Maqsood Ahmad
{{Short description|Pakistani officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = Lieutenant-General
|name = Maqsood Ahmad
|honorific-suffix = HI(M)
|office1 = Corps Commander IV Corps, Lahore
|term_start1 = 18 January 2013
|term_end1 = 26 August 2013
|predecessor1 = Lt Gen Rashad Mahmood
|allegiance = {{flagicon|PAK}} Pakistan
|branch = Pakistan Army
|serviceyears =
|rank = 30px Lieutenant General
|servicenumber =
|commands = GOC 12 Division, Muree
Deputy DG Inter Services Intelligence
|awards =30px Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
|laterwork=}}
Maqsood Ahmad, HI(M), is a retired three star officer of Pakistan Army and current chairman of Punjab Public Service Commission.
Military career
Maqsood Ahmad Arain took commission in 24th Frontier Force Regiment in the 61st PMA Long Course in April 1980.
During his tenure as a Major General, he commanded the 12th Infantry Division in Muree which holds a key position in Pakistan due to LOC being under its command. Later he served as Deputy Director General of Inter Services Intelligence under Lt. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha and later under Lt. Gen. Zaheer-ul-Islam.
During his long career, he has held various important assignments and commanded a Unit, Brigade and later a division. He has also attended the Command and Staff College Quetta and the National Defence University Islamabad.
On 11 January 2013, Maqsood Ahmad was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General.{{cite news|title=Four major generals promoted|url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/778080/four-major-generals-promoted|accessdate=27 August 2013|newspaper=Dawn|date=11 January 2013}}{{cite news|last=Shaikh|first=Shakil|title=Four major- generals promoted|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-20208-Four-major--generals-promoted|accessdate=27 August 2013|newspaper=The News International|date=12 January 2013}} Later, he was given another key position as the Corps Commander of IV Corps, Lahore.{{cite news|last=Shaikh|first=Shakil|title=Major reshuffle in military hierarchy|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-20363-Major-reshuffle-in-military-hierarchy|accessdate=27 August 2013|newspaper=The News International|date=19 January 2013}}
On 26 August 2013, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Maqsood Ahmad as Military Adviser for Peacekeeping Operations of the United Nations.{{cite news|title=UN peacekeeping operations Lt-Gen Maqsood appointed military adviser|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-25035-UN-peacekeeping-operations-Lt-Gen-Maqsood-appointed-military-adviser|accessdate=27 August 2013|newspaper=The News International|date=27 August 2013}}{{cite news|title=Lt Gen Maqsood Ahmed appointed Ban’s military adviser|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013%5C08%5C27%5Cstory_27-8-2013_pg4_8|accessdate=27 August 2013|newspaper=Daily Times (Pakistan)|date=27 August 2013}} The last time a General of Pakistan was offered this position in 2009, when Ahmad Shuja Pasha was nominated for this position. However then Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani rather preferred to keep Pasha in Pakistan for important assignments.
On 18 January 2018, Former Corps Commander IV Corps & Deputy DG ISI Lt General (R) Maqsood Ahmad appointed Chairman Punjab Public Service Commission.
He was born in Khushab, Punjab.
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