Jamshed Gulzar Kiani

Lieutenant General
Jamshaid Gulzar Kayani
Kiani (1944–2008), c. 1999.
Chairman of the Federal Public Service Commission
In office
14 October 2004 – 30 March 2006
Preceded byAziz Ahmad Bilour
Succeeded byShahid Aziz
Personal details
Born
Jamshaid Gulzar Kiani

(1944-07-20)20 July 1944
Bombay, British India (present-day Mumbai, India)
Died1 November 2008(2008-11-01) (aged 64)
CMH Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Cause of deathAcute abdomen
Resting placeWestridge cemetery
Citizenship Pakistan
Alma materPakistan Military Academy
National Defence University
Nickname(s)James
Kiyani
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Army
Years of service1964–2004
Rank Lieutenant-General
UnitBaloch Regiment
CommandsBaloch Regiment
X Corps, Rawalpindi
Adjutant General at Army GHQ
DG Military Intelligence
111th Infantry Brigade
Battles/warsIndo-Pakistani War of 1965
Bangladesh Liberation War
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Indo-Pakistani War of 1999
Indo-Pakistani standoff in 2001–02
War in North-West Pakistan
Awards Hilal-e-Imtiaz
Sitara-e-Jurat
Sitara-e-Basalat
Tamgha-i-Jurat

Lieutenant-General Jamshed Gulzar Kiani (Urdu: جمشید گلزار کیانی; b.20 July 1944 – 1 November 2008), HI(M), SJ, SBt, TJ, was a three-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army, intelligence officer and the former Colonel Commandant of the Baloch Regiment and commander of X Corps.[1]

An illustrative and long career army and intelligence officer, Kiani came into limelight when he had served as Director-General of the Pakistan Army's Military Intelligence and the commander of the X Corps.[1] Having remembered as an upright and an honest officer during his military career, Kiani had served as a chairman of Federal Public Service Commission during the General Musharraf's regime and had to leave when he and the then Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz developed differences.[2]

  1. ^ a b staff writer, news desk (2 November 2008). "Jamshed Gulzar Kiani dies". dawn.com. Dawn newspaper, 2008. Dawn Newspaper. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  2. ^ National, staff writer (6 November 2008). "Gulzar Kayani, a brave and sincere man". www.thenews.com.pk. Islamabad, Pakistan: News International. News International. Retrieved 11 August 2017.