Maqsood Ahmad

Lieutenant-General Maqsood Ahmad HI(M) is the current Corps Commander of the IV Corps, Lahore; he was appointed to the position on 18 January 2013. Ahmad took over the position from his predecessor Lt Gen. Rashad Mahmood, who was posted as the new Chief of General Staff of the Pakistan Army

Military career
Maqsood Ahmad took commission in FF Regiment in the 62nd PMA Long Course in April 1980. During his tenure as a Major General, he commanded the 12th Infantry Division in Muree which holds a key position in Pakistan due to LOC being under its command. Later he served as Deputy Director General of Inter Services Intelligence under Lt Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha and later under Lt Gen Zahir ul Islam.

During his long career, he has held various important assignments and commanded a Unit, Brigade and later a division. He has also attended the Command and Staff College Quetta and the National Defense University Islamabad.

On 11 January 2013, Maqsood Ahmad was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General. Later, he was given another key position as the Corps Commander of IV Corps, Lahore.

On 26 August 2013, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Maqsood Ahmad as Military Adviser for Peacekeeping Operations of the United Nations. The last time a General of Pakistan was offered this position in 2009, when Ahmad Shuja Pasha was nominated for this position. However then Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani rather preferred to keep Pasha in Pakistan for important assignments.