Major General Rashid Qureshi, (Urdu: راشد قریشی) SI(M), SBt, is a retired two-star general.[1]
Major General Rashid Qureshi | |
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| Native name | راشد قریشی |
| Birth name | Rashid Qureshi |
| Born | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Allegiance |  Pakistan |
| Service |  Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1971–2005 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands | Comd 2AK Bde As A Brig.1996-97 |
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| Director General of the ISPR | |
| In office November 1998 – May 2003 | |
Military career
editQureshi was commissioned in the Pakistan Army on 17 April 1971 in the 44th PMA Long Course.[2] During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, he was stationed at the Lahore Sector. After the war, Qureshi's company was stationed at the Rawalpindi sector where he became a staff officer at the General Headquarters (GHQ). In 1987, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and was made general officer commanding of the 10th Battalion. In 1991, he became a colonel in the Army, and was made military secretary to General Pervez Musharraf at the Joint Chief of Staff Committee Secretariat.[3]
Inter-services public relations
editIn 1996, Qureshi joined the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). In 1997, he was promoted as one-star general (brigadier-general) in the Army. In 1998, he was made director-general of the ISPR.
He was also a principal military spokesperson of General Pervez Musharraf.[4]
He retired from the Pakistan Army in 2005 and currently resides in Islamabad, Pakistan.
2007 helicopter crash
editOn 9 October 2007, in a helicopter crash which killed four people, and injured five, Qureshi was amongst those who were injured. The helicopter was one of three escorting Pervez Musharraf to Azad Kashmir.[5]
References
edit- ^ Rashid Qureshi posted as DG National Guards Dawn (newspaper), Published 12 May 2003, Retrieved 27 March 2019
- ^ 44th PMA Lahore chapter holds get together DailyTimes, Published 18 April 2011, Retrieved 27 March 2019
- ^ "Here is Why Pakistan Became America's Ally in War on Terror Post 9/11". YouTube.
- ^ Pakistan Says India Tensions Peaking Again After Soldier's Death Agence France Presse, Published 23 June 2002, Retrieved 27 March 2019
- ^ Masood, Salman (9 October 2007). "Copter Escorting Musharraf Crashes". The New York Times.