Major General Asif Ghafoor was
commissioned on 9 Sep 1988 in 87 Medium Regiment. He is graduate of Command
& Staff College Quetta, Command & Staff College Bandung (Indonesia) and
NDU Islamabad. He holds master’s degree in strategic studies.
The General has served on various
staff, instructional and command assignments to include Brigade Major Infantry
Brigade, Assistant Military Secretary MS Branch, GHQ, Directing Staff Command
& Staff College Quetta and Director Military Operations in Military Operations
Directorate, GHQ. He has commanded his parent unit in Operation Al-Mizan,
Artillery Brigade on Line of Control, Infantry Brigade on Eastern Border and a
Division at Swat, Malakand. General is recipient of COAS Commendation Card for
operations in Bajaur during 2008. General is DG ISPR since December 2016.
Following the development, Major General Asif Ghafoor tweeted
that he is thankful to all those who remained associated with him during his
posting as DG ISPR. “Thanks to everyone I have remained associated with during
the tenure. My very special thanks to media all across.” He also thanked fellow
Pakistanis for their love and support and extended best wishes to new DG ISPR
for his success.
According to the ISPR , Maj Gen
Babar Iftikhar link studied from the Quetta Law
College and graduated from NDU Islamabad, where he also taught as faculty
member later on. The new DG ISPR is also a
graduate from the Royal Jordanian Command and Staff College (RJCSC).
, Maj Gen Iftikhar had previously been serving as
the general officer commanding 1 Armoured Division, Multan. Maj Gen Iftikhar
was commissioned in 6 Lancers in March 1990. He is a graduate of Command and
Staff College Quetta, National Defence University Islamabad and Royal Command
and Staff College Jordan. The general officer carries with him a rich command,
staff and instructional experience.
He served as Brigade Major in an Armoured Brigade, Brigadier
Staff in an Infantry Division in North Waziristan and Chief of Staff in Corps
Headquarters. He has commanded an Armoured Brigade and infantry Brigade in
North Waziristan (Op ZeA). He also served on the faculty of Pakistan Military
Academy and National Defence University Islamabad. He is happily married and is
blessed with four sons. He is a passionate reader and an avid golfer, according
to the officials. He was presently commanding an Armoured Division before being
appointed as DG ISPR.
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