Rashid Qureshi
Rashid Qureshi, is a retired two-star general of the Pakistan Army who served as Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations.
Military career
Qureshi was commissioned in the Pakistan Army on 17 April 1971 in the 44th PMA Long Course. 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.
Inter-services public relations
In 1998, Qureshi joined the Inter-Services Public Relations.He was made director-general of the ISPR.He was also a principal military spokesperson of General Pervez Musharraf.
He retired from the Pakistan Army in 2005 and currently resides in Islamabad, Pakistan.