Tariq Waseem Ghazi

Lieutenant general
Tariq Waseem Ghazi
HI(M)
Lieutenant general Tariq Waseem Ghazi HI(M)
23rd Defence Secretary
	In office; May 2005 – April 2007[1]
President	Parvez Musharraf
21st President of the National Defence University
	In office; 3 January 2004 – 16 October 2004[2]
Personal details
Education	MS
Alma mater	National Defence University
Awards	Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1967–2005
Rank	Lieutenant general
Unit	Baloch Regiment[3]

Lieutenant General Tariq Waseem Ghazi HI(M) 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 Nations UNOMIG Medal (2 Deployments)

Foreign decorations

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

References

Ministry of Defence (2021-11-13). "Ministry Of Defence". Ministry Of Defence. Archived from the original on 2021-11-13. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
"National Defence University, Islamabad". ndu.edu.pk. 2021-03-21. Archived from the original on 2021-03-21. Retrieved 2021-12-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Soldiers for life". hilal gov.pk. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
"Lieutenant General Tariq Waseem Ghazi (Ret.)". GMACCC. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
Hasan, Shazia (2019-03-17). "'Shutting down seminaries post-Pulwama attack may send wrong message'". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
"Letter dated 98/11/10 from the President of the Security Council addressed to the Secretary-General". United Nations Digital Library System (in Latin). 1998-11-10. Retrieved 2021-12-05.

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[Defence_2021-1] Ministry of Defence (2021-11-13). "Ministry Of Defence". Ministry Of Defence. Archived from the original on 2021-11-13. Retrieved 2021-12-05.

[ndu.edu.pk_2021-2] "National Defence University, Islamabad". ndu.edu.pk. 2021-03-21. Archived from the original on 2021-03-21. Retrieved 2021-12-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[3] "Soldiers for life". hilal gov.pk. Retrieved 2021-12-05.

[GMACCC-4] "Lieutenant General Tariq Waseem Ghazi (Ret.)". GMACCC. Retrieved 2021-12-05.

[Hasan_2019-5] Hasan, Shazia (2019-03-17). "'Shutting down seminaries post-Pulwama attack may send wrong message'". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-12-05.

[United_Nations_Digital_Library_System_1998-6] "Letter dated 98/11/10 from the President of the Security Council addressed to the Secretary-General". United Nations Digital Library System (in Latin). 1998-11-10. Retrieved 2021-12-05.