Maj-Gen Babar Iftikhar appointed DG ISPR

ISLAMABAD: Major General Babar Iftikhar has been posted as Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in place of Major General Asif Ghafoor who has been appointed General Officer Commanding (GOC) Okara.

According to the ISPR, Maj-Gen Iftikhar, who joined the Pakistan Army as commissioned officer in 1990, belonged to the Unit 6 Lancer of the Armoured Corps. He graduated from Command and Staff College Quetta, National Defence University (NDU) and Royal Command and Staff College of Jordan.

Maj-Gen Iftikhar has extensive experience of working on command and staff positions. He earlier served as the Brigade Major, Brigadier Staff of the Infantry. He also commanded the Infantry and Armoured Brigade during the Operation Zarb-e-Azb. Besides, he performed duties as instructor at NDU and Pakistan Military Academy.Meanwhile, Maj-Gen Asif Ghafoor tweeted that he was thankful to all those who remained associated with him during his posting as the DG ISPR. “Thanks to everyone I have remained associated with during the tenure. My very special thanks to media all across.” He also thanked fellow Pakistanis for their love and support and extended best wishes to the new DG ISPR for his success.