Rashid Qureshi

Major General

Rashid Qureshi
Major General; Rashid Qureshi
Native name	راشد قریشی
Birth name	Rashid Qureshi
Born	Lahore, Pakistan
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1971–2005
Rank	Major General
Commands	DG ISPR; DG National Guard; Comd 2AK Bde As A Brig.1996-97
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; Siachen conflict; Kargil War; 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff;
Awards	Sitara-i-Imtiaz (military); Sitara-e-Basalat;
Other work	Presidential Spokesperson; Military Secretary;
Director General of the ISPR
	In office; November 1998 – May 2003

Major General Rashid Qureshi, (Urdu: راشد قریشی) SI(M), SBt, is a retired two-star general.^[1]

Military career

Qureshi 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

In 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

On 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]