Khalid Shameem Wynne

Khalid Shameem Wynne (; 28 August 1953 – 30 December 2017), was a Pakistani four-star general who served as the 14th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee appointed in 2010 until retiring on 8 October 2013.

Early life and education

Wynne came from an ethnic Kashmiri family with an army background and hailed from the soldier-producing area of Sialkot. His father, Lieutenant Colonel Arshad Shameem Wynne served in the Pakistan Army until 1972.

Khalid obtained his earlier education from various cantonment schools all over Pakistan and joined Cadet College Hasan Abdal as special entry in 1969 after matriculation.

Military career

In 1971, Wynne joined the Army after his intermediate examination.

Before this appointment, Wynne was serving as the Chief of General Staff (CGS) at the Army GHQ since April 2010. He also served as field operational Commander of the XII Corps in Quetta from 2007 to 2010, overseeing the Baloch insurgency and the fallout of the war in the Tribal Areas.

At the onset of the initial retirement dates of Generals Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Tariq Majid at the end of 2010, Wynne would have been the senior-most general in the Pakistan Army and thus a candidate for a four-star post.

In September 2010, it was announced that Lieutenant General Wynne would be promoted as four-star general and would replace General Tariq Majid as the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee on 8 October 2010.

Death

Khalid Shameem Wynne died while travelling to Lahore on 30 December 2017, when a tire on the SUV they were travelling in burst near Chakri Interchange on the Rawalpindi–Lahore motorway. The injured were taken to Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi. Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif expressed their grief over Wynne's death.

Awards and decorations

Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military)

(Order of Excellence)Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

(Crescent of Excellence)Tamgha-e-Diffa (General Service Medal)

Siachen Glacier ClaspTamgha-e-Jang 1971 War (War Medal 1971)Tamgha-e-Baqa (Nuclear Test Medal)

1998Tamgha-e-Istaqlal Pakistan (Escalation with India Medal)

Wiladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam

(100th Birth Anniversary of

Muhammad Ali Jinnah)

1976Hijri Tamgha (Hijri Medal)

1979Jamhuriat Tamgha (Democracy Medal)

1988Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha (Resolution Day

Golden Jubilee Medal)

1990Tamgha-e-Salgirah Pakistan (Independence Day

Golden Jubilee Medal)

1997Command and Staff College Quetta Centenary Instructor's Medal

(2007)