General Aziz khan

 

 

General Aziz khan was born at 1 January 1947 in a village Dhar Dhrach of Palandri, and studied in High School Palandri (now Post Graduate College Palandri). He belongs to the Sudhan (Sadozai, Pathan) tribe of Azad Kashmir.Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee

After the September 11 attacks and the subsequent US invasion of Afghanistan, General Aziz Khan was transferred to the ceremonial post Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. While being promoted, Aziz Khan was sixth in the seniority list of Lt Gens. Lieutenant Generals Muzaffar Usmani, Yusaf Khan (who was also promoted to four-star and made VCOAS), Mahmud Ahmed, Khalid Maqbool, and Hamid Javed were all senior to him, all of whom stood superseded. He also stayed as the Colonel-in-Chief of the Punjab Regiment appointed by General Pervez Musharraf