Shahid Baig Mirza
Shahid Baig Mirza | |
|---|---|
| شاهد بیگ مرزا | |
| Commander V Corps, Karachi | |
| In office 7 December 2016 – 25 August 2018 | |
| Preceded by | LT Gen Naveed Mukhtar |
| Succeeded by | LT Gen Humayun Aziz |
| Personal details | |
| Awards |  Hilal-i-Imtiaz |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Pakistan |
| Branch/service |  Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1984–2019 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant General |
Lieutenant General Shahid Baig Mirza was the Commander of V Corps in Karachi. A three stars rank general of Pakistan Army, he was appointed as the commander of the corps on 7 December 2016.[1]
He was born into a military family of Mulhal Mughlan District Chakwal, the eldest of three brothers, all officers and sons of Lieutenant Colonel (retd) Abdul Haq and Zaib-un-Nisa.[2] The youngest, Major Umar Baig Mirza, martyred in a helicopter crash while performing rescue operations on 15 October 2005, and Lieutenant Colonel Amer Baig Mirza martyred in a terrorist attack on 27 May 2009.[2]
Then-Major General Shaid Baig Mirza was the commandant of the Command and Staff College from January 2014 to May 2015.[3] He was awarded the Hilal-i-Imtiaz on Pakistan Day (23 March), 2015,[4] and promoted to lieutenant general in April 2015.[5]
References
- ^ "Lt Gen Shahid Baig Mirza posted as Karachi Corps Commander". The News International. 7 December 2016.
- ^ a b Naila Inayat. "A Tale of Two Martyr Brothers". Inter-Services Public Relations.
- ^ "Commandants' Gallery". Command and Staff College.
- ^ "The complete list of recipients of awards on Pakistan Day". The Express Tribune. 24 March 2015.
- ^ "Five Maj Gens promoted to Lieutenant General rank in Pak Army". The News International. 9 April 2015.
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