Overview
- The Inter-Services Public Relations confirmed the death of retired General Abdul Waheed Kakar and said Chief of Defence Forces Asim Munir and the Pakistan Army offered official tributes and condolences.
- Funeral prayers were held at the Army Racecourse Ground in Rawalpindi with attendance from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the deputy prime minister, the defence minister and senior serving and retired military leaders.
- Kakar rose to army chief after the death of General Asif Nawaz Janjua and led the Pakistan Army from 1993 until his retirement in January 1996.
- He is best remembered for brokering the 1993 settlement between the president and prime minister that forced both leaders from office and paved the way for a caretaker government and fresh elections, a deal widely known as the 'Kakar formula'.
- Kakar was commissioned in 1959, served in the 1965 and 1971 wars, completed professional training at Pakistan and overseas staff colleges, and lived largely privately after leaving office.