Zaheer Ahmad Babar

Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Babar NI(M)  HI(M)  SI(M)  TI(M)
16th Chief of Air Staff
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 March 2021
President	Arif Alvi Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister	Shehbaz Sharif Imran Khan
Preceded by	ACM Mujahid Anwar Khan
Personal details
Born	16 April 1965 (1965-04-16) (age 59) Sidh, Punjab, Pakistan
Alma mater	Combat Commanders' School (PAK) Command & Staff College (UK) National Defence University (PAK) Royal College of Defence Studies (UK)
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Air Force
Years of service	1986 – present
Rank	Air Chief Marshal
Commands	DCAS (Administration) DCAS (Air Defence) ACAS (Training Officers) ACAS (Ops Req & Develop) DG Projects DG Air Force Strategic Command Additional Secretary (II), Ministry of Defence PAF Base Minhas 15th Squadron (Cobras)
Battles/wars	2022 Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan 2024 Pakistani airstrikes in Iran 2024 Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan
Awards	Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) Turkish Legion of Merit Order of King Abdulaziz

Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Babar Sidhu NI(M) HI(M) SI(M) TI(M) (Urdu: ظہیر احمد بابر سدھو) is a Pakistani military officer who serves as the Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force, in office since 19 March 2021. On 19 March 2021, Babar took over command of the Pakistan Air Force from his predecessor ACM Mujahid Anwar Khan.^[1]

Zaheer was granted a one-year extension to his tenure on 17 March 2024, making him the second chief in Pakistan Air Force history to receive such an extension after Anwar Shamim, who received an extension during the military government of Gen Zia Ul Haq in 1981.^[2]