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Lieutenant General Shahid Aziz is a retired Pakistan Army general who served as the commander of the IV Corps (Lahore) from December 2003 to October 2005. After retiring from the army, he was appointed Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau, a post he left in May 2007.His illustrious military career has placed him in pivotal posts during critical periods in Pakistan over the last decade. In 1998, he found himself involved in Pakistanâ€™s nuclear tests as Director of Military Operations. During the Kargil conflict of 1999, he served as DG of the ISIâ€™s Analysis Wing. That same year, he was appointed to the role of DG Military Operations where he played a crucial role in the counter-coup that brought President Musharraf to power. After the events of 9/11, he was serving as Chief of General Staff at GHQ when the US deployed its forces to Afghanistan. He finally retired from the army in 2005 after having held the post of Lahore Corps Commander for two years.Gen. Aziz is married and proud father and grandfather to four children and four grandchildren. He resides in Islamabad Shahid Aziz, a former chief of general staff of Pakistan Army who has till now kept his peace about what he witnessed in the summer of ’99, when he was serving as Director General of the Analysis Wing of ISI, says the ‘misadventure’ was a four-man show, the details of which were hidden from the rest of the military commanders initially. He believes that it was a miscalculated move, its objectives were not clear and its ramifications were not properly evaluated. The disclosures might help in the sale of his book but it has opened a Pandora’s box as the information would give an insight and propaganda ploy to the enemies of Pakistan. It is understood that the Kargil war was superbly conceived, masterly executed and succeeded in achieving its objectives i.e. internationalising Kashmir issue. We believe that if Shahid Aziz had some differences or for that matter he was not on board when coup or counter coup of 1999 was staged, it should have been honourable for him to resign and by doing so he would have earned lot of respect and emerged as a man of principles. But unfortunately a culture has developed in Pakistan that when some of the Generals or civil servants retire, they totally dissociate themselves with the happenings of the past, which had been subject of criticism but their involvement cannot be condoned. Though the former President in some of his interviews has strongly rebutted the allegations but in our opinion General Shahid in any case has hurt the interest of the State in many ways as well as that of himself.