Pak Army appoints Nigar Johar as 1st female Lt. General

Sumit Arora Last updated on July 2nd, 2020 01:04 pm Leave a comment

Pakistan Army has appointed Major General Nigar Johar as 1st female lieutenant general. She is the 1st female officer to be promoted as Lieutenant General. The officer has been appointed as 1st female Surgeon General of Pak Army.

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Johar graduated from the Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, in 1985 and joined the army’s Medical Corps. In 2017, she became the third woman officer in the Pakistan Army to attain the rank of major general. The other two women major generals were Shahida Badsha and Shahida Malik.

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Prime Minister of Pakistan: Imran Khan.
President of Pakistan: Arif Alvi.
Capital of Pakistan: Islamabad.

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