Asif Ghafoor

Major General
Asif Ghafoor
HI(M)
20th Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations
Assumed office
15 December 2016
President Arif Alvi, Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister Imran Khan, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by Asim Saleem Bajwa
Personal details
Alma mater Pakistan Military Academy
Awards

Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) [nswc]
psc
fsc(In)

(L)qsl
Military service
Allegiance  Pakistan
Service/branch  Pakistan Army
Rank Major General

Major General Asif Ghafoor is a current Director-General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Armed Forces. Two-star general of the army, he took office as DG ISPR on December 15, 2016.

Major General Asif Ghafoor was commissioned in an Artillery regiment in September 1988. He is graduate of Command & Staff College Quetta, Command & Staff College Bandung (Indonesia) and National Defence University, Islamabad. He holds master’s degree in Strategic Studies.

The General has served on various staff, instructional and command assignments including 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[1][2][3]. General is recipient of COAS Commendation Card[4] for operations in Bajaur during 2008.

References

  1. ↑ "Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor appointed DG ISPR". DAWN.COM. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Maj-Gen Asif Ghafoor named DG ISPR - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor is new DG ISPR". The News. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Major General Asif Ghafoor, nswc, psc, fsc(In), (L)qsl". ISPR.GOV.PK. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa		 Director General of the ISPR
2016 –		 Incumbent
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