Javed Iqbal Ramday

Lieutenant-General
Javed Iqbal Ramday
HI(M)
Commander XXXI Corps, Bahawalpur
Assumed office
9 April 2015
Preceded by Lt Gen Javed Iqbal
President of the National Defence University
In office
August 2013 – April 2015
Preceded by Lt Gen Nasser Khan Janjua
Succeeded by Lt Gen Anwar Ali Hyder
Personal details
Awards Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Military service
Allegiance  Pakistan
Service/branch  Pakistan Army

Lieutenant-General Javed Iqbal Ramday HI(M) is Pakistani army general who command's the XXXI Corps of the Pakistan Army.[1]

Military career

Ramday served as GOC Swat during the First and Second Battle of Swat.[1]

In 2011, Ramday was wounded while he was airborne when his helicopter came under fire in the Swat Valley.[2][1]

In 2012, he joined the National Defence University in Islamabad, first as commandant and then as chief instructor in B-Division in 2013.[3][1]

In August 2013, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general while he was serving as chief instructor in National Defence University.[3] Shortly after, he was appointed as the President at the National Defence University where he served until 2015.[4][1]

He belongs to the infantry’s Sindh Regiment.[1]

He worked as a Principal Staff Officer to Chief of Army Staff as the Inspector General of the Training and Evaluation at the GHQ.[5]

Ramday was appointed as the Corps Commander XXXI Corps in April 2015.[1][6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Who will be the next army chief?". DAWN.COM. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Military helicopter under fire, general wounded". DAWN.COM. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 "4 two-star generals promoted". The Nation. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Army reshuffle: Nasir Janjua made southern commander - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Who could be next Army Chief?". The News. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "High-level transfers and postings in Pakistan Army". ARYNEWS. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
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