Ehsan ul Haq

General Ehsan ul Haq NI(M), HI(M)
احسان الحق
Ehsan ul Haq, c. 2007
12th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
In office 6 October 2004 – 7 October 2007
Preceded by	Gen. Aziz Khan
Succeeded by	Gen. Tariq Majid
Director General of the ISI
In office 20 October 2001 – 5 October 2004
Preceded by	Lt-Gen. Mahmud Ahmed
Succeeded by	Lt-Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani
Personal details
Born	(1949-09-22) 22 September 1949 (age 75) Mardan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Alma mater	Pakistan Military Academy National Defence University Air Force Aviation University
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1967–2007
Rank	General
Unit	Air Defence Corps
Commands	XI Corps, Peshawar Air Defence Command DG Military Intelligence 16th Infantry Division in Pano Aqil Pakistan Armed Forces–Middle East Command
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 India–Pakistan Standoff 2001 War on Terror War in Afghanistan Fall of Kabul Battle of Tora Bora War in North-West Pakistan Battle of Wanna Tribal war in Waziristan
Awards	Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Order of King AbdulAziz Légion d'honneur
Service number	PA-5146

Ehsan ul Haq NI(M), HI(M) (Urdu: احسان الحق; born 22 September 1949), is a retired four-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army and a public official, served as the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, appointed in October 2005 until his retirement in 2007.^[1]

After retiring from his 40 years of military service, Ehsan ul Haq engaged in the corporate sector where he managed the businesses in the healthcare industry, and often offers his public speaking skills on the issues of foreign policy of Pakistan concerning the Arab League.^[1]