Brigadier Nasir was commissioned in the Armoured Corps in September 1987. The officer is a graduate of Command and Staff College, Quetta and Air War College, Karachi. His staff appointments include operations officer in an armoured brigade and in a mechanised division. The officer has been on the faculty of School of Armour & Mechanised Warfare Nowshera twice. He has commanded his parent regiment and an independent armoured brigade group at Malir Cantonment. He holds master’s degrees in political science, international relations, defence & strategic studies and business administration. He also holds MPhil degree in international relations and is currently pursuing his PhD in management sciences.