Jehangir Karamat

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Jehangir Karamat (also short JK ; born February 20, 1941 in Karachi ) is a Pakistani retired four-star army general, diplomat and former professor of political science at the National Defense University .

Life

Jehangir Karamat was born in Karachi in 1941. His family is from Sahiwal . His father Karamat Ahmad was employed as a civil servant in India. He became a civil servant in Pakistan after the partition of India . Karamat joined the Army in 1958 after graduating from high school . He continued his school career at the Pakistan Military Academy. He graduated from the Academy as Best Cadet and received the Sword of Honor in 1961 for his academic achievements. Karamat went to Command and Staff College in Quetta in 1969 . He graduated in 1971. Karamat received his Masters in International Relations from the National Defense University in 1976. He received another Masters in War Sociology . Jehangir Karamat was appointed the new Army Chief (COAS) by Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 1995 . This has been confirmed by President Farooq Leghari. Karamat was the most experienced general during his nomination. He competed with four other generals for the post of army chief. As head of the army, Karamat aimed to work with Prime Minister Bhutto and President Leghari. However, he realized that abuse of office by bureaucrats and politicians would lead to the dissolution of Bhutto's government. Karamat turned to the chairman of parliament , Yousaf Raza Gilani , and tried to mediate between Bhutto and Leghari. Supported Good Governance Karamat was promoted to four-star general professor of political science at the National Defense University. Pervez Musharraf was one of his students and was influenced by Karamat in terms of government. He followed a call to Stanford University in 2000 and became Professor of War Sociology at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISCA) at Stanford. He then took a position at the renowned Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI). Karamat was Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States from 2004 to 2006.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Staff writers and editors: Pakistan & Gulf Economist: Jehangir Karamat COAS . In: Economist Publications, 1995 (Ed.): Economist Publications, 1995 . 14, nos. 40-52, 1995.
  2. ↑ Jehangir Karamat, COAS . In: Biographical work published by the News International's editorial section in 1996 , The News International, 1996, 1996. 
  3. ^ Hasan-Askari Rizvi: Military, state and society in Pakistan . Macmillan [u. a.], Basingstoke [et al. a.] 2000, ISBN 0312231938 .
  4. ↑ staff writer: Former Chairman of the Pakistani Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Jehangir Karamat, arrives at Brookings . Brooklyn Institute. May 5, 2000. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  5. ↑ Brigadier Samir Bhattacharya: Nothing But! . Partridge Pub, 2014, ISBN 148281787X .
  6. ↑ Bidanda M. Chengappa: Pakistan, Islamization, army and foreign policy . APH Publ., New Delhi 2004, ISBN 8176485489 .
  7. ^ Mazhar Aziz: Military control in Pakistan: the parallel state . Taylor and Francis-e-Library, Milton Park, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK 2008, ISBN 978-0-415-43743-1 , pp. 80-81.
predecessor Office successor
Waheed Kakar Chief of Staff of the Pakistan Army
1996-1998 		Pervez Musharraf
personal data
SURNAME Karamat, Jehangir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES JK
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Pakistani general, diplomat and professor of political science
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Karachi