Sahir Shamshad Mirza

Sahir Shamshad Mirza
ساحر شمشاد مرزا
18th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
In office
27 November 2022 – 27 November 2025
PresidentArif Alvi
Asif Ali Zardari
Preceded byGeneral Nadeem Raza
Succeeded byAsim Munir
(as Chief of Defence Forces)
Former Commands
Corps Commander Rawalpindi
In office
7 September 2021 – 26 November 2022
Preceded byAzhar Abbas
Succeeded byShahid Imtiaz
37th Chief of General Staff
In office
June 2019 – September 2021
Preceded byNadeem Raza
Succeeded byAzhar Abbas
Adjutant General at GHQ
In office
June 2019 – September 2019
Preceded byFaiz Hameed
Succeeded byMuhammad Aamer
Vice Chief of General Staff – Alpha
In office
October 2018 – June 2019
Preceded byMajor General Shaheen Mazhar Mehmood
Succeeded byMajor General Muhammad Asim Malik
Director General Military Operations
In office
September 2015 – October 2018
Preceded byMajor General Aamer Riaz
Succeeded byMajor General Nauman Zakaria
GOC 40th Infantry Division, D.I. Khan
In office
February 2015 – 15 September 2015
Succeeded byMajor General Abid Mumtaz
Personal details
Born
Parent
  • Shamshad Mirza (father)
Education
AwardsList
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Army
Years of service1987–2025
RankGeneral
Unit8 Sindh Regiment
Commands
List of Commands
Battles/wars
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "serviceyears". Replace with "service_years".

Sahir Shamshad Mirza NI(M) HI(M) (Urdu: ساحر شمشاد مرزا) is a retired Pakistani four star-general, who served as the last chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee appointed to the post on 27 November 2022 for a three year term. Prior to this appointment, he commanded the Rawalpindi Northern Command from 2021 to 2022. He was a well decorated officer in the army, being awarded Nishan-e-Imtiaz both civilian and military.