Asif Ghafoor (Urdu: آصِف غفور ) is a Lieutenant General in the Pakistan Army. Currently serving as Quetta Corps Commander, he was previously appointed as Inspector General for Communication & Information Technology. He was the 20th Director General of the ISPR
Education
Asif Ghafoor is a graduate of the Command & Staff College in Quetta, Command & Staff College Bandung in Indonesia and the National Defence University in Islamabad. He holds a master's degree in Strategic Studies.
Military life
He was commissioned on 9 September 1988 in the 87 SP Medium Regiment Artillery after four years of training (1984-1988) as a Cadet in the Junior Cadet Battalion at PMA Kakul (1986–88). He had participated in the Kargil War as a Major, operations against terrorists in tribal areas of FATA and Swat during 2008-10 as a Lieutenant Colonel in Operation Sherdil and has commanded a Division at Swat, Malakand in 2016 as a Major General. Asif has also served as Director Military Operations at Army Headquarters GHQ as a Brigadier commanded Divisional Artillery deployed along the Line of Control and infantry brigade along eastern border. He has been on faculty of Command and Staff College Quetta.
The General has served on various staff, instructional and command assignments including Brigade Major Infantry Brigade, Assistant Military Secretary MS Branch, GSO-I Military Operations Directorate, GHQ, Director Military Operations in Military Operations Directorate, GHQ. He has been on the faculty of Command and Staff College, Quetta. He has commanded his parent unit in Operation al-Mizan, Artillery Brigade on Line of Control, Infantry Brigade on Eastern Border and a Division at Swat, Malakand. The General is recipient of COAS Commendation Card for operations in Bajaur during 2008 and Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military).
In December 2016, Ghafoor was appointed as the Director-General of the ISPR.
In January 2020, Gen. Ghafoor was appointed as the General Officer Commanding 40 Division in Okara. On 25 November 2020, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General and appointed as Inspector General Communications and Information Technology and now serving as Quetta Corps Commander.
Commands held
21 Artillery Division, Swat (Now at Pannu Aqil) January 2016 - December 2016 Preceded By: Maj Gen Succeeded By: Maj Gen (Now Lt Gen) Ali Aamir Awan Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations December 2016 - January 2020 Preceded By: Lt Gen Asim Bajwa Succeeded By: Maj Gen (Lt Gen) Babar Iftikhar 40 Infantry Division, Okara January 2020 - December 2020 Preceded By: Maj Gen Azhar Waqas Succeeded By: Maj Gen Asad Ur Rehman Inspector General Communication and Information Technology December 2020 - August 2022 Preceded By: Lt Gen Ali Aamir Awan Succeeded By: - Commander XII Corps, Quetta August 2022 – present Preceded By: Lt Gen Sarfaraz Ali Succeeded By: -