Nadeem Taj
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Nadeem Taj | |
|---|---|
| Director General of the ISI | |
| In office October 2007 – October 2008 | |
| President | Pervez Musharraf Asif Ali Zardari |
| Commander XXX Corps | |
| In office October 2008 – April 2010 | |
| Director General Military Intelligence | |
| In office December 2003 – February 2005 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nadeem Taj 29 April 1953 |
| Awards | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Basalat (Tbt) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Pakistan |
| Branch/service |  Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1972 – 2011 |
| Rank |   Lt. Gen. |
| Unit | Punjab Infantry Regiment (11 Punjab) |
| Commands | Adjutant-General of the Army Military Secretary to the PM DG MI DG ISI Commander 11th Infantry Division Pakistan Military Academy XXX Corps |
| Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1999 1999 Pakistani coup d'état War in North-West Pakistan |
Nadeem Taj, HI(M) Tbt (born 29 April 1953) is a retired three-star general in the Pakistan Army who served as its Adjutant General (AG) in the GHQ.[1] Previously, he headed the ISI and the Military Intelligence. He was also the Commander of the XXX Corps at Gujranwala.[2]
Taj was commissioned in the Pakistan Army's Punjab Regiment in August 1972 in the 2nd Special War Course. His name came into prominence when he as a Brigadier General was accompanying then Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff and Chief of Army Staff General Pervez Musharraf on his way back from Sri Lanka on 12 October 1999 when their plane was denied landing on the orders of Nawaz Sharif at Jinnah Terminal, Karachi, brewing a crisis that ultimately led to overthrow of the Government of Premier Nawaz Sharif.[3]
Taj was also with Musharraf during the assassination attempts on him in December 2003.
