Major General Nigar Johar is the first female officer in Pakistan to be promoted to Lieutenant General, the military media wing said Tuesday.
In a tweet, the Director General of Public Relations ISPR, Major General Babar Iftikhar said that the officer was also named the first surgeon general of the Pakistan Army.
It comes from the village of Panjpeer in Swabi district.
In 2017, the newly promoted Lieutenant General became the third officer in the history of the Pakistan Army to become a Major General.
Major General Nigar Johar, HI (M) promoted as Lieutenant General.
— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) June 30, 2020
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. Lieutenant General Nigar Johar hails from Panjpeer, District Swabi KPK. pic.twitter.com/ytw8YvSz76
She is the daughter of Colonel Qadir, who served with Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and the niece of retired Major Mohammad Aamir, a former Pakistani army officer who also served in the ISI.
Both parents died in a car accident 30 years ago.
According to PID, the newly promoted Lieutenant General is not only a doctor, but also an avid shooter.
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She graduated from the Girls High School Presentation Convention in Rawalpindi and graduated from the Army Medical College in 1985.
In 2015, she obtained a master's degree in public health from the University of Health Sciences in Lahore. She also has the honor of being the first police officer to assume command of a military / hospital.
National Assembly opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif congratulated the officer on her promotion and said it sends a strong message to girls and young women "to strive for the impossible in life."
PPP Senator Sherry Rehman said it was "great" to see the officer promoted to First Lieutenant General of the Pakistan Army.
