[ He was promoted to Major General in June 2005 and had commanded an armoured division in ]Kharian
Kharian ( ur, ), is a city located within the Gujrat District of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Kharian is the headquarters of Kharian Tehsil. According to 2017 Census of Pakistan, it has a population of about 87,419.
It is known as Littl ...
from June 2005 to June 2007.
Other office appointments
Before joining Inter Services Public Relations Directorate, General Abbas was serving as Director General Quartering and Lands in Quartermaster General's Branch, General Headquarters. After he was appointed as the DG ISPR, Major General Mohammad Farooq replaced him at his previous position.
Family
Athar Abbas is married with three children, two daughters and a son.[
He also has 4 brothers, 3 of them are journalists Azhar Abbas (journalist), ]Mazhar Abbas
Mazhar Abbas is a Pakistani journalist. He was the deputy director of ARY News Television, the bilingual news channel in Pakistan, and the secretary general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists. He is the brother of Zaffar Abbas, the ed ...
, and Zaffar Abbas. The other is Anwer Abbas.
See also
* ISPR
* Pakistan Army
*Pakistani Armed Forces
The Pakistan Armed Forces (; ) are the military forces of Pakistan. It is the world's sixth-largest military measured by active military personnel and consist of three formally uniformed services—the Army, Navy, and the Air Force, which are ...
References
External links
ISPR Official Website
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1955 births
Living people
Pakistani generals
Directors-General of the Inter-Services Public Relations
Ambassadors of Pakistan to Ukraine
Recipients of Hilal-i-Imtiaz