Education

Ghafoor is a graduate of the Command & Staff College in Quetta, Command & Staff College Bandung in Indonesia and the National Defence University in Islamabad. He holds a master's degree in Strategic Studies.

Military life

He was commissioned on 9 September 1988 in the 87 SP Medium Regiment Artillery after four years of training (1984-1988) as a Cadet in the Junior Cadet Battalion at PMA Kakul (1986–88). He had participated in the

Kargil War The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LoC). In India, the conflict is also referr ...

as a Major, operations against terrorists in tribal areas of FATA and Swat during 2008-10 as a Lieutenant Colonel and has commanded a Division at Swat, Malakand in 2016 as a Major General. Asif has also served as Director Military Operations at Army Headquarters GHQ as a Brigadier commanded Divisional Artillery deployed along the

Line of Control The Line of Control (LoC) is a military control line between the Indian and Pakistanicontrolled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir—a line which does not constitute a legally recognized international boundary, but serve ...

and infantry brigade along eastern border. He has been on faculty of Command and Staff College Quetta. The General has served on various staff, instructional and command assignments including Brigade Major Infantry Brigade, Assistant Military Secretary MS Branch, GSO-I Military Operations Directorate, GHQ, Director Military Operations in Military Operations Directorate, GHQ. He has been on the faculty of Command and Staff College, Quetta. He has commanded his parent unit in

Operation al-Mizan The Operation al-Mizan ( en, Operation Justice ) was a series of strategic military campaigns conducted by the Pakistan army and 10,000 United States special operations forces from 2002 to 2006. It continued for five years in various phases eve ...

, Artillery Brigade on Line of Control, Infantry Brigade on Eastern Border and a Division at

Swat In the United States, a SWAT team (special weapons and tactics, originally special weapons assault team) is a police tactical unit that uses specialized or military equipment and tactics. Although they were first created in the 1960s to ...

, Malakand. The General is recipient of COAS Commendation Card for operations in

Bajaur Bajaur District ( ps, باجوړ ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, then during restructuring that merged ...

during 2008 and Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military). In December 2016, Ghafoor was appointed as the Director-General of the ISPR. In January 2020, Ghafoor was appointed as the General Officer Commanding 40 Division in Okara. On 25 November 2020, he was promoted to the rank of

Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

and appointed as Inspector General Communications and Information Technology and now serving as Quetta Corps Commander.

Commands held

* 21 Artillery Division, Swat (Now at Pannu Aqil)

January 2016 - December 2016

Preceded By: Maj Gen
Succeeded By: Maj Gen (Now Lt Gen) Ali Aamir Awan * Director-General

Inter-Services Public Relations The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) ( ur, ), is the media and PR wing of the Pakistan Armed Forces. It broadcasts and coordinates military news and information to the country's civilian media and the civic society. The ISPR directo ...

December 2016 - January 2020

Preceded By: Lt Gen Asim Bajwa
Succeeded By: Maj Gen (Lt Gen) Babar Iftikhar * 40 Infantry Division, Okara

January 2020 - December 2020

Preceded By: Maj Gen Azhar Waqas
Succeeded By: Maj Gen Asad Ur Rehman * Inspector General Communication and Information Technology

December 2020 - August 2022

Preceded By: Lt Gen Ali Aamir Awan
Succeeded By: - * Commander XII Corps, Quetta

August 2022 – present

Preceded By: Lt Gen Sarfaraz Ali
Succeeded By: -

Awards and decorations

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghafoor, Asif Living people Pakistani generals Directors-General of the Inter-Services Public Relations Recipients of Hilal-i-Imtiaz Graduates of the Staff College, Quetta National Defence University, Pakistan alumni Pakistani expatriates in Indonesia 1971 births