Lieutenant General Shahid Baig Mirza |
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شاهد بیگ مرزا | |
Commander V Corps, Karachi | |
Assumed office 7 December 2016 |
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Preceded by | LT Gen Naveed Mukhtar |
Personal details | |
Awards | Hilal-i-Imtiaz |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Pakistan |
Service/branch | Pakistan Army |
Years of service | 1984–Present |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Lieutenant General Shahid Baig Mirza is a Pakistan Army general and the current Commander of V Corps in Karachi. He was appointed on 7 December 2016.
He was born into a military family, the eldest of three brothers, all officers and sons of Lieutenant Colonel (retd) Abdul Haq and Zaib-un-Nisa. The youngest, Major Umar Baig Mirza, died in a helicopter crash on 15 October 2005, and Lieutenant Colonel Amer Baig Mirza was killed in a terrorist bombing on 27 May 2009.
Then-Major General Shaid Baig Mirza was the commandant of the Command and Staff College from January 2014 to May 2015. He was awarded the Hilal-i-Imtiaz on Pakistan Day (23 March), 2015, and promoted to lieutenant general in April 2015.