Jamshed Gulzar Kiani
Lieutenant-General Jamshed Gulzar Kiani (Urdu: جمشید گلزار کیانی; b.20 July 1944 – 1 November 2008), HI(M), SJ, SBt, TJ, was a three-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army, intelligence officer and the former Colonel Commandant of the Baloch Regiment and commander of X Corps.
Lieutenant General Jamshed Gulzar Kayani | |
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Kiani (1944–2008), c. 1999. | |
| Chairman of the Federal Public Service Commission | |
| In office 14 October 2004 – 30 March 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Aziz Ahmad Bilour |
| Succeeded by | Shahid Aziz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jamshed Gulzar Kiani July 20, 1944 Bombay, British India (present-day Mumbai, India) |
| Died | 1 November 2008 (aged 64) CMH Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Cause of death | Acute abdomen |
| Resting place | Westridge cemetery |
| Citizenship | Pakistan |
| Alma mater | Pakistan Military Academy National Defence University |
| Nickname(s) | James Kiyani |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Pakistan |
| Branch/service | Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1964–2004 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Unit | Baloch Regiment |
| Commands | Baloch Regiment X Corps, Rawalpindi Adjutant General at Army GHQ DG Military Intelligence 111th Infantry Brigade |
| Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Bangladesh Liberation War Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1999 Indo-Pakistani standoff in 2001–02 War in North-West Pakistan |
| Awards | Hilal-e-Imtiaz Sitara-e-Jurat Sitara-e-Basalat Tamgha-i-Jurat |
An illustrative and long career army and intelligence officer, Kiani came into limelight when he had served as Director-General of the Pakistan Army's Military Intelligence and the commander of the X Corps. Having remembered as an upright and an honest officer during his military career, Kiani had served as a chairman of Federal Public Service Commission during the General Musharraf's regime and had to leave when he and the then Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz developed differences.