Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan)

The Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army (COAS) is the highest post in the Pakistan Army. The current Chief of Army Staff is General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.

List of all Generals:

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	General 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	General Gul Hassan Khan	December 20 1971 – March 3 1972	Armoured Corps
7	General Tikka Khan	March 3 1972 – March 1 1976	Punjab Regiment
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
12	General Jehangir Karamat	December 1 1996 – October 6 1998	Armoured Corps
13	General Pervez Musharraf	October 6 1998 – November 28 2007	Artillery	Nishan-e-Lanat
14	General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani	November 28 2007 –	Baloch Regiment