| Serial Number |
Name |
Term of Appointment |
Unit of Commission |
Decorations |
|
| 1 |
General Sir Frank Walter Messervy |
August 15, 1947 – February 10, 1948 |
Regiment |
KCSI, KBE, CB, DSO |
|
| 2 |
General Sir Douglas David Gracey |
February 11, 1948 – January 16, 1951 |
1st Gurkha Rifles |
KCB, KCIE, CBE, MC |
|
| 3 |
Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan |
January 16, 1951 – October 26, 1958 |
1/14 Punjab Regiment |
NPk, HJ |
|
| 4 |
General Muhammad Musa Khan |
October 27, 1958 – June 17, 1966 |
6/13 Frontier Force Rifles |
HJ, MBE |
|
| 5 |
General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan Qizilbash |
June 18, 1966 – December 20, 1971 |
4/10 Baluch Regiment |
HJ |
|
| 6 |
Lieutenant General Gul Hassan Khan |
December 20, 1971 – March 3, 1972 |
Armoured Corps |
|
| 7 |
General Tikka Khan |
March 3, 1972 – March 1, 1976 |
12 Medium Regiment Artillery |
|
| 8 |
General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq |
March 1, 1976 – August 17, 1988 |
Armoured Corps |
|
| 9 |
General Mirza Aslam Beg |
August 17, 1988 – August 16, 1991 |
Baloch Regiment |
|
| 10 |
General Asif Nawaz Janjua |
August 16, 1991 – January 8, 1993 |
Punjab Regiment |
|
| 11 |
General Abdul Waheed Kakar |
January 11, 1993 – December 1, 1996 |
Frontier Force Regiment |
NI(M), HI(M) |
| 12 |
General Jehangir Karamat |
December 1, 1996 – October 6, 1998 |
Armoured Corps |
NI(M), HI(M) |
| 13 |
General Pervez Musharraf |
October 6, 1998 – November 28, 2007 |
Artillery |
NI(M), HI(M), S.Bt |
| 14 |
General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani |
November 28, 2007 – |
Baloch Regiment |
NI(M), HI(M) |
