The Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army was the professional head of the Pakistan Army from 1947 to 1972. As an administrative position, the appointment holder had main operational command authori
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Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan was a Pakistani four-star rank general who served as the third president of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971, under martial law. His presidency oversaw a civil war in East Pakistan,
Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army
…native Pakistani to hold the appointment on 17 January 1951. However, Ayub didn't hold the substantive rank of full general till 1957. In 1969, when General Yahya Khan became President of Pakistan, Lieutenant General Abdul Hamid Khan was promoted to full General and was appointed as the 'Chief of Staff of the Army…
President Yahya Khan with United States President Richard Nixon in October 1970