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RAWALPINDI, (MILLAT+APP): General Zubair Mahmood Hayat on
Monday took over as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC).
Upon arrival at the Joint Staff Headquarters Chaklala, the newly
appointed CJCSC was presented guard of honor by the contingent of
tri-services.
Outgoing chairman General Rashad Mehmood handed over the
command to General Zubair at a ceremony attended by newly appointed
Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and heads of three services
of the Armed Forces.
Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat was commissioned in Artillery Regiment
on October 24, 1980.
He is graduate of Fort Sill Oklohoma, USA, Command and Staff College
Camberlay United Kingdom and National Defence University, Islamabad.
He has wide experience of command, staff and instructional
appointments. He has commanded an artillery regiment, mechanized
division artillery, an infantry Brigade and an Infantry Division.
Gen Zubair has been Adjutant at PMA, Brigade Major of an
Infantry Brigade, Army and Air adviser at Pakistan embassy in
the United Kingdom.
He has also been Chief of Staff of a Strike Corps, Private
Secretary to the COAS and Director General Staff Studies Directorate at
GHQ.
He has also held the appointment of Director General Strategic
Plan Division (SPD). He has commanded 31 Corps Bahawalpur and was
Chief of the General Staff at GHQ before appointment as CJCSC.