Lieutenant General Naweed Zaman |
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![]() Zaman in 2017
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Rector NUST | |
Assumed office November 2016 |
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Awards | Hilal-e-Imtiaz |
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Years of service | 1980 - 2016 |
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Commands | GOC 7th Infantry Division, Corps Commander IV Corps, Military Secretary Army General Headquarters |
Battles/wars | Operation Rah-e-Nijat (Path to Salvation) |
Lieutenant-General Naweed Zaman is a retired three-star rank general of the Pakistan Army.
Zaman was formally commissioned into the Pakistan Armed Forces in 1980, after graduating from the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) with a Sword of Honour, at which he later also served an instructor at the School of Infantry and Tactics.
He also attended the National Defence University, Pakistan (NDU), Joint Services Command and Staff College, UK (JSCSC) and Royal College of Defence Studies, UK (RCDS).
He served as General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 7th Infantry Division, Corps Commander of the IV Corps and as Military Secretary at Army General Headquarters (GHQ).
During his service as the GOC of the 7th Infantry Division, he partook in Operation Rah-e-Nijat (Path to Salvation) which cleared out the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other associated militant groups from Pakistan's South Waziristan Agency, and brought it back under the control of the Government of Pakistan.
Zaman is a recipient of the Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Star of Crescent) by the Government of Pakistan.