This person who accompanied FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi to China is the Chief of General Staff (CGS) of Pakistan Army Lt Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza.

Lt Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza had not even a single family member in this world when he joined Pakistan Army. He was an orphan & for... https://twitter.com/AnwarLodhi/status/1296780171903729666
...that reason, the blank space in front of "Next Of Kin" column in his service file was filled with "8 Sindh Regiment" --- the name of his parent unit / battalion in Army. He once said that I have no other person & family member in this world...
...except my unit 8 Sindh Regiment & Pakistan Army.

Today, the same person who had no one in this world is CGS of Pakistan Army which the senior most appointment after Army Chief.

His is a stunning story, worthy of being told to younger generations who seek easy roads in life.
Remember Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa was also an orphan when joined Pakistan Army. He lost his father when he was only 8 years old & then raised by his mother.
General (R) Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani was son of a Subedar who become of our Army Chief because of his hardwork.
General (R) Raheel Sharif is brother of a shaheed (Major Shabir Sharif Shaheed).
General (R) Pervez Musharraf --- born in Delhi in 1943 was a Mahajir who migrated to Pakistan after independence.
General General (R) Muhammad Musa Khan (4th Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Army) was from Hazara community of Quetta.
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