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List of Chiefs of Army Staff of Pakistan
| No. | Portrait | Chief of Army Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Unit of Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Tikka Khan HJ, HQA, SPk (1915–2002) | 3 March 1972 | 1 March 1976 | 3 years, 364 days | 2 Fd Regt Arty | |
| 2 | General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924–1988) | 1 March 1976 | 17 August 1988 | 12 years, 169 days | 22 Cavalry | |
| 3 | General Mirza Aslam Beg NI(M), SBt (born 1931) | 17 August 1988 | 16 August 1991 | 2 years, 364 days | 16 Baloch | |
| 4 | General Asif Nawaz Janjua NI(M), SBt (1937–1993) | 16 August 1991 | 8 January 1993 † | 1 year, 145 days | 5 Punjab | |
| 5 | General Abdul Waheed Kakar NI(M), SBt (born 1937) | 11 January 1993 | 12 January 1996 | 3 years, 1 day | 5 FF | |
| 6 | General Jehangir Karamat NI(M), TBt (born 1941) | 12 January 1996 | 6 October 1998 | 2 years, 267 days | 13 Lancers | |
| 7 | General Pervez Musharraf NI(M), TBt (1943–2023) | 6 October 1998 | 29 November 2007 | 9 years, 53 days | 16 (SP) Medium Regt Arty | |
| 8 | General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani NI(M), HI(C) (born 1952) | 29 November 2007 | 29 November 2013 | 6 years, 0 days | 5 Baloch | |
| 9 | General Raheel Sharif NI(M), HI(M) (born 1956) | 29 November 2013 | 29 November 2016 | 3 years, 0 days | 6 FF | |
| 10 | General Qamar Javed Bajwa NI(M), HI(M) (born 1960) | 29 November 2016 | 29 November 2022 | 6 years, 0 days | 16 Baloch | |
| 11 | General Asim Munir NI(M), HI(M) (born 1968) | 29 November 2022 | Incumbent | 117 days | 23 FF |
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List of Chiefs of Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force
| No. | Portrait | Chief of Air Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhry SQA (1926–2019) | 3 March 1972 | 15 April 1974 | 2 years, 43 days | |
| 2 | Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan NI(M) (1930–2005) | 16 April 1974 | 22 July 1978 | 4 years, 97 days | |
| 3 | Air Chief Marshal Anwar Shamim NI(M), SJ (1931–2013) | 23 July 1978 | 5 March 1985 | 6 years, 226 days | |
| 4 | Air Chief Marshal Jamal Khan NI(M), SJ, SBt (born 1934) | 5 March 1985 | 8 March 1988 | 3 years, 3 days | |
| 5 | Air Chief Marshal Hakeemullah Khan Durrani NI(M), SJ, SBt (born 1935) | 9 March 1988 | 9 March 1991 | 3 years, 0 days | |
| 6 | Air Chief Marshal Farooq Feroze Khan NI(M), SBt (1939–2021) | 9 March 1991 | 8 November 1994 | 3 years, 244 days | |
| 7 | Air Chief Marshal Abbas Khattak NI(M), SBt (born 1943) | 8 November 1994 | 7 November 1997 | 2 years, 364 days | |
| 8 | Air Chief Marshal Pervaiz Mehdi Qureshi NI(M), SBt (born 1943) | 7 November 1997 | 20 November 2000 | 3 years, 13 days | |
| 9 | Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir NI(M), SBt (1947–2003) | 20 November 2000 | 20 February 2003 † | 2 years, 92 days | |
| 10 | Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat NI(M) (born 1951) | 18 March 2003 | 18 March 2006 | 3 years, 0 days | |
| 11 | Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed NI(M), SBt (born 1952) | 18 March 2006 | 18 March 2009 | 3 years, 0 days | |
| 12 | Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), TI(M), SBt (born 1954) | 19 March 2009 | 19 March 2012 | 3 years, 0 days | |
| 13 | Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt NI(M), TBt (born 1955) | 19 March 2012 | 19 March 2015 | 3 years, 0 days | |
| 14 | Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), TI(M) (born 1959) | 19 March 2015 | 19 March 2018 | 3 years, 0 days | |
| 15 | Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), TI(M) (born 1962) | 19 March 2018 | 19 March 2021 | 3 years, 0 days | |
| 16 | Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Babar Sidhu NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), TI(M) | 19 March 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 7 days |
List of Chiefs of the Pakistan Naval Staff
| No. | Portrait | Chief of Naval Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vice admiral Hasan Hafeez Ahmed TQA (1926–1975) | 3 March 1972 | 8 March 1975 † | 3 years, 5 days | |
| 2 | Admiral Mohammad Shariff NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), HJ, SJ, SK (1920–2020) | 23 March 1975 | 21 March 1979 | 3 years, 363 days | |
| 3 | Admiral Karamat Rahman Niazi NI(M), HI(M), SJ (?–2021) | 22 March 1979 | 23 March 1983 | 4 years, 1 day | |
| 4 | Admiral Tariq Kamal Khan NI(M), SI(M), SBt (born 1930) | 23 March 1983 | 9 April 1986 | 3 years, 17 days | |
| 5 | Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed Sirohey NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), SBt (born 1934) | 9 April 1986 | 9 November 1988 | 2 years, 214 days | |
| 6 | Admiral Yastur-ul-Haq Malik NI(M), SBt (born 1933) | 10 November 1988 | 8 November 1991 | 2 years, 363 days | |
| 7 | Admiral Saeed Mohammad Khan NI(M), SBt (1935–2022) | 9 November 1991 | 9 November 1994 | 3 years, 0 days | |
| 8 | Admiral Mansurul Haq NI(M) (1931–2018) | 10 November 1994 | 1 May 1997 | 2 years, 173 days | |
| 9 | Admiral Fasih Bokhari NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), SBt, SJ (born 1942) | 2 May 1997 | 2 October 1999 | 2 years, 153 days | |
| 10 | Admiral Abdul Aziz Mirza NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), SBt (born 1943) | 2 October 1999 | 2 October 2002 | 3 years, 0 days | |
| 11 | Admiral Shahid Karimullah NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), TI(M), SJ (born 1948) | 3 October 2002 | 6 October 2005 | 3 years, 4 days | |
| 12 | Admiral Afzal Tahir NI(M), HI(M), SI(M) (born 1949) | 7 October 2005 | 7 October 2008 | 3 years, 0 days | |
| 13 | Admiral Noman Bashir NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), TI(M) | 7 October 2008 | 7 October 2011 | 3 years, 0 days | |
| 14 | Admiral Asif Sandila NI(M), HI(M) (born 1954) | 8 October 2011 | 3 October 2014 | 2 years, 360 days | |
| 15 | Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), TI(M) (born 1958) | 4 October 2014 | 6 October 2017 | 3 years, 2 days | |
| 16 | Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi HI(M), SI(M) | 7 October 2017 | 7 October 2020 | 3 years, 0 days | |
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Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi | 7 October 2020 | 7 October 2023 | 3 years, 0 days |
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Admiral Naveed Ashraf | 7 October 2023 | Incumbent | 5 days |
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