Javed Iqbal Ramday Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Lieutenant-General
Javed Iqbal Ramday
Honorific-Suffix:HI(M)
Office1:Commander XXXI Corps, Bahawalpur
Term Start1:April 2015
Term End1:December 2016
Predecessor1:Lt Gen Javed Iqbal
Office2:President of the National Defence University
Term Start2:August 2013
Term End2:April 2015
Predecessor2:Lt Gen Nasser Khan Janjua
Successor2:Lt Gen Anwar Ali Hyder
Serviceyears:1980 – 2016
Rank: Lieutenant General
Awards:Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)

Lieutenant General Javed Iqbal Ramday HI(M) is a retired general from the Pakistan Army who commanded the XXXI Corps.[1] He belongs to a political Arain Family associated with PMLN. Martyred Brigadier General Anwar-ul-Haq Ramday who led Operation Janbaz at GHQ, Rawalpindi against TTP was his relative. Honourable Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday is also his relative.

Military career

Ramday served as GOC Swat during the First and Second Battle of Swat.

In 2011, Ramday was wounded while he was airborne when his helicopter came under fire in the Swat Valley.[2]

In 2012, he joined the National Defence University in Islamabad, first as commandant and then as chief instructor in B-Division in 2013.[3]

In August 2013, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general while he was serving as chief instructor in National Defence University. Shortly after, he was appointed as the President at the National Defence University where he served until 2015.[4]

Ramday was appointed as the Corps Commander XXXI Corps in April 2015.[5]

Often confused with namesake

He is often confused with Lt Gen Javed Iqbal who was charged with espionage and leaking "sensitive information to foreign agencies". Gen Ramday replaced Gen Javed Iqbal as Corps Cdr XXXI back in 2015.

Later Gen Ramday retired in 2016 and took over Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited which he left in June 2020.

He belongs to the infantry's Sindh Regiment.

Notes and References

  1. News: Who will be the next army chief?. 22 November 2016. DAWN.COM. 14 August 2016.
  2. News: Military helicopter under fire, general wounded. 24 November 2016. DAWN.COM. 21 September 2011.
  3. News: 4 two-star generals promoted. 24 November 2016. The Nation. 9 August 2013.
  4. News: Army reshuffle: Nasir Janjua made southern commander - The Express Tribune. 24 November 2016. The Express Tribune. 20 August 2013.
  5. News: High-level transfers and postings in Pakistan Army. 24 November 2016. ARYNEWS. 9 April 2015.