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Pakistani Army general
Lieutenant generalTariq Waseem GhaziHI(M)
23rd Defence Secretary
In office
May 2005 – April 2007
PresidentParvez Musharraf
21st President of the National Defence University
In office
3 January 2004 – 16 October 2004
Personal details
EducationMS
Alma materNational Defence University
AwardsHilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Army
Years of service1967–2005
RankLieutenant general
UnitBaloch Regiment

Lieutenant General Tariq Waseem Ghazi HI(M) is a retired lieutenant general in the Pakistan Army who served as the 23rd secretary of defense to the government of Pakistan, 21st president of the National Defence University, and commandant of the Command and Staff College.

Career

Ghazi was commissioned in the Baloch Regiment in 1967. He obtained MS degree in war studies from the National Defence University, Pakistan. After retiring from the military, he was appointed as defense secretary in the ministry of Defence from May 2005 to April 2007.

Prior to his appointment at the ministry of defence, Ghazi served as a military observer for the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia in 1998.

Awards and decorations

Hilal-e-Imtiaz

(Military)

(Crescent of Excellence)

Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War

(War Medal 1971)

Tamgha-e-Baqa

(Nuclear Test Medal)

1998

Tamgha-e-Istaqlal Pakistan

(Escalation with India Medal)

2002

10 Years Service Medal 20 Years Service Medal 30 Years Service Medal
35 Years Service Medal Tamgha-e-Sad Saala Jashan-e-

Wiladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam

(100th Birth Anniversary of

Muhammad Ali Jinnah)

1976

Hijri Tamgha

(Hijri Medal)

1979

Jamhuriat Tamgha

(Democracy Medal)

1988

Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha

(Resolution Day

Golden Jubilee Medal)

1990

Tamgha-e-Salgirah Pakistan

(Independence Day

Golden Jubilee Medal)

1997

Nuth al-Markat

(Combat Medal)

Saudi Arabia

(Gulf War 1991)

United Nations

UNOMIG Medal

(2 Deployments)

Foreign decorations

Foreign Awards
 Saudi Arabia Nuth al-Markat (Combat Medal) (Gulf War 1991)
 United Nations UNOMIG Medal

References

  1. Ministry of Defence (2021-11-13). "Ministry Of Defence". Ministry Of Defence. Archived from the original on 2021-11-13. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  2. "National Defence University, Islamabad". ndu.edu.pk. 2021-03-21. Archived from the original on 2021-03-21. Retrieved 2021-12-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "Soldiers for life". hilal gov.pk. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  4. "Lieutenant General Tariq Waseem Ghazi (Ret.)". GMACCC. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  5. Hasan, Shazia (2019-03-17). "'Shutting down seminaries post-Pulwama attack may send wrong message'". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
  6. "Letter dated 98/11/10 from the President of the Security Council addressed to the Secretary-General". United Nations Digital Library System (in Latin). 1998-11-10. Retrieved 2021-12-05.


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