Brigadier Sohail was commissioned in Azad Kashmir Regiment in 1988. He is a graduate of Command and Staff College, Quetta and National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad. Besides junior operational employments at brigade / divisional levels and a UN assignment, he has remained operations officer of a deployed infantry brigade. His senior operational appointments include stints in a deployed infantry division on the LOC, an infantry division in Operation AL-MIZAN and Counter Terrorism Wing.

Brigadier Fouad is a retired Frontier Force officer who served on various command, staff and instructional appointments during his military career, including platoon commander and adjutant at Pakistan Military Academy, instructor in School of Infantry & Tactics, brigade major of an infantry brigade and Defence Attaché of Pakistan to Jordan. He commanded an infantry battalion, a paramilitary corps, and an infantry brigade. The officer is a graduate of Command and Staff College, Quetta and The Royal Jordanian Command and Staff College, Amman.

Brigadier Nasir was commissioned in the Armoured Corps in September 1987. The officer is a graduate of Command and Staff College, Quetta and Air War College, Karachi. His staff appointments include operations officer in an armoured brigade and in a mechanised division. The officer has been on the faculty of School of Armour & Mechanised Warfare Nowshera twice. He has commanded his parent regiment and an independent armoured brigade group at Malir Cantonment. He holds master’s degrees in political science, international relations, defence & strategic studies and business administration. He also holds MPhil degree in international relations and is currently pursuing his PhD in management sciences.

Brigadier Uzair was commissioned in Anti-Aircraft Artillery in September 1983. The officer is a graduate of Command and Staff College, Quetta and National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad. His staff appointments include operations officer in an air defence brigade, staff officer and director (internal security). He has been on the faculty of Pakistan Military Academy Kakul besides being Commandant Anti-Narcotics Force Academy Islamabad.

Brigadier Jaffri was commissioned in 1987 in a self-propelled medium artillery regiment. The officer is a graduate of Command & Staff College Quetta. He has commanded a Mujahid battalion on the Line of Control, a heavy self-propelled artillery regiment and an armoured divisional artillery. He holds an MPhil degree in international relations from National Defence University, Islamabad and is also qualified in overseas joint warfare from Australian Defence Warfare Training Centre.

Brigadier Jilani was commissioned in a light antitank battalion of the Punjab Regiment in 1987. The officer commanded his parent battalion and an infantry brigade. He also remained on the faculty of School of Infantry and Tactics, served as operations staff officer in a brigade, staff officer in Military Operations Directorate and in a strategic formation.