Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi
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Air Chief Marshal Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi NI(M) |
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| پرویز مہدی قریشی | |
| 15th Chief of Air Staff | |
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In office November 7,1997 – November 20, 2000 |
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| President | Muhammad Rafiq Tarar |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Abbas Khattak |
| Succeeded by | Mushaf Ali Mir |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 October 1943 Phalia |
| Awards |
Sword of Honour Sitara-e-Basalat Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Pakistan
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| Service/branch |
 Pakistan Air Force
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| Years of service | 1964–2000 |
| Rank |
 Air Chief Marshal (General) |
| Unit | No. 16 Squadron Black Panthers |
| Commands |
Chief of Air Staff No. 9 Squadron Griffins Central Air Command Southern Air Command Air Defence Command ACAS Air Logistics DCAS Air Operations Vice Chief of Air Staff No. 14 Squadron Tail Choppers |
| Battles/wars |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Soviet war in Afghanistan Indo-Pakistani War of 1999 |
Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi (Urdu: پرویز مهدی قریشی; 1 October 1943; NI(M)) is a retired four-star rank air officer (Air Chief Marshal) who served as the fifteenth Chief of Air Staff from 1997 until 2000. Before elevating to the four-star assignment, Qureshi served as the commander of the Central Air Command, Southern Air Command and the Air Defence Command and was finally promoted to four-star rank by Prime minister Navaz Sharif in 1997.
As chief of air staff, P Qureshi commanded the combatant units and formations of the PAF during the non-declared 1999 Indo-Pakistani war. After serving his three-years designated tenure, Qureshi took the honorary retirement and succeeded by much junior officer Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir in November 2000 as chief of air staff.
After passing the university exams, Mehdi applied for the PAF Academy in Risalpur in 1961. His physical examinations, standardise education, and military qualifications tests were taken in Karachi. During the initial years of testings, Mehdi shared a room with Pervez Musharraf of army and Abdul Aziz Mirza of navy whom he became befriended with. After giving the initial military exams and interviews to joint officers of the armed forces, PQ Mehdi, along with Musharraf and Mirza, went to see the world-claim Urdu movie, "Savera (lit. Dawn)". The next day, all three were called to reported back to their respected academies and were selected for their respected training in their arms of commission.
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