Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad

Lieutenant-General Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad (Urdu: اشفاق ندیم احمد) HI(M), is retired Pakistani army general who held command of the II Corps of the Pakistan Army. He previously served as Chief of General Staff and Director-General of Military Operations.

Early life and education
Ahmad hails from Nila, Chakwal and was born to Ahmad Khan Qureshi, who was an engineer with Radio Pakistan.

Ahmad received his formal education from the St Mary's Cambridge School in Rawalpindi. Ahmad also attended Staff College Camberley.

Military career
As Lieutenant colonel, Ahmad was involved with the operations directorate for two years. After being promoted to Brigadier rank, Ahmad was appointed as the Chief of Staff of I Corps and also served in Waziristan.

He was promoted to the rank of major general in May 2009. During his tenure as a major general, he led Second Battle of Swat as General Officer Commander where he was appointed in August 2009

As a major general, he was installed as the Director General of Military Operations in 2011 where he served until 2013 and also made the plan for Pakistan Army's campaign Operation Zarb-e-Azb during his tenure as Director General of Military Operations. He was awarded Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) in August 2011.

Ahmad was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in August 2013 and was appointed as the Vice Chief of General Staff shortly after.<ref name="thenews/30nov2013"

He was appointed as the 31st Chief of General Staff in November 2013 shortly after Raheel Sharif took office as the 15th Chief of Army Staff.

Ahmad belongs to 34 Azad Kashmir Regiment where he was installed as Colonel Commandant in April 2014.

Ahmad was posted as II Corps Commander in Multan in April 2015. He also leads the mechanised corps.

He was part of JCB-1 (Junior Cadet Battalion, PMA) and then 62-Long Course of Pakistan Military Academy.