Ejaz Azim

Ejaz Azim (12 February 1927 – 1 February 1998) was a Pakistani retired three-star rank general and diplomat, who served as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States from July 1981 to September 1986.

Early life Ejaz Azim was born on 12 February 1927 to Sardar Azim. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Punjab University, Lahore in 1946.

He attended the Quaid-i-Azam University and received a Masters of Science degree in defence and strategic studies in 1974.

He commanded the National Defence College, which was then in Rawalpindi, from 10 September 1979 to 9 April 1980. He was promoted to Lieutenant General on 11 April 1980.

Prior to his retirement in July 1981, he commanded the I Corps (Pakistan).

Diplomat career Ejaz Azim was appointed by President Zia-ul-Haq as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States from July 1981 they have three children.

Ejaz Azim died on 1 February 1998.

In a 2008 article, Masood Hasan, the brother of Brigadier Bashir "Bashira" Ahmad, placed Ejaz Azim among a generation of officers whom he believed "made the Pakistan Army a unique institution, not the plot-grabbing shallow property dealers and real estate speculators that it has become sadly over the last many years."

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