Meet Nigar Johar, first female Lieutenant General of Pakistan Army

New Delhi: For the first time in Pakistan, a woman officer has reached to the top of Pakistan Army. She has been appointed to the rank of lieutenant general in the Pakistani Army.

Major General Nigar Johar has become Pakistan’s first female officer to be promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.

Major General Nigar Johar, HI (M) has been promoted as Lieutenant General, said the Inter-Services Public Relations in a statement.

“Major General Nigar Johar, HI (M) promoted as Lieutenant General. 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,” the ISPR wrote on Twitter.

Johar, also the first woman officer to become Major General

In 2017, she became the third woman officer to reach the rank of major general.

According to the ISPR, the media wing of the Pakistan Army, Johar also holds the accolade for becoming the first Surgeon General of the Pakistan Army.

The lieutenant general belongs to the Panjpir village in Swabi district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Johar’s father Colonel Qadir served in Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)