Rawalpindi: Former Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), General (retd) Khalid Shamim Wynne was killed in a road accident near Chakri on Saturday. The retired general was travelling in Land Cruser bearing official(green) number plate GY-480.The left side front tyre was bursted due to which accident took place . Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), confirmed the death of Gen Wynne’s in the road accident which it said took place in Chakri area of Rawalpindi. Son of Khalid Shamim Wynee was also injured in the accident which took place when tyre of the car they were travelling in burst near Chakri in Punjab, said the media reports. General Wynne was promoted as four-star General and replaced General Tariq Majid as the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee on 7 October 2010.
He retired on 7 October 2013. Wynne retired on October 8, 2013 as a four-star general, he preceded by Gen Tariq Majid and succeeded by General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani. He served the army for 42 years. He belonged to 20th Paratroopers Battalion, Punjab Regiment. According to an official notification issued from the Presidency, then president Asif Ali Zardari promoted Lt-Gen Khalid Shameem Wynne as general and appointed him as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee on the advice of the prime minister Yosuf Raza Gilani in 2013. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Saturday expressed his deep grief and sorrow over the death of former chairman joint chiefs of staff committee general (retd) Khalid Shameem Wynne in a road accident. He prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul and grant of courage to the bereaved family to bear this irreparable loss, PM office media wing said in a press release. The prime minister also prayed for the swift recovery of the injured in the accident.
