General Qamar Javed Bajwa served as the chief of the army staff of Pakistan from November 2016 to November 2022. It was during his tenure as army chief, the Taliban returned to power after dislodging the civilian government of then-President Ashraf Ghani in August 2021.
Pervez Musharraf, who served as the army chief for almost nine years (1999-2008), became the 10th president of Pakistan in 2001 and held the position until early 2008.