Maqsood Ahmad, HI(M), is a retired three star officer of Pakistan Army and current chairman of Punjab Public Service Commission.

Maqsood Ahmad Arain took commission in 24th Frontier Force Regiment in the 61st PMA Long Course in April 1980.

Later he served as Deputy Director General of Inter Services Intelligence under Lt. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha and later under Lt. Gen. Zaheer-ul-Islam.

[3] On 26 August 2013, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Maqsood Ahmad as Military Adviser for Peacekeeping Operations of the United Nations.

However then Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani rather preferred to keep Pasha in Pakistan for important assignments.