Asif Ghafoor

Asif Ghafoor HI(M) (Urdu: آصِف غفور ) is a Lieutenant General in the Pakistan Army.[1] Currently serving as Quetta Corps Commander,[2] he was previously appointed as Inspector General for Communication & Information Technology. He was the 20th Director General of the ISPR[3]

Lieutenant General
Asif Ghafoor
HI(M)
Corps Commander XII Corps
Assumed office
4 August 2022
Preceded bySarfraz Ali
Inspector General Communication & Information Technology
In office
28 November 2020 – 2 August 2022
General Officer Commanding 40th Infantry Division, Okara
In office
31 January 2020 – 28 November 2020
20th Director-General of the ISPR
In office
15 December 2016 – 31 January 2020
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Arif Alvi
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Imran Khan
Preceded byAsim Saleem Bajwa
Succeeded byBabar Iftikhar
General Officer Commanding 21st Artillery Division, Swat
In office
February 2016 – 15 December 2016
Personal details
Alma materPakistan Military Academy, Command & Staff College Quetta, Command & Staff College Bandung (Indonesia), National Defence University, Islamabad
AwardsHilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Army
Years of service1986–present
Rank Lieutenant General
Battles/wars
Service numberPA-27699

Education

Asif Ghafoor is a graduate of the Command & Staff College in Quetta, Command & Staff College Bandung in Indonesia and the National Defence University in Islamabad. He holds a master's degree in Strategic Studies.

Military life

He was commissioned on 9 September 1988 in the 87 SP Medium Regiment Artillery after four years of training (1984-1988) as a Cadet in the Junior Cadet Battalion at PMA Kakul (1986–88). He had participated in the Kargil War as a Major, operations against terrorists in tribal areas of FATA and Swat during 2008-10 as a Lieutenant Colonel in Operation Sherdil and has commanded a Division at Swat, Malakand in 2016 as a Major General. Asif has also served as Director Military Operations at Army Headquarters GHQ as a Brigadier commanded Divisional Artillery deployed along the Line of Control and infantry brigade along eastern border. He has been on faculty of Command and Staff College Quetta.

The General has served on various staff, instructional and command assignments including Brigade Major Infantry Brigade, Assistant Military Secretary MS Branch, GSO-I Military Operations Directorate, GHQ, Director Military Operations in Military Operations Directorate, GHQ. He has been on the faculty of Command and Staff College, Quetta. 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.[4][5][6] The General is recipient of COAS Commendation Card[7] for operations in Bajaur during 2008 and Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military).

In December 2016, Ghafoor was appointed as the Director-General of the ISPR.[8]

In January 2020, Gen. Ghafoor was appointed as the General Officer Commanding 40 Division in Okara.[9][10][11] On 25 November 2020, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General[12] and appointed as Inspector General Communications and Information Technology and now serving as Quetta Corps Commander.[13]

Commands held
  • 21 Artillery Division, Swat (Now at Pannu Aqil)
January 2016 - December 2016

Preceded By: Maj Gen
Succeeded By: Maj Gen (Now Lt Gen) Ali Aamir Awan

December 2016 - January 2020

Preceded By: Lt Gen Asim Bajwa
Succeeded By: Maj Gen (Lt Gen) Babar Iftikhar

  • 40 Infantry Division, Okara
January 2020 - December 2020

Preceded By: Maj Gen Azhar Waqas
Succeeded By: Maj Gen Asad Ur Rehman

  • Inspector General Communication and Information Technology
December 2020 - August 2022

Preceded By: Lt Gen Ali Aamir Awan
Succeeded By: -

  • Commander XII Corps, Quetta
August 2022 – present

Preceded By: Lt Gen Sarfaraz Ali
Succeeded By: -

Awards and decorations
Hilal-e-Imtiaz

(Military)

(Crescent of Excellence)
Tamgha-e-Diffa

(General Service Medal)

Siachen Glacier Clasp

 Tamgha-e-Baqa

(Nuclear Test Medal)

1998

 Tamgha-e-Istaqlal Pakistan

(Escalation with India Medal)

2002

 Tamgha-e-Azm

(Medal of Conviction)

(2018)

10 Years Service Medal 20 Years Service Medal 30 Years Service Medal 35 Years Service Medal
Jamhuriat Tamgha

(Democracy Medal)

1988

 Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha

(Resolution Day

Golden Jubilee Medal)

1990

 Tamgha-e-Salgirah Pakistan

(Independence Day

Golden Jubilee Medal)

1997

 Command and Staff College Quetta

Centenary Instructor's Medal

References
  1. Hussain, Abid (2020-01-18). "Pakistan two-star general: Farewell to a social media celebrity". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  2. "Lt Gen Asif Ghafoor posted as Corps Commander Quetta". Dunya News. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  3. "6 Pak Army major generals promoted to lieutenant general rank". DAWN.COM. 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  4. "Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor appointed DG ISPR". DAWN.COM. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  5. "Maj-Gen Asif Ghafoor named DG ISPR - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  6. "Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor is new DG ISPR". The News. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  7. "Major General Asif Ghafoor, nswc, psc, fsc(In), (L)qsl". ISPR.GOV.PK. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  8. "Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor appointed DG ISPR". Dawn. December 15, 2016.
  9. "Major reshuffle: Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor replaced as DG ISPR". The News International. January 16, 2020.
  10. "Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar replaces Asif Ghafoor as DG ISPR". Dawn. January 16, 2020.
  11. "Pakistan two-star general: Farewell to a social media celebrity". BBC. 18 January 2020.
  12. Article title
  13. "Shuffle in top brass as six major generals promoted". Dawn. November 26, 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.