Tariq Majid
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General Tariq Majid (right) meeting with United States Navy's CNO Admiral Gary Roughead (left) at Joint Staff Secretariat (JSS).
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| Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee | |
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In office 8 October 2007 – 8 October 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Ehsan ul Haq |
| Succeeded by | Khalid Shameem Wynne |
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| Born |
Tariq Majid August 23, 1950 Lahore, Punjab Province, West-Pakistan |
| Awards |
 Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Légion d'honneur (Military) Order of Abdulaziz al-Saud (Military) Turkish legion of merit (Military) |
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| Nickname(s) | Fire |
| Allegiance |
 Pakistan
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| Service/branch |
 Pakistan Army
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| Years of service | 1970-2010 |
| Rank |
 General
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| Unit | 28th Battalion of Baloch Regiment |
| Commands |
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff X Corps, Rawalpindi Chief of General Staff (CGS) DG Military Intelligence (DGMI) 10th Infantry Division, Lahore |
| Battles/wars |
Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 2002 India-Pakistan standoff War in North-West Pakistan Siege of Lal Masjid 2008 India Pakistan standoff |
General Tariq Majid, (Urdu: طارق مجید; born 23 August 1950; NI(M), afwc, fsc(m), psc) is a retiredfour-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army who held prestigious four-star assignment as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 2007 to 2010, the principle and highest-ranking military advisier in the Pakistan Armed Forces.
Prior to this promotion, he was the field operational commander of X Corps, stationed in Rawalpindi. His other commanding staff assignments includes the Chief of General Staff (CGS) from 2003–06 and DG Military Intelligence (DGMI) from 2000–2003, all premier staff commands of the Pakistan Army. He was succeeded as chairman joint chiefs by another four-star rank general officer General Khalid Shameem Wynne.
Tariq Majid was born on 23 August 1950, in Lahore, Punjab Province of Pakistan. He was educated at Government Islamia College, Civil Lines, Lahore. Tariq Majid entered in the Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul, in 1967. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree from PMA in 1971 and commissioned in the Pakistan Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 28th LAT Battalion of the Baloch Regiment of Pakistan Army in April 1971. After participating in the 1971 war, Majid went on to obtain master of science in Joint warfare from the Command and Staff College in Quetta in 1982.
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