The newly appointed chairman of Pakistan’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, won people over by sharing how important his teachers have been in his life.
The top general, who is a member of the Sindh Regiment, recently received plaudits after his video with his teachers went viral online. Gen Mirza expressed tremendous regard for his teachers by stating that “we are your products.”
The quote from Alexander the Great, “I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well,” may be heard in the background.
جنرل ساحر شمشاد مرزا نے اپنے اساتذہ کو بھر پور خراج تحسین پیش کرتے ہوئے اپنی کامیابیوں کا تمام کریڈٹ انہیں دیدیا ہمیں بھی اپنی کامیابیوں میں والدین کی دعاؤں اور اساتذہ کی کوشش کو ہمیشہ یاد رکھنا چاہئیے #LoveYourTeachers pic.twitter.com/t8GJGUtiVS
— Hamid Mir (@HamidMirPAK) November 25, 2022
On Thursday, Gen Mirza was named Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman Nadeem Raza by the Sharif-led government. He came to prominence as the DG of military operations during the last two years of retired Gen Raheel Sharif’s tenure. He accompanied Gen (r) Sharif at the General Headquarters, which supervised the military operation against the terror groups in North Waziristan.
The former commander of Rawalpindi Corps is the recipient of Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) and has served in senior leadership positions in his career, including Chief of General Staff, and Adjutant General at the General Headquarters.
During his assignment at Military Operations, he also commanded the 40th Infantry Division in Okara. He has also served in United Nations-led operations in foreign countries and was conferred with UN Medal for Service in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL Medal).
Mirza was commissioned in the 8th Battalion of the Sind Regiment as the second lieutenant in 1985. In 1988, he was promoted to lieutenant and became Captain in 1991. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 2019.
