Tariq Majid

General Tariq Majid NI(M)  HI(M)  LoH
General Tariq Majid (right) meeting with United States Navy's CNO Admiral Gary Roughead (left) at Joint Staff Secretariat (JSS).
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
In office 8 October 2007 – 8 October 2010
Preceded by	Gen. Ehsan ul Haq
Succeeded by	Gen. K. Shameem Wynne
Personal details
Born	Tariq Majid (1950-08-23) August 23, 1950 (age 74) Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan
Alma mater	Pakistan Military Academy
Nickname	Fire
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1970–2010
Rank	General
Unit	28th Battalion, Baloch Regiment
Commands	X Corps in Rawalpindi Chief of General Staff (CGS) DG Military Intelligence (DGMI) 10th Infantry Division in Lahore
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Indo-Pakistani standoff of 2001 War in North-West Pakistan Siege of Lal Masjid Indo-Pakistani standoff of 2008 War in Afghanistan
Awards	Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Order of King Abdulaziz Turkish Legion of Merit Legion of Honour

Tariq Majid NI(M) HI(M) LoH (Urdu: طارق مجید ; born 23 August 1950) is a retired^[1] four-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army who served as the 13th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 2007 to 2010, the principal and highest-ranking military adviser in the Pakistan Armed Forces.

Prior to this promotion, he was the field operational commander of X Corps, stationed in Rawalpindi. His other commanding staff assignments includes the Chief of General Staff (CGS) from 2003 to 2006 and Director General of the Military Intelligence (DGMI) from 2000 to 2003, all premier staff commands of the Pakistan Army. He was succeeded as chairman joint chiefs by another four-star rank general officer General Khalid Shameem Wynne.