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Nigar Johar becomes first female lieutenant general of Pakistan Army

Nigar Johar has created history in Pakistan as she was appointed as the lieutenant general in the Pakistan Army.She is also the first female surgeon general of the Pakistan Army.

“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,” the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar announced.

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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