{"record":{"aliases":[],"appointmentIds":["pakistan-5a74da794a9a7b"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":["ejaz-reagan"],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/ejaz-azim-add7161069/","countrySlug":"pakistan","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/ejaz-azim-add7161069/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["Ejaz Azim entered Pakistan's army in 1948 after studying at Punjab University. He served with the UN operation in the Congo and at UN headquarters, then advised Ghana's army in the early 1960s. His later training included the armor course at Fort Knox and postgraduate defense studies. He commanded the National Defence College and an army corps before retiring as a lieutenant general and taking up the Washington embassy in 1981.","As Multan's deputy administrator under martial law, he visited Colony Textile Mills after police killed striking workers there in 1978.","Azim's appointment accompanied a renewed American security commitment to Pakistan after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The White House's credentials brief placed a proposed $3.2 billion military and economic assistance package over six years at the center of the relationship. By 1985, however, nuclear procurement had become a recurring problem. State Department preparations for a meeting with Azim paired a warning about clandestine purchases with plans to notify Congress of a Sidewinder missile sale.","His Washington posting ended in 1986. He later worked as a consultant and lecturer, and died in February 1998."],"id":"pakistan:ejaz-azim","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-add71610699778ee68c8.html","name":"Ejaz Azim","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["ejaz-reference","ejaz-reagan","ejaz-prabook"],["ejaz-multan"],["ejaz-reagan","ejaz-demarch"],["ejaz-reference","ejaz-prabook"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-add71610699778ee68c8.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[],"relationships":[],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"12b599354b947a20","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1981","id":"ejaz-reagan","locator":"PDF page 16, biographic information and significant programs","publisher":"Ronald Reagan Presidential Library","title":"Lt. General Ejaz Azim: Appointed Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan","type":"archive","url":"https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/public/2021-07/40-654-6207687-002-001-2018.pdf"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1985-03-04","id":"ejaz-demarch","locator":"PDF page 2 and attached arms-transfer memorandum","publisher":"U.S. Department of State, via National Security Archive","title":"Your Meeting with Pakistan Ambassador Azim, Monday, March 4, 3:30 p.m.","type":"primary-record","url":"https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb531-U.S.-Pakistan-Nuclear-Relations,-1984-1985/documents/Doc%2013A%203-4-85%20azim%20meeting.pdf"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":null,"id":"ejaz-prabook","locator":"Education, career and membership sections","publisher":"World Biographical Encyclopedia","title":"Ejaz Azim","type":"reference","url":"https://prabook.com/web/ejaz.azim/328539"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":null,"id":"ejaz-reference","locator":"Military career and personal life; references to Pakistan Affairs and Khalid Hasan","publisher":"Wikipedia","title":"Ejaz Azim","type":"reference","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejaz_Azim"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"2026-01-18","id":"ejaz-multan","locator":"Inquiry and Discipline","publisher":"Dawn; Saeed Husain","title":"History: The Forgotten Massacre of Multan","type":"contemporary-report","url":"https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/1967653"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"Accessed 25 October 2026","id":"mission-df41a370e80eb9e5f015","locator":"Charge assumption/relinquishment dates differ from nomination, arrival and credentials. Raza start date has an internal overlap.","publisher":"","title":"2017 Year in Review — incoming ambassadors, printed page 73","type":"Mission record","url":"https://embassyofpakistanusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Year-in-Review.pdf"}],"topics":["military diplomacy","United Nations Congo operation","Ghana","martial law","Afghanistan","nuclear procurement"]},"schemaVersion":1}