List of serving generals of the Pakistan Army
Here is the current roster of serving generals in the Pakistan Army. Currently, the Army comprises 2 Generals, 30 Lieutenant Generals (which includes 1 from the Army Medical Corps), and 184 Major Generals (including 27 from the Army Medical Corps).
List of Serving GeneralsEdit
Command flag | Appointment | Photo | Incumbent | Unit and course of commission | Awards |
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Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) | General Sahir Shamshad Mirza |
8 Sind Regiment 76 PMA Long Course |
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Chief of the Army Staff | General Asim Munir |
23 Frontier Force Regiment 17 OTS Course |
List of serving Lieutenant GeneralsEdit
List of serving Lieutenant Generals from the Army Medical CorpsEdit
# | Name | Appt. | Awards |
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1 | Arshad Naseem | Surgeon General / Director General Medical Services (Inter-Services), GHQ | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
List of serving Major GeneralsEdit
List of serving Major Generals from the Army Medical CorpsEdit
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1 | Muhammad Ayub Ahsan Bhatti, (Superseded)[10] | EME | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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2 | Hassan Akhtar Kayani, (Superseded) | 70 EME Battalion (BURQ) |
Director General, Inspection and Technical Development (DG ITD), Rawalpindi. | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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3 | Muhammad Asim Iqbal, (Superseded) | 59 Supply and Transport Battalion (Punch Baloch) | Deputy Quarter Master General (Dy QMG), at GHQ Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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4 | Dr Syed Najeeb Ahmad, (Superseded) | Army Aviation Corps |
Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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5 | Adnan Asif Jah Shad, (Superseded) | 14 Frontier Force Regiment |
Director General,Airport Security Force (DG ASF), Karachi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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6 | Muhammad Zahid Khan, (Superseded) | 6 Frontier Force Regiment |
Deputy Inspector General, Arms (DIG Arms), at Arms Branch, GHQ, Rawalpindi. | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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7 | Ghulam Jafar, (Superseded) | 47 Frontier Force Regiment |
Director General, Law (DG Law), at AG Branch, GHQ | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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8 | Irfan Arshad, (Superseded) | 165 Field Regiment Artillery |
Commander, Logistics Area (Comd Log Area),Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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9 | Dr. Ehsan Mehmood Khan, (Superseded) | 165 Field Regiment 22 OTS |
Director General, Infantry (DG Inf), at Arms Branch, GHQ, Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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10 | Muhammad Yousaf Majoka (Superseded) | 10 Azad Kashmir Regiment 23 OTS |
Director General, Lands at AG Branch, GHQ, Rawalpindi. | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Imtiazi Sanad |
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11 | Asad Nawaz Janjua, (Superseded) | 3 Sindh Regiment 82 PMA LC |
Director General, Defence Export Promotion Organization (DG DEPO) at MoDP, Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Imtiazi Sanad |
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12 | Irfan Ahmed Malik, (Superseded) | 149 Field Regiment Artillery 82 PMA LC |
Director General, Military Lands and Cantonments (DG ML &C), Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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13 | Raza Ali Khan,(Superseded) | 79 Field Regiment Artillery 82 PMA LC |
Pro Rector, National University of Technology (PR NuTech), Islamabad | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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14 | Mumtaz Hussain, (Superseded) | 8 Punjab Regiment 82 PMA LC |
Director General, Personnel Pakistan Ordnance Factories, (DG P, POF), Wah Cantt | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Basalat |
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15 | Khurram Sarfraz Khan,(Superseded) | 9 Punjab Regiment 82 PMA LC |
Director General, Pakistan Armed Services Board (DG PASB), Rawalpindi. | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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16 | Nayyar Naseer,(Superseded) | File:Baloch Regiment logo.png 27 Baloch Regiment 82 PMA LC |
Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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17 | Zahid Sarwar Malik,(Superseded) | Army Air Defence 82 PMA LC |
Director General, Army Air Defence (DG AAD) at Arms Branch, GHQ, Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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18 | Kamran Khurshid, (Superseded) | Corps of Military Intelligence 82 PMA LC |
Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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19 | Muhammad Ahmed Malik (Superseded) | Guides Cavalry 82 PMA LC |
Director General, National Guards (DG NG), at AG Branch, GHQ, Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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20 | Khurram Anwar Qadri (Superseded) [12] | 10 Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Battalion Integrated Course |
Director General, Military Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (DG MVRDE), Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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21 | Kashif Zafar (Superseded) | Ordnance Corps 82 PMA LC |
Director General, Procurement Army (DG P – Army), at AG Branch, GHQ, Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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22 | Muhammad Ali Khan (Superseded) | 11 Signal Battalion 82 PMA LC |
Signal Officer in Chief (SO in C), at C &IT Branch, GHQ, Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)[13] |
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23 | Amir Naveed Warraich (Superseded) | 149 Field Regiment Artillery 83 PMA LC |
Director General, Artillery (DG Arty), at Arms Branch, GHQ, Rawalpindi. | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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24 | Muhammad Ahsan Khattak (Superseded) | 20 Frontier Force Regiment 83 PMA LC |
Director General, Infantry (DG Inf), at Arms Branch, GHQ, Rawalpindi. | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Imtiazi Sanad |
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25 | Muhammad Aamir Majeed (Superseded) | 29 Azad Kashmir Regiment 83 PMA LC |
Director General, Security (DG Sec) at SPD, Rawalpindi. | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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26 | Mohammad Ejaz Mirza (Superseded) | 7 Field Regiment Artillery 83 PMA LC |
Director General, Defence Complex Islamabad (DG DCI), at QMG Branch, GHQ, Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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27 | Zafar Iqbal Marwat (Superseded) | 11 Cavalry (FF) 83 PMA LC |
Director General, Armoured Corps (DG AC), at Arms Branch, GHQ, Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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28 | Kamal Azfar (Superseded) | 662 Engineer Battalion 84 PMA LC |
Director General, Works & Chief Engineer Army (DG W &CE – A), GHQ Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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29 | Adil Yamin (Superseded) | 13 Frontier Force Regiment 84 PMA LC |
Director General, Personnel (DG P), at Dte Gen ISI, Islamabad | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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30 | Muhammad Kashif Azad (Superseded) | 9 Punjab Regiment 84 PMA LC |
Director General, Commercial at POF Wah Cantt. | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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31 | Kamran Ahmed Satti (Superseded) | Army Services Corps 84 PMA LC |
Director General, Budget (DG B) at LS Branch GHQ, Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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32 | Muhammad Shuja Anwar (Superseded) | 61 (SP) Medium Regiment Artillery 84 PMA LC |
Director General, Remount Vetenary & Farms Corps (DG RV &FC), GHQ, Rawalpindi. | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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33 | Majid Jahangir (Superseded) | 9 Punjab Regiment 84 PMA LC |
Commander, Logistics Area (Comd Log Area), Karachi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Imtiazi Sanad |
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34 | Asif Mahmood Goraya | Army Air Defence 84 PMA LC |
Commandant, School of Army Air Defence (Comdt SAAD), Malir, Karachi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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35 | Akif Iqbal | 37 Punjab Regiment 84 PMA LC |
Director General, Counter-Terrorism (DG CT), at Dte Gen ISI, Islamabad | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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36 | Muhammad Irfan | 39 Punjab Regiment 84 PMA LC |
General Officer Commanding 12th Infantry Division (GOC 12 Inf Div), Murree | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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37 | Dilawar Khan | 47 Field Regiment Artillery 84 PMA LC |
Director General, Welfare & Rehabilitation Directorate (DG W & R Dte), GHQ, Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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38 | Zafar Iqbal[14] | 106 Ordnance Unit |
Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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39 | Muhammad Shahbaz Tabassum | Corps of Military Intelligence |
Director General- X (DG X), at Dte Gen ISI, Islamabad | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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40 | Faheem Amer | 8 Cavalry 84 PMA LC |
Chief of Staff Southern Command (COS SC), Okara. | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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41 | Shahid Manzoor | 2 Field Regiment Artillery 84 PMA LC |
Deputy Inspector General, Communication &IT (Dy IG C &IT), GHQ, Rawalpindi. | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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42 | Adil Rehmani | 25 Frontier Force Regiment 84 PMA LC |
Director General, Sports & Fitness Directorate, at T &E Branch, GHQ, Rawalpindi. | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Basalat |
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43 | Rashid Mehmood | 29 Cavalry 84 PMA LC |
MRC at QMG Branch, GHQ, Rawalpindi. | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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44 | Abdul Moeed | 27 Cavalry 85 PMA LC |
Director General, Anti Norcotics Force (DG ANF), at ANF Headquarters, Rawalpindi. | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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45 | Arshad Mehmood | 153 Medium Regiment Artillery 85 PMA LC |
Director General, Defence Security Force (DG DSF), Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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46 | Muhammad Atif Mansha | 12 Medium Regiment Artillery 85 PMA LC |
Commander, Logistics Area (Comd Log Area), Peshawar | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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47 | Iftikhar Hassan Chaudhary | 30 (SP) Heavy Regiment Artillery 86 PMA LC |
Commandant, Pakistan Military Academy Kakul, (Comdt PMA), Abbottabad | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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48 | Mushtaq Ali | Corps of Military Intelligence |
MRC | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Hilal-e-Shujaat |
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49 | Muhammad Umer Bashir | 140 (SP) Medium Regiment Artillery 86 PMA LC |
Vice Chief of General Staff - B (VCGS-B), at GS Branch, GHQ Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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50 | Asad Ur Rehman Cheema | Army Air Defence |
Director General SIFC at PM Sectt, Islamabad | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
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# | Name | Appt. | Awards |
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1 | Iftikhar Ahmed Satti | Deputy Surgeon General / Dy DG MS (IS), GHQ, Rawalpindi | |
2 | Syed Adil Hussanain | Commandant Armed Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute ( AFPGMI ), Rawalpindi | |
3 | Qamar Un Nisa Chaudhry | Commandant Armed Forces Bone Marrow Transplant Center (AFBMTC), Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
4 | Irfan Ali Mirza | Head of Department Microbiology-Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
5 | Muhammad Waseem | Commandant Army Cardiac Center (ACC), Lahore | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
6 | Muhammad Suhail Amin | Principal Army Medical College, Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
7 | Naseer Ahmed Samore | Commandant & Executive Director
Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology & National Institute of Heart Diseases, Rawalpindi |
Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
8 | Shazia Nisar | Med Specialist at Military Hospital, Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
9 | Eijaz Ghani | Commandant Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
10 | Nadeem Ahmed Rana | Commandant AFID Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
11 | Tufail Ahmad | Commandant Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Rawalpindi | |
12 | Rizwan Sadiq | Inspector General Hospitals, Med Dte, GHQ | |
13 | Ijaz Ahmad | Director General Medical Services (Navy), MS (N) | |
14 | Nadeem Fazal | Director General Medicine, Med Dte, GHQ | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
15 | Tahir Masood Ahmad | Director General Surgery, Med Dte, GHQ | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
16 | Waseem Ahmad Khan | Head of Department Surgery Unit 3 MH, Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
17 | Sohail Sabir | Professor of Nephrology, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
18 | Sibtain Rafique | Director General Med Proc & Stores, Med Dte, GHQ | |
19 | Muhammad Fayyaz Malik | Commandant Pak Emirates Military Hospital (PEMH), Rawalpindi | |
20 | Sohail Ilyas | Head of Department Surgery Unit 1, CMH, Rawalpindi | |
21 | Syed Mukarram Hussain | Head of Department Surgery Unit 2, CMH Rawalpindi | |
22 | Fuad Siddique | Head of Department (Medicine), Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Rawalpindi | |
23 | Zeeshan Ahmed | Head of Department Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, CMH Rawalpindi | |
24 | Maqbool Raza | Head of Department and Advisor in (ENT), Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Rawalpindi | |
25 | Anjum Anwar Qadri | Classified Anaesthetist | |
26 | Muhammad Rafique | Commandant Combined Military Hospital ( CMH ), Lahore | |
27 | Haroon Sabir | Commandant Armed Forces Institute of Urology ( AFIU ), Rawalpindi |
NotesEdit
This section's use of external links may not follow Bharatpedia's policies or guidelines. (June 2020) |
All the names in the list are extracted from open sources (which in turn rely on Pakistan Army's ISPR press releases), therefore the above names might not correlate with the actual current posts of the commanders.
Additionally, the seniority for major-generals is ascertained from the bi-annual military award recipients of Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military); first on 23 March (Pakistan Day) and then on 14 August (Independence Day). The links from 1999 and onwards are: 1999 March & August Archived 14 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 2001 March & August, 2003 March, 2003 August, 2004 March, 2004 August, 2005 March, 2005 August, 2006 March, 2006 August, 2007 March, 2007 August, 2008 March Archived 18 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 2008 August Archived 15 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 2009 March Archived 29 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine, 2009 August Archived 15 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 2010 March Archived 4 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 2010 August Archived 4 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 2011 March Archived 18 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 2011 August Archived 1 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 2012 March, 2012 August Archived 12 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 2013 March Archived 24 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 2013 August Archived 24 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 2014 March Archived 23 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 2014 August Archived 20 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine, 2015 August Archived 13 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine, 2016 March, 2016 August Archived 11 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine, and 2017 March.
Similarly, civilian and military awards for outstanding individuals are announced every year on 14 August and an investiture ceremony is held on the following 23 March. The links from 2001 and onwards are: 2001, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007[permanent dead link], 2008, 2009[permanent dead link], 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.
Information is also gleaned from the wreath-laying ceremonies for the 10 Nishan-e-Haider recipients each year on 6 September (Defence Day). The links from 2005 onwards are: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Archived 4 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 2009 Archived 4 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 2010 Archived 15 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine, 2011 Archived 1 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 2012 Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine, 2013[permanent dead link], and 2014[permanent dead link].[1]
Following abbreviations have been used for the respective units/regiments of the officers,
- AC – Armoured Corps
- ARTY – Regiment of Artillery
- AAD – Army Air Defence
- ENGRS – Corps of Engineers
- SIGS – Corps of Signals
- INF – Infantry
- Punjab – Punjab Regiment
- Baloch – Baloch Regiment
- FF – Frontier Force Regiment
- AK – Azad Kashmir Regiment
- Sind – Sind Regiment
- NLI – Northern Light Infantry
- AVN – Army Aviation Corps
- MI – Corps of Military Intelligence
- ASC – Army Service Corps
- ORD – Ordnance Corps
- EME – Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
- AMC – Army Medical Corps
- AEC - Army Education Corls
- RV&FC - Remount Veterinary and Farms Corps
- LB - Logistics Branch
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Major General Saqib Mehmood promoted to rank of Lieutenant General". tribune.com.pk. 4 April 2021. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ↑ "Major reshuffle in Army". thenews.com.pk. 7 October 2021. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ↑ "میجر جنرل بابر افتخار سمیت 12 افسران کی لیفٹیننٹ جنرل کے عہدے پر ترقی". Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ↑ Nazar, Nuzhat (2022-12-03). "Maj-Gen Sharif made ISPR DG". Brecorder. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
- ↑ "Lt-Gen Rahat Naseem Ahmed appointed NDU president". dailypakistan.com. May 5, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
- ↑ Bureau, The STRATCOM (September 21, 2023). "twitter". Twitter.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
- ↑ BANERJI, RANA. "Pakistan Army Chief Shuffles Generals". Rediff. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ↑ "Reshuffle in army". The Express Tribune. 2023-11-24. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ↑ "DG ISPR promoted to lieutenant general's rank". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
- ↑ "37 brigadiers made major generals". The Nation. 2018-06-29. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
- ↑ "Commander FCNA, Maj Gen Dr. Ehsan Mehmood Khan confers degrees on the occasion of First Convocation of the University of Baltistan, Skardu, on 26 October 2018". Archived from the original on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ "40 Brigadiers promoted to rank of Major General in Pakistan Army: ISPR". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
- ↑ "President grants military awards to officers, soldiers of Pak Army, Navy and Air Force". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
- ↑ APP (2020-03-14). "36 brigadiers promoted to major general". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
Read alsoEdit
External linksEdit
- Pakistan Army official website
- https://ispr.gov.pk/ Official website of DG ISPR
- https://www.mlc.gov.pk/ Official Website of DG ML&C