When his 3-year term expired in October 2004, he was replaced by General Ahsan Saleem Hyat.
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He was promoted to that position by President General Pervez Musharraf on 31 March 2003 at the Armoured Corps Regimental Center in Nowshera and continued till 3 May 2005 when he was replaced by General Ahsan Saleem Hyat.
The cast of ''Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge''. From left: Saqib Saleem | Syed Mohammad Ahsan | Jalaluddin Ahsan Khan | Ahsan Saleem Hyat | Shad Saleem Faruqi | Saleem Sheikh | Saleem Shahzad | Muhammad Saleem Bajawa | Master Saleem | Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed |
Following were the senior-most Lieutenant Generals; Hamid Javaid, Javed Hassan, Munir Hafiez, Ahsan Saleem Hyat (who was promoted to four-star post of VCOAS), Tariq Waseem Ghazi, Muhammad Akram, Syed Parwez Shahid, and Ehsan ul Haq.