On 19 September 2006, General Ehsan Ul Haq, NI (M), Chairman of Pakistan’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, gave a Special Address at the IISS as part of the IISS Military Leaders’ Forum. General Ul Haq spoke on ‘Pakistan: Geostrategic Challenges and Opportunities’. In his address, General Ul Haq provided an overview of Pakistan’s military, political, economic and security challenges.
General Ul Haq, NI (M) was commissioned in a Self Propelled Light Air Defence Regiment in October 1969. He has the distinction of commanding an Air Defence Regiment , an Air Defence Brigade and an Infantry Brigade, an Air Defence Division, an Infantry Division and an elite Corps of the Pakistan Army; almost all involved in active operations.
The General is a graduate of Command and Staff College Quetta, and has also attended the Armed Forces WarCourse at the National Defence College, Islamabad as well as various courses in Suadi Arabia, China and the United States.
General Ehsan Ul Haq, NI(M) has held various Instructional and staff appointments, at a number of Institutions/Directorate of the Pakistan Army. He has also served as Deputy Military Secretary in the Military Secretary Branch at General Headquarters. He held the portfolio of Director General Military Intelligence at General Headquarters and remained Director General Inter Services Intelligence thereafter.
In recognition of his meritorious services to the Army, he has been conferred the award of Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military). He is also the recipient of the 'King Abdul Aziz Excellence Medal' from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Legion d’ Honneur from the Republic of France.
He was promoted Brigadier in June 1992 and Major General in June 1996. On promotion to the rank of Lieutenant General, he was appointed Corps Commander. He was elevated to the rank of General in October 2004, and appointed as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.
He is married and has two sons and two daughters. The General is widely travelled and is a keen golfer as well as an avid reader.
