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- Rawalpindi (National Bureau): General Abdul Waheed Kakar, who was the chief of the Pakistani army from 1993 to 1996, died on Monday (October 26).
- Born on March 23, 1937 in Peshawar, Abdul Waheed belonged to the Kakar tribe, one of the largest Pashto-speaking tribes, the majority of which se.
- Former diplomat and journalist Maleeha Lodhi writes in her book 'Pakistan's Encounter with Democracy' that 'Abdul Waheed Kakar studied at Edward.
Rawalpindi (National Bureau): General Abdul Waheed Kakar, who was the chief of the Pakistani army from 1993 to 1996, died on Monday (October 26) at the age of 89.
Born on March 23, 1937 in Peshawar, Abdul Waheed belonged to the Kakar tribe, one of the largest Pashto-speaking tribes, the majority of which settled in Balochistan and Afghanistan.
Former diplomat and journalist Maleeha Lodhi writes in her book 'Pakistan's Encounter with Democracy' that 'Abdul Waheed Kakar studied at Edward College, Peshawar and was commissioned in the Frontier Force Regiment in 1959. He also attended the Command and Staff College (Canada) and the National Defense College.
Maleeha Lodhi wrote that General Waheed was the nephew of Tehreek-e-Pakistan activist Sardar Abdul Rab Nishtar and thus belonged to one of the prominent political families of the Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).
