| Naweed Zaman | |
| Honorific-Prefix: | Lieutenant General |
| Office1: | Rector NUST |
| Term Start1: | November 2016 |
| Term End1: | December 2020 |
| Allegiance: | [Pakistan |branch = [[Pakistan Army]]|serviceyears = 1980 - 2016|rank = Lt. Gen.|unit = |commands = GOC 7th Infantry Division Corps Commander IV Corps Military Secretary GHQ|battles = Operation Rah-e-Nijat (Path to Salvation)|awards = Hilal-e-Imtiaz|laterwork = |
Lieutenant-General Naweed Zaman is a retired three-star rank general of the Pakistan Army.
Zaman was formally commissioned into the Pakistan Armed Forces in 1980, after graduating from the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) with a Sword of Honour, at which he later also served an instructor at the School of Infantry and Tactics.[1]
He also attended the National Defence University, Pakistan (NDU), Joint Services Command and Staff College, UK (JSCSC) and Royal College of Defence Studies, UK (RCDS).[1]
He served as General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 7th Infantry Division, Corps Commander of the IV Corps and as Military Secretary at Army General Headquarters (GHQ).[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
During his service as the GOC of the 7th Infantry Division, he partook in Operation Rah-e-Nijat (Path to Salvation) which cleared out the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other associated militant groups from Pakistan's South Waziristan Agency, and brought it back under the control of the Government of Pakistan.
Zaman is a recipient of the Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Star of Crescent) by the Government of Pakistan.
In September 2014, Zaman was reportedly shortlisted as a candidate by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to succeed Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Zaheer-ul-Islam, who was about to retire. Ultimately Major General (Later Lt. Gen.) Rizwan Akhtar was selected and appointed to the job.[7] [8]
Among the officers fired for corruption[9]
He was appointed Rector of the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in November 2016.[1] He left the position in December 2020.[10]
Zaman graduated from Cadet College Hasan Abdal (CCH) prior to his military service, is married and has three children.[11]