Rashad Mahmood

General Rashad Mahmood Kaira NI
راشد محمود
Rashad Mahmood Kaira lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns in 2014
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 November 2013
President	Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by	Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani (Acting)
Personal details
Born	Pakistan
Awards	Nishan-e-Imtiaz
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Army
Years of service	May 1975 - Present
Rank	General

Rashad Mahmood KAIRA (Urdu/Template:Lang-pnb), is a four-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army and currently serving as the 16th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. He was appointed as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on November 27, 2013.

Biography

He was commissioned in 1973 to Baloch Regiment.

He has attended Company Commander Course from France and is a graduate of Canadian Army Command and Staff College, National Defence University, Pakistan. The General Officer has varied experience of Command, Staff and Instructional appointments. His major appointments include Platoon Commander, Pakistan Military Academy, Brigade Major Infantry Brigade, Instructor at Command and Staff College and NDU Pakistan. He has remained Chief of Staff of Bahawalpur Corps and Military Secretary to the President. The General Officer has commanded two Infantry Battalions, two Infantry Brigades and United Nations contingent at Congo, Infantry Division at Jhelum, Director General at Inter-Service Intelligence Directorate, Islamabad and Commander Lahore IV Corps (Pakistan). After commanding the Corps, he took over as Chief of General Staff (Pakistan) in January 2013. The General Officer has been conferred with Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) and Nishan-e-Imtiaz (military).