Waseem Ashraf

Lieutenant General Muhammad Waseem Ashraf is a retired three-star general of the Pakistan Army who served as Corps Commander of II Corps in Multan and XII Corps in Quetta.

Lieutenant General Muhammad Waseem Ashraf HI(M)
Corps Commander, II Corps
In office November 2020 – September 2021
Preceded by	Lt Gen Naeem Ashraf
Succeeded by	Lt Gen Chiragh Haider Baloch
Corps Commander, XII Corps
In office 2019 – November 2020
Preceded by	Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa
Succeeded by	Lt Gen Sarfraz Ali
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Army
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Frontier Force Regiment
Commands	II Corps, Multan XII Corps, Quetta

Military career

Ashraf was commissioned into the Frontier Force Regiment of the Pakistan Army.

In 2019, he was appointed as the Corps Commander of XII Corps in Quetta, succeeding Lieutenant General Asim Saleem Bajwa.^[1]

In November 2020, Ashraf was transferred to command II Corps in Multan.^[2]

Following his tenure as Corps Commander, Ashraf was appointed as the Director General of the Joint Staff Headquarters.^[3]

In November 2022, Ashraf retired from active service. At the time of his retirement, he was the senior-most lieutenant general in the Pakistan Army.^[4]

Awards and decorations

• Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)^[5]