Waheed Arshad

Waheed Arshad was commissioned in the Armoured Corps of the Pakistan Army in October 1975 in the 52nd PMA Long Course. He is a graduate of Command and Staff College Quetta; Turkish War College, Istanbul, and the National Defence College in Islamabad. He holds master's degrees in War and Strategic Studies from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad and a diploma in the Turkish Language from National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad. ==Command, staff and instructional appointments==

During his career, he served as Brigade Major of an Independent Armored Brigade Group and remained on the faculty of Pakistan Military Academy Kakul, School of Infantry and Tactics, Quetta and National Defence College, Islamabad. He commanded 16 Horse, an Armored Regiment and both an Armored and Infantry Brigades. He has also served as General Staff Officer Grade-1 and Director Military Operations at Military Operations Directorate. ==Senior appointments==

Waheed Arshad was promoted to Major General on 7 January 2005. He was then sent as GOC 26th Mechanized Division in Bahawalpur where he served until April 2007. He then proceeded to relieve Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan as DG Inter Services Public Relations. In October 2008, Waheed Arshad was appointed as the Vice Chief of General Staff (VCGS) of the Army replacing Lt. Gen. Muhammad Yousaf who took over the XXXI Corps at Bahawalpur. Waheed Arshad was promoted to Lieutenant General in April 2010 and took over as IG Training and Evaluation (IGT&E). Barely six months later in October 2010, he took over as Chief of General Staff (CGS), the most coveted posting in Pakistan Army. He replaced the recently promoted General Khalid Shameem Wynne who was appointed as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. He was succeeded as CGS by Lt General Rashad Mahmood, who later became the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. ==Personal life==

Waheed Arshad is married and has three children. == Awards and decorations ==