Master-General of Ordnance (Pakistan)


The Master General of Ordnance of the Pakistan Army is one of the five principal officers assisting the Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army in his duties, operating from army headquarters in Rawalpindi. The other principal officers are the Chief of General Staff ; the Quartermaster General ; the Adjutant General ; and the Inspector General for Evaluation and Training.
Major General Syed Shahid Hamid was the first native Master General of Ordnance of the Pakistan Army.

Master Generals of Ordnance

TermNameTook officeLeft office
1Major General
A. Whiteside
November 194711 February 1951
2Major General
Syed Shahid Hamid
12 February 1951December 1956
3Major General
Mian Ghulam Jilani
January 1957December 1957
4Major General
Altaf Qadir
January 1958November 1959
5Major General
Fazal Muqeem Khan
SQA
12 November 195915 June 1961
6Major General
Syed Ghawas
SQA
16 June 196131 March 1966
7Major General
Khwaja Wasiuddin
SPk
1 April 1966Unknown