Shahid Baig Mirza

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Lieutenant General
Shahid Baig Mirza
شاهد بیگ مرزا
Commander V Corps, Karachi
In office
7 December 2016 – 25 August 2018
Preceded byLT Gen Naveed Mukhtar
Succeeded byLT Gen
Personal details
AwardsCrescent of Excellence Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png Hilal-i-Imtiaz
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Army
Years of service1984–2019
RankOF-8 PakistanArmy.svg Lieutenant General
Unit11th Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)27th Punjabis

Lieutenant General Shahid Baig Mirza is the former Commander of V Corps in Karachi. A three stars rank general of Pakistan Army, he was appointed as the commander of the corps on 7 December 2016.[1]

He was born into a military family of Mulhal Mughlan District Chakwal, the eldest of three brothers, all officers and sons of Lieutenant Colonel (retd) Abdul Haq and Zaib-un-Nisa.[2] The youngest, Major Umar Baig Mirza, martyred in a helicopter crash while performing rescue operations on 15 October 2005, and Lieutenant Colonel Amer Baig Mirza martyred in a terrorist attack on 27 May 2009.[2]

Then-Major General Shaid Baig Mirza was the commandant of the Command and Staff College from January 2014 to May 2015.[3] He was awarded the Hilal-i-Imtiaz on Pakistan Day (23 March), 2015,[4] and promoted to lieutenant general in April 2015.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Lt Gen Shahid Baig Mirza posted as Karachi Corps Commander". The News International. 7 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b Naila Inayat. "A Tale of Two Martyr Brothers". Inter-Services Public Relations.
  3. ^ "Commandants' Gallery". Command and Staff College.
  4. ^ "The complete list of recipients of awards on Pakistan Day". The Express Tribune. 24 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Five Maj Gens promoted to Lieutenant General rank in Pak Army". The News International. 9 April 2015.


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