Shaukat Sultan | |
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Allegiance | Pakistan |
Service/branch | Pakistan Army |
Years of service | 1972 – |
Rank | Major General |
Unit | Sindh Regiment |
Commands held | DG Inter-Services Public Relations 10th Infantry Division, Lahore DG Foreign Military Cooperation (FMC) |
Battles/wars |
Bosnian War of 1995 War in North-West Pakistan |
Awards | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
Major General Shaukat Sultan Khan, HI(M), afwc, psc, was the Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations of the Pakistani Armed Forces from 2003 to 2007. He took over the post from Major General Rashid Qureshi in June 2003. He was the public face of the Pakistan Army and spokesperson of Pakistan's military efforts against armed resistance in the Balochistan region, military operations in Waziristan and the war against Al-Qaeda near Pakistan-Afghanistan border. He was replaced by Major General Waheed Arshad as the DG ISPR on March 1, 2007, and was posted as General Officer Commanding, 10th Infantry Division Lahore.
Later, he was superseded and sent as DG Foreign Military Cooperation (FMC) at the Joint Staff Headquarters in Chaklala.
Major General Shaukat Sultan Khan was commissioned in Pakistan Army in the Sindh Regiment in August 1972 in the 3rd Special War Course. He is a graduate of United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, GA, Command and Staff College, Quetta, and National Defence College, Islamabad. He holds a Masters degree in War Studies from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
His command assignments include command of his parent battalion, a Brigade on the Line of Control, and a Brigade in the Strike Corps. His Staff assignments include Brigade Major and Director Military Operations.