Aziz Khan (general)

General Muhammad Aziz Khan NI(M)  HI(M)  SBt  TBt
جنرل محمد عزیز خان
Gen. Aziz Khan in c. 2001
11th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
In office 7 October 2001 – 6 October 2004
Preceded by	Gen. Pervez Musharraf
Succeeded by	Gen. Ehsan ul Haq
President of the Pakistan Hockey Federation
In office 2000–2005
Preceded by	Arif Ali Khan Abbasi
Succeeded by	Tariq Kirmani
Personal details
Born	Muhammad Aziz Khan (1947-01-01) 1 January 1947 (age 77) Pallandri, Kashmir, British India
Alma mater	Pakistan Military Academy
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1964–2004
Rank	General
Unit	12th Punjab Regiment
Commands	IV Corps in Lahore Chief of General Staff Dir. ISI (Analysis) Northern Command in Gilgit CO Northern Light Infantry COS X Corps, Rawalpindi
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistan War of 1965 Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1999 India-Pakistan standoff 2001 War in Afghanistan Sri Lankan Civil War
Awards	Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Basalat Tamgha-e-Basalat Order of Military Merit

General Muhammad Aziz Khan NI(M) HI(M) SBt TBt (Urdu: محمّد عزیز خان ; 1 January 1947), best known as Aziz Khan, is a retired Pakistani four-star rank army general who served as the 11th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, appointed in October 2001 until his retirement in 2005.^[1][2]

Before surprisingly superseding several military officers for the appointment as the Chairman joint chiefs in 2001,^[3] Gen. Aziz was the leading general who commanded the Northern Command against the Indian Army in the 1999 Kargil War.

In 1999, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had tried to stop a commercial flight from landing with Army Chief Pervez Musharraf onboard so Sharif could appoint a new Army Chief. As a result, Aziz was one of the four army generals who helped to initiate the military turnover, after the plane landed, against the civilian government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.^[4][5][6]