The Vice chief of the Army Staff (VCOAS) was an office in Pakistan Army that was principal deputy and second-in-command (S-in-C) of the Pakistan Army, reporting under the Chief of the Army Staff. The position was created in the existence of army chief is simultaneously the President of Pakistan, having taken over by imposing martial law against the elected civilian government. The post is now obsolete and no longer in existence with the army – the Chief of the General Staff now serves as the second-in-command in the army leadership.