Profile: Lt Gen (r) Amjad Shoaib

Amjad Shoaib, a former three-star general of Pakistan Army, is applauded and acknowledged as strategic, defense and diplomatic figure in government and establishment circles with innate nationalism, loyalist mindset and political analyst.

He holds strategic, geographical and territorial knowledge as ex-serviceman and expert of warfare both nationally and internationally. As frontline high command officer, he possesses a load of hand-on experience, strategic training, scientific mindset and exceptionally gifted communicative style to impart the lesson in an innovative and impactful his views both morally and professionally.

He has been a notable experienced individual who aspires to maintain and attempt to cultivate a poise between Pakistani politics, strategic stakeholders and the unfulfilled longings of the masses. Drastically dejected, a FIR has been registered against him at Ramna police station in Islamabad under Sections 153A, 505.Going into details, the ex-army general, who was arrested by the Islamabad police on the charges of inciting the public against national institutes.

According to the case Prosecutor Adnan ‘s statement, Lt. Gen. Amjad Shoaib tried to spread hate between the government, the opposition and the government employees which can be very detrimental and destructive. Adding, the police required a photogrammetric test of the former military officer and had to take him to Lahore for the purpose. Irrespective to Govt.’s Prosecutor statement, Shoaib Amjad ‘s lawyer justified his client’s statement as an example of a certain situation. He further says that legitimate criticism and opposition is a fundamental right of every citizen.

Most significantly, Lt Gen (retired) Shoaib Amjad was a patriot who had fought the 1965 and 1971 wars. On 25th Feb. 2023 night, Amjad Shoaib uttered words provoking the general masses for revolt and unrest in  private TV Programme. Subsequently, the Islamabad police arrested him in a pre-dawn action for allegedly inciting the public against state institutions. A First Information Report (FIR) was registered at the Ramna police station against him under Sections 153A and 505 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). The complainant of this case proved that the former army officer attempted to incite public through his provocative statement in the interview aired on 25th Feb. 

Last year, retired Lt. Gen. Amjad Shoaib was also   summoned by the Federal Investigation Agency  after he claimed that the Pakistani prime minister held a meeting with Israeli delegation during his visit to an Arab country.
Distinctively. Lt. Gen (r) Shoaib, also runs a YouTube channel DDP Analytica – Diplomacy & Politics Analysis to share his views on geo-political matters. In our main streamline Media, he appears regularly and establishes his perspective aligned with Military Establishment.

With his involvement in the conflicts of 1965 and 1971, Lt Gen.Amjad Shoaib has taken part in numerous military and political events that have dominated media attention and public discourse.

Being a high cadre Army Officer, he had the privilege of leading the Pakistani army’s operational units in Kashmir and along its western and eastern frontiers during some of our nation’s most dramatic moments in history. Nostalgically speaking, he had the honor of serving as the General Staff Officer of Military Operations, Director of Military Intelligence, Director of Military Doctrines, Master General of Ordnance, and Adjutant General of the Pakistani Army at the General Headquarters.

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