Tariq Waseem Ghazi

Tariq Waseem Ghazi is a retired lieutenant general in the Pakistan Army who served as the 23rd secretary of defense to the government of Pakistan, 21st president of the National Defence University, Pakistan and commandant of the Pakistan Command and Staff College, Quetta, Pakistan. He obtained MS degree in war studies from the University of Islamabad, now called Quaid-i-Azam University in Pakistan.

He also trained with the Australian and Canadian militaries.

Prior to his appointment at the ministry of defence, Ghazi served as a military observer for the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia in 1998.

Awards and decorations

Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

(Crescent of Excellence)| Tamgha-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)

1997Nuth al-Markat (Combat Medal)

Saudi Arabia

(Gulf War 1991)United Nations UNOMIG Medal

(2 Deployments)

Foreign decorations Foreign AwardsNuth al-Markat (Combat Medal) (Gulf War 1991)UNOMIG Medal