Abdul Waheed Kakar

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Abdul Waheed Kakar (23 March 1937 – 26 October 2026) was a senior military officer of the Pakistan Army who served as the fifth Chief of Army Staff, appointed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 12 January 1993 after the controversial death of his predecessor General Asif Nawaz Janjua. Upon the completion of his three-year tenure, Kakar retired in 1996. Notably, Kakar superseded five senior high ranking army generals with more years of seniority. General Kakar oversaw the 1993 Pakistani general election upon securing the resignations of President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resolve a constitutional crisis that year.

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