1976, graduate, 54th Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) Long Course. Commissioned in 6. Frontier Force (FF); 1986, Company Commanders' Course, Germany; then National Defence University (NDU), Pakistan and Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS), UK; graduate, Canadian Staff College. Instructor, Command & Staff College Quetta; has served as Corps Chief of Staff and as Commandant PMA. Has commanded an infantry battalion, two Infantry brigades, an infantry division and a corps. As Inspector General, Training & Evaluation (IGTE), GHQ, oversaw the evolution of operational thought into “New Concept of War Fighting” and consequently formulation of new training regime. 2013, took command of the Pakistan Army; launched “Operation Zarb-i-Azab” in North Waziristan, the last bastion of militants and terrorism in Pakistan. This created the peace needed for the conducive economic environment required to implement the Pakistan China Economic Corridor (CPEC). Recipient: Medal of Excellence, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Legion of Merit, USA; Legion of Merit, Turkey; Medal of Merit, Jordan; Order of Merit, Brazil.