Explanation
Gen. Zia was the second chief of staff of Pakistan Army from 1 March 1976 to 17 August 1988. List of Army Chiefs of Pakistan No. Portrait Took office Left office Time in office Unit of Commission 1 Tikka Khan HJ, HQA, SPk 3-Mar-72 1-Mar-76 3 years, 364 days 2 Fd Regt Arty 2 Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq 1-Mar-76 17-Aug-88 12 years, 169 days 13 Lancers 3 Mirza Aslam Beg 17-Aug-88 16-Aug-91 2 years, 364 days 16 Baloch 4 Asif Nawaz Janjua 16-Aug-91 8-Jan-93 1 year, 145 days 5 Punjab 5 Abdul Waheed Kakar 11-Jan-93 12-Jan-96 3 years, 1 day 5 FF 6 Jehangir Karamat 12-Jan-96 6-Oct-98 2 years, 267 days 13 Lancers 7 Pervez Musharraf 6-Oct-98 28-Nov-07 9 years, 53 days 16 (SP) Medium Regt Arty 8 Ashfaq Pervez Kayani 29-Nov-07 29-Nov-13 6 years, 0 days 5 Baloch 9 Raheel Sharif 29-Nov-13 29-Nov-16 3 years, 0 days 6 FF 10 Qamar Javed Bajwa 29-Nov-16 Incumbent 4 years, 293 days 16 Baloch
