ISLAMABAD: Former chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Committee General (r) Khalid Shamim Wynne, passed away in a road accident on the Islamabad-Lahore motorway on Saturday, according to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The accident occurred when Gen Wynne’s car toppled over after its tyre blew out.
General (retd) Wynne was injured in the accident and succumbed to his injuries. A friend accompanying Wynne also died on the spot while Wynne’s son who was critically injured was evacuated to the hospital where he is under treatment.
The four-star general served as the 14th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee before retiring on October 7, 2013. He was born on August 28, 1953, in Abbottabad, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. He received multiple accolades over the years, but the most outstanding ones are his recognition of Hilal-e-Imtiaz and Nishan-e-Imtiaz.
Over his military career, he held various command, staff and instructional appointments. He had commanded the 20th Battalion of the Punjab Regiment; two Infantry Brigades — including the prestigious 323 Infantry Brigade in Siachen; the 41st Infantry Division in Quetta; and the Southern Command in Quetta.
On the academic side, Gen Wynne held various instructional appointments while in the army, serving on the faculty of the School of Infantry and Tactics, Quetta; Command and Staff College, Quetta; and Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul.
He served as Chief of Staff in a Corps Headquarters and Commandant School of Infantry and Tactics Quetta.
Gen Khalid Shamim Wynne had also served in the General Staff directorate, staying as Deputy Chief of General Staff (DCGS) from 2006 to 2007.
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