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Asif Nawaz Janjua (Urdu: آصف نواز جنجوعہ), NI(M), HI(M), SBt (Bar), afwc, psc (3 January 1937 – 8 January 1993), was a senior four-star general and the 10th Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army from August 16, 1991 till January 8, 1993. His tenure was cut short by his death after suffering a heart attack. His career highlights featured successful pacification operation in Sindh when the province wilted under the most violent period in its history. He also stayed as Corps Commander of Karachi-based V Corps and Chief of General Staff before becoming the COAS.
Asif Nawaz was born in the village of Chakri of Jhelum District into Janjua Rajput family. He was educated at St Mary's Cambridge School Murree Road, a mission school in Rawalpindi, about which he later said that two Irish teachers, Fr Burns and Miss May Flanagan, had most influence in teaching him the values for his future career. He was the third generation of his family to join the Punjab Regiment (5th Battalion, also known as Sherdils) and as an outstanding cadet went on a scholarship to [Royal Military Academy Sandhurst].