Lieutenant General Rashad Mehmood Infantry, Baloch Regiment Current Posting Principal Staff Officer (PSO) to Gen Kayani - Chief of General Staff (CGS) Service History Commander, Lahore IV Corps (as three-star/Lt General) DG-CTW at the ISI (where he essentially re-established the pivotal Counterrorism, or C Branch, of Aabpara) Military Secretary to Nawaz Sharif-era president, Rafiq Tarar (as one-star/Brigadier) UN Brigade Commander (as one-star/Brigadier) Winning Hand Second in line after Lt-Gen Haroon Aslam. If Haroon gets CJCSC, then its easy pickings for Rashad (pronounced Rashid). If Nawaz Sharif decides its another services turn (probably the Navys), then Rashad will have to rely on Mian Sahibs good books, as well as the position that hes only minutes junior to Haroon His PSO posting as CGS - the operational and intelligence eyes and ears of Kayani - is an indicator of where things might head for him. Five CGSs (Yahya Khan, Gul Hassan Khan, Mirza Aslam Beg, Asif Nawaz and Jahangir Karamat) made it to COAS and another three (Aziz Khan, Tariq Majid and Khalid Shameem Wynne) made it to CJCSC As commander of Lahores IV Corps, Rashad interacted duly with the Sharifs as their party held Punjab in the previous administration He is the senior-most of a select few general-spies that Kayani - Pakistans first DG-ISI to serve as COAS - has moulded in his own image to try and bridge the operational and strategic gaps between Aabpara and Chaklala. With a stint at reforming - in fact, creating - a critical cell to enhance the Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligences efforts at countering violent extremism, Rashad is the tall, mild-mannered, lanky soldier-spy who will often be found in the corner of a room, versus in the middle of the action. Rashad enjoys a new school lobby in the army; he is perceived as close to the US because of his stint at ISI, plus his work done on countering IEDs. Also, hes from the same regiment, the Baloch, as Kayani
Posted on: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 14:11:46 +0000
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