Muhammad Shariff (general)

General Muhammad Shariff NI(M) SPk SI(M)
1st Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
In office 1 March 1976 – 22 January 1977
Preceded by	None (Post created)
Succeeded by	Mohammad Shariff
Personal details
Born	Muhammad Shariff (1921-02-22)22 February 1921 Lahore, Punjab, British India
Died	6 August 1999(1999-08-06) (aged 78) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Resting place	Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Nickname	M. Shariff
Military service
Allegiance	British India (1942-47) Pakistan (1947-77)
Branch/service	British Indian Army Pakistan Army
Years of service	1942–1977
Rank	General
Unit	3/2 Punjab Regiment
Commands	Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff II Corps in Multan Permanent Rep. at CENTO GOC 33rd Infantry Division, Quetta Pakistan Army Education Corps Ins-Gen. Training and Evaluation
Battles/wars	World War II Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Awards	Nishan-i-Imtiaz Sitara-e-Pakistan Sitara-i-Imtiaz

General Muhammad Shariff NI(M) SPk SI(M) (Urdu: محمد شريف ; 22 February 1921 – 6 August 1999) was a senior Pakistan Army general who was the first Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, serving in this post from 1976 until tendering his resignation in 1977 over the disagreement with the military takeover of the civilian government by the Pakistani military.^{: 61 [1]: 301–304 [2]}