Commander of the Eastern Command (Pakistan)

Commander of the Eastern Command
چیف آف اسٹاف পাকিস্তানের পূর্বাঞ্চলীয় কমান্ডার
Flag of the Pakistan Army
Longest serving Sahibzada Yaqub Khan 1 September 1969 – 7 March 1971
Ministry of Defence
Abbreviation	CEC
Member of	General Headquarters GHQ Army Eastern Command
Residence	Dacca Cantonment, East Pakistan, Pakistan (now Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Nominator	C-in-C Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan)
Appointer	President of Pakistan
Term length	Not fixed
Precursor	None
Formation	1969; 56 years ago (1969)
First holder	Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
Final holder	A.A.K. Niazi
Abolished	16 December 1971; 53 years ago (1971-12-16)
Succession	Army Chief of Bangladesh

The Commander of the Eastern Command was the senior most appointment of Eastern Command of the Pakistan Army. Headed by a lieutenant general, the Commander Eastern Command's primary role was to overview the military operations and implementing orders of GHQ in East Pakistan. The position was abolished following the Pakistani Instrument of Surrender.