Tariq Waseem Ghazi Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Lieutenant general
Tariq Waseem Ghazi
Office:	23rd Defence Secretary
Term Start:	May 2005
Term End:	April 2007^[1]
President:	Parvez Musharraf
Office2:	21st President of the National Defence University
Term Start2:	3 January 2004
Term End2:	16 October 2004^[2]
Education:	MS
Alma Mater:	National Defence University
Allegiance:	Pakistan
Serviceyears:	19672005
Rank:	Lieutenant general
Unit:	Baloch Regiment^[3]
Honorific Suffix:	HI(M)

Lieutenant General Tariq Waseem Ghazi is a retired lieutenant general in the Pakistan Army who served as the 23rd secretary of defense to the government of Pakistan, 21st president of the National Defence University, and commandant of the Command and Staff College.

Career

Ghazi was commissioned in the Baloch Regiment in 1967. He obtained MS degree in war studies from the National Defence University, Pakistan.^[4] After retiring from the military, he was appointed as defense secretary in the ministry of Defence from May 2005 to April 2007.^[5]

Prior to his appointment at the ministry of defence, Ghazi served as a military observer for the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia in 1998.^[6]

Awards and decorations

Hilal-e-Imtiaz(Military) (Crescent of Excellence)	Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War(War Medal 1971)		Tamgha-e-Baqa(Nuclear Test Medal) 1998
Tamgha-e-Istaqlal Pakistan(Escalation with India Medal) 2002	10 Years Service Medal	20 Years Service Medal	30 Years Service Medal
35 Years Service Medal	Tamgha-e-Sad Saala Jashan-e-Wiladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam (100th Birth Anniversary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah) 1976	Hijri Tamgha(Hijri Medal) 1979	Jamhuriat Tamgha(Democracy Medal) 1988
Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha(Resolution Day Golden Jubilee Medal) 1990	Tamgha-e-Salgirah Pakistan(Independence Day Golden Jubilee Medal) 1997	Nuth al-Markat(Combat Medal) Saudi Arabia (Gulf War 1991)	United NationsUNOMIG Medal (2 Deployments)

Foreign decorations

Foreign Awards
Saudi Arabia	Nuth al-Markat (Combat Medal) (Gulf War 1991)
	UNOMIG Medal

Notes and References

Web site: Ministry of Defence . Ministry Of Defence . Ministry Of Defence . 2021-11-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211113195645/https://mod.gov.pk/Detail/N2NkOWFhYjUtYzlkNy00NDdjLTg4NDktMGY3Mjc1MjE3N2Vk . 2021-11-13 . live . 2021-12-05.
Web site: National Defence University, Islamabad . ndu.edu.pk . 2021-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210321050733/https://ndu.edu.pk/president_gal.php . 2021-03-21 . unfit . 2021-12-05.
Web site: Soldiers for life . hilal gov.pk. 2021-12-05.
Web site: Lieutenant General Tariq Waseem Ghazi (Ret.) . GMACCC . 2021-12-05.
Web site: Hasan . Shazia . ‘Shutting down seminaries post-Pulwama attack may send wrong message’ . DAWN.COM . 2019-03-17 . 2021-12-05.
Web site: Letter dated 98/11/10 from the President of the Security Council addressed to the Secretary-General . United Nations Digital Library System . 1998-11-10 . la . 2021-12-05.