Ejaz Azim
Ejaz Azim | |
|---|---|
| اعجاز عظیم | |
| Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 7 July 1981 – 15 September 1986 | |
| Appointed by | President Zia-ul-Haq |
| Preceded by | Sultan Mohammed Khan |
| Succeeded by | Jamsheed Marker |
| Commandant National Defence College, Rawalpindi | |
| In office 10 September 1979 – 9 April 1980 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 February 1927 |
| Died | 1 February 1998 (aged 70) Pakistan |
| Spouse | Shahida Azim (died 2018) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Punjab University, Lahore (B.A.) Quaid-i-Azam University (MSc) Pakistan Military Academy Staff College, Quetta National Defence College, Rawalpindi United States Army Armor School |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service |  Pakistan Army |
Years of service | 1948–1981 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Unit | 11th Cavalry (Frontier Force) |
| Commands | I Corps (Pakistan) National Defence College, Rawalpindi 11th Cavalry |
| Battles/wars | United Nations Operation in the Congo |
Ejaz Azim[a] (12 February 1927 – 1 February 1998) was a Pakistani retired three-star rank general and diplomat, who served as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States from July 1981 to September 1986.
Early life
[edit]Ejaz Azim was born on 12 February 1927[1] to Sardar Azim.[2] He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Punjab University, Lahore in 1946.[1]
Military career
[edit]Ejaz Azim was commissioned into the Pakistan Army from the Pakistan Military Academy on 25 November 1948. He served with the United Nations Operation in the Congo in 1960 and had a brief tenure with the Military Staff at the UN Headquarters in 1961. He also served as a Military Advisor to the Ghana Army from 1962 to 1964.[1]
Lieutenant Colonel Azim commanded the 11th Cavalry from 9 April 1966 to 6 January 1968.[3]
He attended the Quaid-i-Azam University and received a Masters of Science degree in defence and strategic studies in 1974.[1] In 1979, Major General Azim was the Deputy Martial Law Administrator of Multan.[4]
He commanded the National Defence College, which was then in Rawalpindi, from 10 September 1979 to 9 April 1980.[5]
Prior to his retirement in July 1981, he commanded the I Corps (Pakistan).[1][6]
Diplomat career
[edit]Ejaz Azim was appointed by President Zia-ul-Haq as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States[7] from July 1981[1] to September 1986.
Personal life and death
[edit]He married Shahida Azim (died 2018),[8] they have three children.[9]
Ejaz Azim died on 1 February 1998.[10]
In a 2008 article, Masood Hasan, the brother of Brigadier Bashir "Bashira" Ahmad, placed Ejaz Azim among a generation of officers whom he believed "made the Pakistan Army a unique institution, not the plot-grabbing shallow property dealers and real estate speculators that it has become sadly over the last many years."[11]
Awards and decorations
[edit]
Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military), 1979[1]
Sitara-e-Basalat, 1981[1]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "LT. GEN. EJAZ AZIM IS APPOINTED AMBASSADOR TO U.S." Pakistan Affairs. 1 July 1981.
- ↑ (Retd) Major Agha H. Amin (November 2017). "Remembering Generals Ejaz Azim and Raja Iqbal". ResearchGate.
- ↑ M. Y. Effendi (2007). Punjab Cavalry Evolution, Role, Organisation, and Tactical Doctrine 11 Cavalry (Frontier Force) 1849-1974. OUP Pakistan. ISBN 978-0-19-547203-5.
- ↑ Saeed Husain (18 January 2026). "HISTORY: THE FORGOTTEN MASSACRE OF MULTAN". Dawn.
- ↑ "President's / COMMANDANT'S GALLERY". Archived from the original on 17 July 2019.
- ↑ M. Y. Effendi (2007). Punjab Cavalry Evolution, Role, Organisation, and Tactical Doctrine 11 Cavalry (Frontier Force) 1849-1974. OUP Pakistan. ISBN 978-0-19-547203-5.
- ↑ President Zia-ul-Haq (1981). "Great and Good Friend," (PDF). Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
- ↑ "Obituary". Dawn. 8 February 2018.
- ↑ "Lt. General Ejaz AZIM - Appointed Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan" (PDF). Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. 1980.
- ↑ Khalid Hasan (2001). Remembrances. Vanguard. ISBN 978-969-402-352-6.
- ↑ Masood Hasan (14 December 2008). "True blue". Daily Jang.
- 1927 births
- 1998 deaths
- University of the Punjab alumni
- Quaid-i-Azam University alumni
- Pakistan Command and Staff College alumni
- Pakistan Military Academy alumni
- Pakistan Army lieutenant generals
- National Defence University (Pakistan) alumni
- Ambassadors of Pakistan to the United States
- Pakistan Armoured Corps officers
- Academic staff of the National Defence University (Pakistan)
- Recipients of Hilal-i-Imtiaz