Sarfraz Sattar Explained

Sarfraz Sattar
Honorific-Prefix:Lieutenant-General
Office2:Director General Strategic Plans Division Force
Term Start2:September 2017
Term End2:November 2019
Office3:Commander II Corps, Multan
Term Start3:December 2016
Term End3:September 2017
Office4:General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 8th Infantry Division
Term Start4:2015
Term End4:2016
Office5:Director-General of Military Intelligence
Term Start5:2013
Term End5:2015
Allegiance: Pakistan
Serviceyears:1984 – 2019
Rank: Lieutenant-General

Lieutenant-General Sarfraz Sattar (Urdu: سرفراز ستار) HI(M) and Imtiazi Sanad is retired three star Pakistani army general who had the post of Director General Strategic Plans Division (Strategic Plans Division Force).[1] He also commanded II Corps, Multan. Before that he was General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 8th Infantry Division, Sialkot. He belongs to the armoured corps and 70th Pakistan Military Academy Long Course. He was promoted to Lieutenant General on 30 September 2016.[2] COAS Qamar Bajwa installed Lt General Sarfraz Sattar as Colonel Commandant Armoured Corps on 15 November 2019.[3]

[4] Sattar also served as the Director General of Military Intelligence and military attaché to India.

During General Raheel Sharif’s stint as the COAS, the most junior lieutenant general was Sarfraz Sattar. It would not be out of place to mention here that General (retd) Raheel Sharif, before his retirement, suggested his name as one of the options for the military command in 2019, as the future successor to the General Qamar Bajwa, for continuation of his policies.[5]

alleged house arrested

It was alleged by the various Indian news outlets that General Sarfraz Sattar was arrested and kept under house arrest for his opposition against extension of tenure of Pakistan's then army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa in November 2019. It was claimed that General Sattar was unhappy with Bajwa's extension as Sattar wanted to become chief himself. [6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Lt Gen Sarfraz Sattar appointed SPD DG.
  2. News: Maj-Gen Sarfraz Sattar promoted to rank of Lieutenant General . 30 September 2016 . .
  3. Web site: COAS installs Lt Gen Sarfraz Sattar as colonel commandant Armoured Corps. 2019-11-15. Daily Times. en-US. 2019-11-26.
  4. Web site: Army announces top-level postings. Tribune.com.pk. 2019-11-25. The Express Tribune. en. 2019-11-26.
  5. Web site: Prominent generals for top posts in 2019.
  6. Web site: Philip . Snehesh Alex . 2020-01-13 . Top Pakistan general & Bajwa’s successor ‘forced to resign after weeks in house arrest’ . 2023-12-05 . ThePrint . en-US.