LAHORE: The army chiefs are always selected from the seni
or generals of the army but hardly ever does the sen
ior most army chief get the chance to become the Chief of Army Staff (COAS).
G
eneral Ayub Khan was the fourth in seniority list when he became the army chief, while G
eneral Muhammad Musa was also fourth on the list when he was appointed.
Similarly, G
eneral Yahya Khan was the third most seni
or general when he was made the army chief and G
eneral Gul Hassan was also on third number in the list. However, G
eneral Tikka Khan was the sen
ior most at the time of his appointment.
G
eneral Ziaul Haq was given the promotion from eighth number but G
eneral Asl
am Beg was the sen
ior most at the time of his appointment as army chief.
G
eneral Waheed Kakar was the fifth on the list. G
eneral Jahangir Karamat was the sen
ior most. G
eneral Pervez Musharraf was the third most senior when he was made the army chief.
G
eneral Ashfaq Pervez Kayani was given promotion from second number and G
eneral Raheel Sharif from number three.
G
eneral Qamar Javed Bajwa, who was announced as the next army chief on Saturday, was fourth on the list.