Lieutenant-General Naweed Zaman is a retired three-star rank general of the Pakistan Army.

Naweed Zaman
Zaman in 2017
Rector NUST
In office
November 2016 – December 2020
Personal details
AwardsHilal-e-Imtiaz
Military service
Allegiance[Pakistan
Branch/servicePakistan Army
Years of service1980 - 2016
RankLt. Gen.
CommandsGOC 7th Infantry Division Corps Commander IV Corps Military Secretary GHQ
Battles/warsOperation Rah-e-Nijat (Path to Salvation)

Military career edit

Zaman was formally commissioned into the Pakistan Armed Forces in 1980, after graduating from the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) with a Sword of Honour, at which he later also served an instructor at the School of Infantry and Tactics.[1]

He also attended the National Defence University, Pakistan (NDU), Joint Services Command and Staff College, UK (JSCSC) and Royal College of Defence Studies, UK (RCDS).[1]

He served as General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 7th Infantry Division, Corps Commander of the IV Corps and as Military Secretary at Army General Headquarters (GHQ).[2][3][4] [5] [6]

During his service as the GOC of the 7th Infantry Division, he partook in Operation Rah-e-Nijat (Path to Salvation) which cleared out the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other associated militant groups from Pakistan's South Waziristan Agency, and brought it back under the control of the Government of Pakistan.

Zaman is a recipient of the Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Star of Crescent) by the Government of Pakistan.

In September 2014, Zaman was reportedly shortlisted as a candidate by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to succeed Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Zaheer-ul-Islam, who was about to retire. Ultimately Major General (Later Lt. Gen.) Rizwan Akhtar was selected and appointed to the job.[7][8]

Among the officers fired for corruption[9]

Academic career edit

He was appointed Rector of the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in November 2016.[1] He left the position in December 2020.[10]

Personal life edit

Zaman graduated from Cadet College Hasan Abdal (CCH) prior to his military service, is married and has three children.[11]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "NUST Rector". NUST. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Zaman made Corps Commander". CCH. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Zaman promoted to Lt. General". CCH. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Student's goodwill gesture:From a "future army officer"". Dawn. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Military reshuffle: Four majors general promoted". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Lt Gen Naweed Zaman Commander Lahore Corps during their visit to Corps Headquarters and talking to students of LUMS". The Pioneer. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  7. ^ "New ISI chief to be named soon". Dawn. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  8. ^ "New ISI chief — time for the PM to pick and choose". Dawn. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Lt Gen Bajwa confirms sacking of army officers as 'part of anti-corruption drive'". www.dawn.com. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Today I bid farewell to NUST". Twitter. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Prominent Abdalians in Armed Forces". CCH. Retrieved 17 June 2017.