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Lt-Gen Shujaat Zamir Dar appointed Chairman POF

Sunday, 19 April 2009 18:12

Lt. Gen. Shujaat Zamir Dar

Director-General Weapons and Equipment Lieutenant General Shujaat Zamir Dar has been appointed Chairman Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) Wah on Saturday. Lt-Gen Dar, who held various prestigious appointments in Pakistan Army and considered to be one of the finest soldiers in the army, will succeed Lt Gen Sabahat Hussain. Gen. Sabahat will retire from Pakistan Army after a long career on May 5 and would hand over the charge of POF Chairman to Gen Dar.

Gen. Dar belongs to the 13th Entry and was in Jinnah Wing and later in Haider Wing during his senior years. Gen. Dar got his commission in 1972 and joined the Punjab Regiment.  After having performed some appointments in the unit and under gone some courses from different schools of instructions including Command and Staff College Quetta, and a course from Germany, he was posted as Brigade Major in a deployed Brigade in Kashmir. He also has extensive instructional experience.

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1992 and was given the Command of his Regiment. On successful completion of the Command, he was posted as General Staff Officer Operations -1 in a Division. In 1994, he was selected for a United Nation Mission in Bosnia. A year later in 1995, he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier and was given Command of an Infantry Brigade.

In 1998 he did his National Defence Course and was posted to General Headquarters as Director Military Training. In 2000 he was posted to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as Chief of Staff where he has the honour of raising the Bureau from scratch. In recognition of his dedication and committment to his work, he was promoted to the rank of Major General in 2002 and appointed Deputy Chairman of NAB. During his three years in NAB, Gen. Dar has a unique honour of compiling the first and only National Anti-Corruption Strategy.

Thereafter he was entrusted with the command of an Infantry Division during escalation period of 2002. From October 2004 to Mar 2007 he remained Inspector General Frontier Corps Balochistan.

On 11 March 2007 Gen Dar was posted as Director General Doctrine & Evaluation Directorate in GHQ, where he was elevated to the rank of a Lieutenant General on 8th October, 2007 and then later on posted as DG W&E Directorate.

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#2 Rashid aziz 2009-04-20 10:03
This is another great news. I remember Shujaat being in Jinnah wing when we were probably in 2nd year being of class of 64-69 and 11th entry and later on moving to Haider.He has brought honour for us and we are proud of him. God be with you General
 
 
#1 Amir Rauf 2009-04-20 03:42
I extend my heartiest congratulations to Lt Gen Shujaat Zamir Dar on his fresh appointment. By virtue of his appointment as Chairman POF Wah Cantt, he has also become the Chairman Executive Committee of Cadet College Hasan Abdal. We pray for his success and hope the college will further excel in all fields under his kind control and guidance.