Azhar Abbas (general)

{{Short description|Pakistani general}}

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| honorific_prefix = Lieutenant General

| name = Azhar Abbas

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| office = 38th Chief of General Staff

| term_start = September 2021

| term_end = December 2022

| predecessor = Lt Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza

| successor = Lt Gen Muhammad Saeed (general)

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| office2 = Commander X Corps

| term_start2 = September 2019

| term_end2 = September 2021

| predecessor2 = Lt Gen (r) Bilal Akbar

| successor2 = Lt Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza

| office3 = Director General Joint Staff HQ

| term_start3 = April 2019

| term_end3 = September 2019

| predecessor3 = Lt Gen (r) Malik Zafar Iqbal

| successor3 = Lt Gen Muhammad Chiragh Haider Baloch

| office4 = Commandant School of Infantry & Tactics, Quetta

| term_start4 = June 2018

| term_end4 = April 2019

| predecessor4 = Maj Gen Shahid Nazir

| successor4 = Maj Gen Salman Fayyaz Ghani

| office5 = GOC 12 Infantry Division, Murree

| term_start5 = December 2016

| term_end5 = June 2018

| predecessor5 = Maj Gen Muhammad Kaleem Asif

| successor5 = Maj Gen Amer Ahsan Nawaz

| office6 = Private Secretary to Chief of Army Staff, PS(C)

| term_start6 = December 2013

| term_end6 = December 2016

| predecessor6 = Brig Muhammad Saeed

| successor6 = Brig Iftikhar Hassan Chaudhry

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| nationality = Pakistani

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| alma_mater = * Command and Staff College, Quetta

• National Defence University, Islamabad

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| serviceyears = 1987-2022

| rank = 20px Lieutenant General

| unit = 41 Baloch

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Azhar Abbas {{small|{{small|HI(M)}}}} ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|اظہر عباس}}}}) is a retired three-star ranking general in the Pakistani Army, who served as the 38th Chief of General Staff (CGS) of the Pakistan Army. He was appointed to the position on 8 September 2021, was replaced by Lieutenant-General Muhammad Saeed.{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1645131/lt-gen-azhar-abbas-made-armys-chief-of-general-staff|title=Lt Gen Azhar Abbas made army’s chief of general staff|work=Dawn|date=8 September 2021|accessdate=8 September 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/lt-gen-azhar-abbas-made-chief-of-general-staff-as-pakistan-army-reshuffles-top-brass-308400|title=Lt Gen Azhar Abbas made Chief of General Staff as Pakistan Army reshuffles top brass|work=Tribune India|date=8 September 2021|accessdate=8 September 2021}}

Chief of General Staff is responsible for operational and intelligence matters at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. Abbas was commissioned in the 41st Battalion of Baloch Regiment. Previously, he served as Commandant School of Infantry and Tactics in Quetta, headed a division in Murree, worked as a Brigadier in the Operations Directorate, and was also a Private Secretary to the former Chief of Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif.