Jamshed Gulzar Kiani

Jamshaid Gulzar Kayani
Kiani (1944–2008), c. 1999.
Chairman of the Federal Public Service Commission
In office
14 October 2004 – 30 March 2006
Preceded byAziz Ahmad Bilour
Succeeded byShahid Aziz
Personal details
BornJamshaid Gulzar Kiani
(1944-07-20)20 July 1944
Bombay, British India (present-day Mumbai, India)
Died1 November 2008(2008-11-01) (aged 64)
CMH Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Cause of deathAcute abdomen
Resting placeWestridge cemetery
Citizenship Pakistan
Alma materPakistan Military Academy
National Defence University
Nickname(s)James
Kiyani
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Army
Years of service1964–2004
Rank Lieutenant-General
Unit22 Baloch Regiment- LAT
CommandsBaloch Regiment
X Corps, Rawalpindi
Adjutant General at Army GHQ
DG Military Intelligence
111th Infantry Brigade
Battles/warsIndo-Pakistani War of 1965
Bangladesh Liberation War
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Indo-Pakistani War of 1999
Indo-Pakistani standoff in 2001–02
War in North-West Pakistan
Awards Hilal-e-Imtiaz
Sitara-e-Jurat
Sitara-e-Basalat
Tamgha-i-Jurat
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Jamshed Gulzar Kiani (Urdu: جمشید گلزار کیانی; b.20 July 1944 – 1 November 2008), HI(M), SJ, SBt, TJ, was a three-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army, intelligence officer and the former Colonel Commandant of the Baloch Regiment and commander of X Corps.

Kiani came into limelight when he had served as Director-General of the Pakistan Army's Military Intelligence and the commander of the X Corps. Later, Kiani had served as a chairman of Federal Public Service Commission during the General Musharraf's regime and had to leave when he and the then Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz developed differences.