Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani NI(M) HI(C) HI(M) LoM LoH OMM (Urdu: اشفاق پرویز کیانی ; born 20 April 1952), is a retired four-star general of the Pakistan Army who served as the eighth chief of army staff, being appointed on 29 November 2007 after his predecessor Pervez Musharraf retired from his military service and remained in the office until 29 November 2013. Initially appointed as Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) under then-President Pervez Musharraf on 8 October 2007, he formally took over the command of the army when President Pervez Musharraf retired from his military service on 29 November 2007. In addition, General Kayani served as the Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and as director of the Directorate-General of Military Operations (DGMO), overseeing major war efforts in the war on terror. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has received more than 690,644 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani is the 1,658th most popular military personnel (down from 1,459th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 126th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Pakistani Military Personnel.