Q:Facts: - president: muhammad zia-ul-haq - commands: chief and plans , air headquarters aoc sakesar air force base of air.cmdnt . no. 31 fighter wing no. 31 -lrb- fighter air -rrb- wing no. 11 squadron '' arrows '' oc corangi-creek staff air force base aoc masrour air force base commander tactical acas operations , ahq integrated missile programme paf '' sherdils '' air war operations research - predecessor: zulfiqar ali khan - birth date: 01 october 1931 - branch: pak - caption: air chief marshal anwar shamim - death date: 04 january 2013 - office: 10th chief of air staff - term end: march 5 , 1985 - awards: sitara-e-imtiaz nishan-e-imtiaz -lrb- military -rrb- legion of merit -lrb- military -rrb- sitara-e-jurat hilal-e-imtiaz -lrb- military -rrb- - serviceyears: 1952-1985 - unit: no . ii squadron '' minhas '' - name: muhammad anwar shamim - birth place: haripur hazara division , british indian empire - successor: jamal a. khan - primeminister: muhammad khan junejo - native name: - battles: indo-pakistani of 1971 operation '' chengiz khan '' operation '' sentinel war '' soviet war in afghanistan of 1965 1965 air operations indo-pakistani war - allegiance: pakistan - term start: july 23 , 1978 - image: mas10.jpg - rank: 35px air chief marshal Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of anwar shamim .
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anwar shamim -lrb- 1 october 1931 -- 4 january 2013 -rrb- '' ni -lrb- m -rrb- '' , '' si -lrb- m -rrb- '' , '' hi -lrb- m -rrb- '' , '' sj '' , was a four-star air-force air officer who was the 10th chief of air staff of pakistan air force from july 23 , 1978 to march 5 , 1985 .air chief marshal shamim was promoted to four-star air officer and assumed the command of the pakistan air force on 23 july 1978 .air chief marshal anwar shamim , a war hero , is one of the most decorated military officers in the pakistan armed forces .air-chief marshal shamim was one of the important and powerful figure during the dictatorial regime of general zia-ul-haq .shamim was one of the closest confident of general zia-ul-haq and had access to country 's most confidential assets while he acted as deputy chief martial law administrator when general zia was abroad or / absent in the country .as four-star air officer , shamim was one of the few figures that had played an influential and internal role in county 's clandestine nuclear development programme , with major security and logistics issues needing his permission .in 1980s , shamim took over the confidential and clandestine research and development projects of space and upper atmosphere research commission -- country 's national space authority -- and initiated , and administrated the integrated missile programme , of which the first hatf missile system was developed under his administrative supervision .during his term as chief of air staff , shamim oversaw the induction and introduction of '' f-16 fighting falcon '' and '' a-5 fantan '' and the creation of three regional -lrb- corps size -rrb- air commands , and the considerably expanded the air war operations in the country .after his retirement from air force , air chief martial shamim went to serve his life for the welfare and humanitarian issues , and further declined the government offices in later life .