Command and Staff College

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The Command and Staff College was established in 1907 at Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. The Command and Staff College is the oldest and the most prestigious institution of the Pakistan Army. It was established in 1905 in Deolali and moved to its present location at Quetta in 1907. The Command and Staff College is located at the entrance to the picturesque Urak Valley.

The Command and Staff College has been the alma mater of many renowned soldiers from countries all around the world. Some of the distinguished personalities include Field Marshals Wavell, Montgomery, Auchinleck and Slim (UK), Blamey (Australia), Ayub Khan (Pakistan) and Manekshaw (India). Generals Muhammad Musa Khan, Yahya Khan, Gul Hassan Khan, Tikka Khan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Mirza Aslam Beg, Asif Nawaz and Abdul Wahid Kakar, who all, later , became Pakistan Army's Chiefs, are graduates of the College.

[edit] Commandants

• Brigadier General A. W.L Bayly 1 Apr 1905 - 18 Mar 1906

• Brigadier General T.Capper 31 Mar 1906 - 24 Jan 1911

• Brigadier General W.P.Braithwaite 25 Jan 1911 - 20 Aug 1914

• Major General Sir L.R. Vaughan 13 Jun 1919 - 28 Jan 1923

• Major General Sir Gerald F.Boyed 29 Jan1923 - 28 Jan 1927

• Major General C.A.C Goodwin 29 Jan 1927 - 25 Dec 1927

• Major General E.T.Humphreys 6 Jan 1928 - 11 Aug 1931

• Major General R.C Wilson 14 Sep 1931 - 30 Oct 1934

• Major General G.C.Williams 31 Oct 1934 - 27 Apr 1937

• Major General A.B.Haig 28 Apr 1937 - 15 Mar 1940

• Brigadier A.F.P Christison 16 Mar 1940 - 17 Feb 1941

• Brigadier C.A. Osborne 18 Feb 1941 - 8 Apr 1942

• Brigadier G.C. Evans 9 Apr 1942 - 22 Aug 1943

• Brigadier B.H. Chappel 23 Aug 1943 - 10 Jun 1944

• Brigadier H.V.Collingridge 11 Jun 1944 - 23 Mar 1945

• Major General S.F.Irwin 24 Mar 1945 - 31 Mar 1947

• Major General H.L Davies 1 Apr 1947 - 21 Aug 1947

• Major General I.C.A Lauder 2 Feb 1948 - 31 Mar 1952

• Major General A.Tilly 1 Apr 1952 - 4 Aug 1954

• Major General M A Latif Khan MBE. August 5, 1954 – July 5, 1957

• Major General Mian Ghulam Jilani SQA. July 16, 1957 – December 21, 1958

• Brigadier S A A Bilgrami. December 22, 1958 – December 26, 1962

• Major General Sahabzada Yaqub Khan. January 6, 1963 – September 17, 1965

• Major General Akhtar Hussain Malik HJ. May 11, 1966 – June 30, 1967

• Major General Abrar Hussain HJ, MBE. August 9, 1967 – March 15, 1968

• Major General Mohammad Shariff. May 20, 1968 – January 31, 1970

• Major General Azmat Bakhsh Awan. February 1, 1970 – February 10, 1972

• Major General Riaz Azim. February 15, 1972 – December 31, 1974

• Major General S Wajahat Hussain. January 1, 1975 – July 16, 1977

• Major General Muhammad Iqbal. July 17, 1977 – September 7, 1979

• Major General Ahmad Shamim Khan. September 8, 1979 – August 21, 1982

• Major General Muhammad Safdar. August 22, 1982 – September 7, 1985

• Major General Rehm Dil Bhatti. September 8, 1985 – May 22, 1988

• Major General Muhammad Amin Khan Burki SI (M). May 23, 1988 – May 21, 1990

• Major General Syed Tanwir Husain Naqvi HI (M), SBt. June 1990 – December 1991

• Major General Ali Kuli Khan Khattak. February 1992 – June 1993

• Major General Saeeduz Zafar. July 2, 1993 – December 18, 1995

• Major General Syed Muhammad Amjad. December 19, 1995 – December 19, 1998

• Major General Javed Afzal Khan. December 20, 1998 – November 14, 1999

• Major General Tariq Waseem Ghazi. February 5, 2000 – May 16, 2001

• Major General Malik Arif Hayat. May 2001 – May 2002

• Major General Mohsin Kamal. May 2002 – April 2005

• Major General Ahmad Shuja Pasha. April 18, 2005 –

[edit] External links

• Official site: Command and Staff College