LAHORE: The army chiefs are always selected from the senior general
s of the army but hardly ever does the senior most army chief get the chance to become the Chief of Army
Staff (COAS).
General Ayub Khan was the fourth in seniority list when he became the army chief, while General Muhammad Musa was also fourth on the list when he was appointed.
Similarly, General Yahya Khan was the third most senior general when he was made the army chief and General Gul Hassan was also on third
number in the list. However, General Tikka Khan was the senior most at the time of his appoin
tment.
General Ziaul Haq wa
s given the promotion from eighth
number but General Aslam Beg was the senior most at the time of his appointment as army chief.
General Waheed Kakar was the fifth on the list. General Jahangir Karamat was the senior most. General Pervez Musharraf was the third most senior when he was made the army chief.
General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani wa
s given promotion from second
number and General Raheel Sharif from
number three.
General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who was announced as the next army chief on Saturday, was fourth on the list.
