Jehangir Karamat
Arrives in Washington
 Washington,
DC: General (Retd.) Jehangir Karamat arrived
here late Wednesday afternoon to assume
the post of Pakistan’s Ambassador
to the United States.
Ambassador Jehangir Karamat retired as Chairman
Joint Chiefs of Staff and Chief of Army
Staff in October 1998. His senior level
assignments included serving the roles of
Director General Military Operations and
Chief of General Staff.
Ambassador Karamat has been Colonel Commandment
and Colonel in Chief for the Pakistan Armored
Corps. He has also commanded troops in Saudi
Arabia.
He has been a Visiting Fellow at CISAC,
Stanford University and Washington D.C.’s
Brookings Institute. In addition, he was
part of the United Nation’s study
on Afghanistan and Chairman of the Board
of Governors of the Islamabad Policy Research
Institute.
Ambassador Karamat is a graduate of National
Defense College, the Command and Staff College,
and the US Army Command and General Staff
College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He
also holds a Master’s Degree in International
Relations.
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