Lt. General Ishfaq Nadeem dies of heart attack

By Web Desk Staff On Sep 25, 2021

Islamabad: Lieutenant General (retd) Ishfaq Nadeem died of a heart attack on Friday. Regarded as the mastermind of Operation Zarb-e-Azb, he was the course mate of General Qamar Javed Bajwa and one of the contenders of the army chief’s position after the retirement of former army chief General Raheel Sharif.

Belonging to Punjab’s Chakwal district, he served as Director General Military Operations and Chief of General Staff.

He was laid to rest with full military honours in the H-8 graveyard. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, ex-Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Director-General ISI Lt General Faiz Hameed and other senior serving and retired military officers attended the funeral prayers of Ishfaq Nadeem

Tributes poured in after the news of his demise surfaced online:

Rest in peace, Sir.

Your services for the country shall always be remembered.

Lieutenant General (R) Ashfaq Nadeem, ex GOC Swat, DGMO, CGS & Corps Commander pic.twitter.com/lb43VhoITa
— Hasaan (@Warwounded__) September 24, 2021

Totally gutted at the sad demise of Lt Gen Ashfaq Nadeem.

They say nobody understood military operations better than him.

Made the blueprint for Swat and FATA operations.

Where Gen Raheel was the signatory, he was the executive hand.

Rest in peace general.

Indebted. Indeed. pic.twitter.com/IniesSpntK
— Tsunami 3.0 (@Tsunamismack) September 24, 2021

Mastermind of Operation #ZarbEAzab , Former DG Military Operations , former Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen R Ashfaq Nadeem passes away.

May Allah Elevates his ranks in Jannah and grant patience to the deceased family. Aameen pic.twitter.com/e5GipVOBWU
— MNA (@Engr_Naveed111) September 24, 2021

A friend, like an older brother, ex Chief of General Staff, course mate of General Qamar Bajwa, Lt General Ashfaq Nadeem Ahmad passed away a sequel to sudden cardiac arrest. Shell shocked. Just talked to him yesterday. Life is so unpredictable. Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un
— Dr. Nauman Niaz (@DrNaumanNiaz) September 24, 2021

Lt Gen Ashfaq Nadeem (R) passed away today. He was contender for army chief with Gen Bajwa.
4th in line, and a fav among troops, to become COAS, he had been Chief of General Staff & DGMO.

I wrote about it back in 2016 for Geo News. https://t.co/DznNyIk2lW
— Farhat Javed Rabani (@FarhatJavedR) September 24, 2021