Lt. Gen (r) Jamshed Gulzar Kayani ex Commander 10 Corps and Chairman Public Service Commission, passed away today at around 11 am during an unsuccessful intestinal operation in the Military Hospital of Rawalpindi.
He was from 38th PMA long course and got commissioned in the Baloch Regiment in 1968. A St. Marian by schooling, he came to media galore when he challenged his removal as Chairman of the Public Service Commission by Musharraf in the Civil Courts. Then he gave a series of interview to private channels exposing the misdemeanors of Pervez Musharraf.
He was an active member of Pakistan Ex Servicemen Association and carried the National Flag on the PESA float during the Long March to Islamabad against Musharraf and reinstatement of the Chief Justice. He was one of the most vocal of our members, as if he was in a hurry to complete his agenda. Indeed he was.
His family had a long history of Cardiac Issues. For the past 15 years, he had worked on his fitness to shed extra ounces and looked visibly frail. I used to tell him that he was starving himself to sickness. Though he suffered cardiac issues, he was taken away from us due to intestinal sickness.
Ironically, he was determined and succeeded in not being brought down by a heart attack.
We pray for his soul and join the family in condoling and sharing the grief of a great soldier who just faded away.
Brigadier (R) Samson Simon Sharaf
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islamabadobserver