Sarfraz Sattar

Lieutenant-General
Sarfraz Sattar
سرفراز ستار‬
Director General Strategic Plans Division
Assumed office
September 2017
Commander II Corps, Multan
In office
December 2016 – September 2017
General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 8th Infantry Division
In office
2015–2016
Director-General of Military Intelligence
In office
2013–2015
Military service
Allegiance  Pakistan
Service/branch  Pakistan Army
Rank Lieutenant-General

Lieutenant-General Sarfraz Sattar (Urdu: سرفراز ستار) HI(M) is three star Pakistani army general who currently holds the post of Director General Strategic Plans Division(Strategic Plans Division Force).[1].Previously he commanded II Corps, Multan.Before that he was General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 8th Infantry Division,Sialkot. He belongs to the armoured corps and 70th Pakistan Military Academy Long Course. He was promoted to Lieutenant General on 30 September 2016.[2]

Sattar also served as the Director General of Military Intelligence and military attaché to India.

During General Raheel Sharif’s stint as the COAS, the most junior lieutenant general was Sarfraz Sattar. It would not be out of place to mention here that General (retd) Raheel Sharif, before his retirement, suggested his name as one of the options for the military command in 2019 for continuation of his policies.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Lt Gen Sarfraz Sattar appointed SPD DG".
  2. ↑ "Maj-Gen Sarfraz Sattar promoted to rank of Lieutenant General". The Nation. 30 September 2016.
  3. ↑ https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/179763-Prominent-generals-for-top-posts-in-2019
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