Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa was commissioned in the 34 Punjab Regiment from the Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul, in March 1984. He is a graduate of the Command & Staff College Quetta, National Defence University Islamabad and Staff College Camberley, UK. He holds Masters degree in Defence Studies from Kings College London (UK), and in War Studies from the NDU, Islamabad. During his military service, he has held various command staff and instructional appointments, which include command of an Anti-Tank Battalion, an Infantry Brigade Group and a strike Infantry Division. He has been Brigade Major of an Infantry Brigade and Chief of Staff of a strike Corps. He has also been on the faculty of PMA Kakul & Command and Staff College Quetta, and has served as Deputy Military Secretary to President of Pakistan. He was promoted Major General in December 2010. He is recipient of Tamgha-i-Basalat.