed and widely honored for planning and coordinating the relief and reconstruction non-combatant military operations after the devastating earthquake of October 2005. Securing the appointment as the director of Federal Relief Commission of Pakistan Army, his credentials secured him the directorship of the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA). After serving in the military for nearly 40 years, he was duly appointed as the chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA); his efforts included the successful diasaster management and preparations to contain the nationwide 2010 floods and coordinate the rescue operations in the Hunza Valley, Attabad Lake, and the Airblue crash.

His other military staff appointments included the directorship of the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) and the vice-chief of general staff at the Army combatant headquarters (GHQ). His last military assignments included the field operations commander of the I Strike Corps at Mangla Cantt, until his retirement in May 2010. He commanded military operations in the war in north-west fronts and was the battlefield commander of the Special Support Group (SSG) for IDPs affected by the successful military operations in Swat and Waziristan.