ISLAMABAD, July 1 (NNN-APP) – The Pakistani army has appointed the first female lieutenant general in the country’s history, a statement by the army’s media wing said on Tuesday.
Associated with the army’s medical corps, Major General Nigar Johar was promoted as the lieutenant general, the statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations said, adding that, after becoming the lieutenant general, Johar has been appointed as the first female Surgeon General of the Pakistani army.
Johar hails from the remote area of Panjpir, of Swabi district of the country’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and is currently serving as Commandant of the Military Hospital in Rawalpindi.
She was promoted as major general in 2017, becoming the third woman in the country’s history to get the rank.– NNN-APP
