Who is new DG ISPR Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar?

Here is the complete profile of new DG ISPR Major General Babar Iftikhar.

RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Major General Babar Iftikhar, who has taken charge as the new Director General of the Inter-Services Pakistan Relations, has a prolific career in the Armed Forces.

Maj Gen Iftikhar graduated Command and Staff College in Quetta, the National Defence University in Islamabad and Royal Command and Staff College in Jordan. He was commissioned in the Army in 1990 and holds a rich command, staff and instructional experience in his field.

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He was associated with Unit Six Lancers of Armed Corps. He has served as Brigade Major in an Armoured Brigade, Brigadier Staff in an Infantry Division in North Waziristan and Chief of Staff in Corps Headquarters.

Maj Gen Ifthikhar has commanded the Infantry and Armed Brigades during the Operation Zarb-e-Azb. He also holds a remarkable experience for working as the Command and Staff. He also served on the faculty of Pakistan Military Academy and National Defence University Islamabad. He was promoted to the rank of Maj Gen in 2018 among 987 officers who were conisdered by the ISPR for promotion.

He is married with four sons. An avid reader and golfer, Maj Gen Iftikhar was presently commanding an Armoured Division in Multan before being appointed as DG ISPR.