Abdul Waheed Kakar
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[[File:General Abdul Waheed Kakar With Field Marshal Sir Charles Guthrie.jpg|thumb|An Image of General Abdul Waheed Kakar (Head of Pakistan Army) with Field Marshal Sir Charles Guthrie (Head of The British Army) in Great Britain.]] |
[[File:General Abdul Waheed Kakar With Field Marshal Sir Charles Guthrie.jpg|thumb|An Image of General Abdul Waheed Kakar (Head of Pakistan Army) with Field Marshal Sir Charles Guthrie (Head of The British Army) in Great Britain.]] |
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The appointment was |
The appointment was controversial due to [[Lieutenant-General|Lt-Gen.]] Kakar superseding six senior army generals, including:{{rp|77–78}}{{cite book|last1=Cloughley|first1=Brian|title=War, Coups & Terror: Pakistan's Army in Years of Turmoil|date=2008|publisher=Skyhorse Publishing Inc.|isbn=9781602396982|pages=[https://archive.org/details/warcoupsterrorpa00clou/page/210 210]|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JBUAwavfcDkC&q=abdul%20waheed%20kakar%20superseded&pg=PA77|access-date=19 December 2017|language=en-us|chapter-format=googlebooks|chapter={{small|§After Aslam Beg (1991-93)}}|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/warcoupsterrorpa00clou/page/210}} |
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[[File:General Abdul Waheed Kakar Portrait 1.jpg|thumb|Portrait of General Abdul Waheed Kakar 5th COAS Pak Army]] |
[[File:General Abdul Waheed Kakar Portrait 1.jpg|thumb|Portrait of General Abdul Waheed Kakar 5th COAS Pak Army]] |
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After assuming the command of the army as its [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)| |
After assuming the command of the army as its [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Army Staff ]] and contrary to the expectations of President Ghulam Ishaq, General Kakar played a decisive role in resolving the [[Constitutional crisis|constitutional crises]] by securing the resignation of [[Ghulam Ishaq Khan|President Ghulam Ishaq]] and later [[Nawaz Sharif|Prime Minister Sharif]] in 1993.{{rp|303–304}} This act allowed holding national [[1993 Pakistani general election|General Elections]] which witnessed the return of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP) led by [[Benazir Bhutto]], who eventually became the [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]].{{rp|304}}{{cite book|last1=Jaffrelot|first1=Christophe|title=A History of Pakistan and Its Origins|date=2004|publisher=Anthem Press|isbn=9781843311492|pages=300|edition=1st|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q9sI_Y2CKAcC&q=abdul%20waheed%20kakar%20Ghulam%20resignation&pg=PA304|access-date=19 December 2017|language=en|chapter-format=googlebooks|chapter={{small|Chronology}}}} During his tenure, General Kakar was instrumental in securing the government funding for the [[Shaheen (missile)|Shaheen project]] developed under the PAEC's scientists.{{cite web|title=General Abdul Waheed|url=http://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/AWPReview/TextContent.aspx?pId=153|website=www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk|access-date=20 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507102820/https://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/AWPReview/TextContent.aspx?pId=153|archive-date=7 May 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} |
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[[File:General Abdul Waheed Kakar Field Inspection.jpg|thumb|General Abdul Waheed Kakar 5th COAS Pak Army In The Field With Tanks On Both Sides]] |
[[File:General Abdul Waheed Kakar Field Inspection.jpg|thumb|General Abdul Waheed Kakar 5th COAS Pak Army In The Field With Tanks On Both Sides]] |
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