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
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 (Surgeon-General) of the Pakistan Army Medical Corps.

She is the first lady officer in the Pakistan Army to have reached to a 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

  1. "Major General Shahida Malik". Defencejournal.com. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  2. "Welcome to Big Sisters". Bigsister.org.uk. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
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