ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday appointed Lt. Gen. (retd) Nazir Ahmed as the chairman of the National Accountability Bureau after consulting with Leader of the Opposition Raja Riaz in the National Assembly.
Lt Gen (retd) Nazir has been the President of National Defense University from 11th April 2016 to 19th December 2016. He was also the Military Secretary to former Prime Ministers Shaukat Aziz and Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani before being appointed as Military Attaché of Pakistan. To America
A recipient of the Hilal Imtiaz, Nazir was commissioned in 40 Frontier Force Regiment, Pakistan Army in 1983.
He graduated from Command and Staff College and National Defense University, Pakistan.
Prior to his appointment as Peshawar Corps Commander in December 2016, he served as the Commandant of the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) besides commanding the Infantry Division in the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in 2014 and later posted as Inspector General of Communication and Information Technology at General Headquarters. Before his retirement in 2018, he commanded a military formation in South Waziristan as a Major General.
Lt Gen (Rtd) Nazir Ahmed is a Kashmiri and has a good command of the Kashmiri language. His father also served in the Pakistan Army and retired as a colonel.
