List of Chiefs of Army Staff

1. General Sir Frank Messervy (August 15, 1947 - February 10, 1948)^[1]
2. General Sir Douglas David Gracey (February 11, 1948 - January 16, 1951)^[1]
3. Field Marshal Ayub Khan (January 16, 1951 - October 26, 1958)^[1]
4. General Musa Khan (October 27, 1958 - June 17, 1966)^[1]
5. General Yahya Khan (June 18, 1966 – December 20, 1971)^[1]
6. General Gul Hassan (December 20, 1971 - March 3, 1972)^[1]
7. General Tikka Khan (March 3, 1972 – March 1, 1976)^[1]
8. General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (April 1, 1976 - August 17, 1988)^[1]
9. General Mirza Aslam Beg (August 17, 1988 - August 16, 1991)^[1]
10. General Asif Nawaz (August 16, 1991 - January 8, 1993)^[1]
11. General Wahid Kakar (January 8, 1993 - December 1, 1996)^[1]
12. General Jehangir Karamat (December 1, 1996 - October 6, 1998)^[1]
13. General Pervez Musharraf (October 7, 1998–present)^[1]