General Muhammad Aziz Khan NI(M) HI(M) SBt TBt, best known as Aziz Khan, is a retired Pakistani four-star rank army general who served as the 11th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, appointed in October 2001 until his retirement in 2005.
Gen. Aziz Khan in c. 2001
Chairman joint chiefs Gen. Aziz meeting with American Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to hold discussions on military logistics in the War in Afghanistan in 2001.
Gen. Aziz had been very critical President Musharraf's policy on siding with the United States against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) is, in principle, the highest-ranking and senior most uniformed military officer, typically at four-star rank, in the Pakistan Armed Forces who serves as a Principal Staff Officer and a chief military adviser to the civilian government led by elected Prime minister of Pakistan and his/her National Security Council. The role of advisement is also extended to the elected members in the bicameral Parliament and the Ministry of Defence. The Chairman leads the meetings and coordinates the combined efforts of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC), comprising the Chairman, the Chief of the Army Staff and Chief of the Air Staff and the Chief of the Naval Staff, Commandant of Marines, DG Coast Guards and Strategic Plans Division, and commanders of the service branches in the Civil Armed Forces and the National Guard.
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
Car used by Chairman Joint Chiefs with the flag and star plate (General Ehsan ul Haq's car in 2006)
Image: General Rahimuddin Khan
Image: General Shamim Alam Khan