Sajjad Akram

Sajjad Akram is a retired general of the Pakistan Army who had commanded the I Corps, situated at Mangla. Following retirement, he served as Chairman of the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC).

Early life and education Akram was born on 5 April 1954 in Hyderabad, Sindh. He is a graduate of the Command and Staff College, Quetta and the National Defence College in Islamabad. In October 2003, Akram was appointed as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), a post he held until September 2005.

He also held numerous staff appointments, including general staff officer - 3 and brigade major of an infantry brigade. As his instructional appointment, he was a platoon commander of one of platoons at Pakistan Military Academy and Directing Staff at Command and Staff College Quetta. He also served as Chief of Staff of a strike corps, one of the prominent appointment within a corp. In 2006, he was appointed Corps Commander of I Corps, Mangla, one of the Pakistan Army’s principal strike formations. Later, he led the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority.

He retired from active military service in 2010.