Shahida Malik
Shahida Malik | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Shahida Malik |
| Nickname(s) | "Lady General" |
| Born | Karachi, Sindh Province Pakistan |
| Allegiance |  Pakistan |
| Service/ |  Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1969-2004 |
| Rank |  Major-General |
| Unit | Pakistan Army Medical Corps |
| Commands held | Inspector General Hospitals Deputy Commander, AMC National Institute of Health |
| Awards | Hilal-e-Imtiaz Sitara-i-Imtiaz |
Major-General Shahida Malik (Urdu: شاهدا ملک; HI(M), SI(M)), is a retired and high-ranking two-star general officer and a former deputy commander () of the Pakistan Army Medical Corps.
She is the first lady officer in the Pakistan Army to have reached to two-star rank. Trained as a doctor, she was appointed the Inspector-General Hospitals as well as deputy commander of the Pakistan Army Medical Corps before retiring in 2004.
Early life[]
She graduated with her MBBS degree from Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore and got selected for Army Medical Corps in 1970.[1]
First woman general[]
She was promoted to Major General rank on 17 June 2002 on the orders of the then Chief of Army Staff, General Pervez Musharraf.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Major General Shahida Malik". Defencejournal.com. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
- ^ "Welcome to Big Sisters". Bigsister.org.uk. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
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