Shahida Malik
| Shahida Malik | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Shahida Malik |
| Nickname(s) | "Lady General" |
| Born | Karachi, Sindh Province Pakistan |
| Allegiance |
 Pakistan |
| Service/branch |
 Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1969-2004 |
| Rank |
 Major-General |
| Unit | Pakistan Army Medical Corps |
| Commands held |
Combined Military Hospital Army Medical College CMH Rawalpindi Deputy Commander, AMC National Institute of Health |
| Battles/wars |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Soviet war in Afghanistan Indo-Pakistani War of 1999 2002 Indo-Pakistani standoff |
| Awards |
Hilal-e-Imtiaz Sitara-i-Imtiaz |
Major-General Shahida Malik (Urdu: شاهدا ملک; HI(M), SI(M), SJ), is a retired and high-ranking two-star general officer and a former deputy commander (Surgeon-General) of the Pakistan Army Medical Corps.
She is the first woman in the Pakistan Armed Forces to have reached to a two-star rank, and was also a first woman general officer in the history of Pakistan as well as in the Muslim world. Trained as an army medic and a field combat officer, her army career well served in the Indo-Pakistani wars and is also a recipient of highest military decoration as well as the most-decorated female general officer. She took an honorary retirement in 2004 and retired as the inspector-general and deputy commander of the Pakistan Army Medical Corps.
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.