Shahida Malik Explained

Honorific Prefix:Major General
Shahida Malik
Honorific Suffix:HI(M) SI(M)
Birth Place:Karachi, Sindh Province Pakistan
Nickname:"Lady General"
Birth Name:Shahida Malik
Serviceyears:1969-2004
Unit:Pakistan Army Medical Corps
Commands:Inspector General Hospitals
Vice Principal Army Medical College
Deputy Commander, AMC
National Institute of Health
Awards:Hilal-e-Imtiaz
Sitara-i-Imtiaz

Major-General Shahida Malik HI(M), SI(M) (Urdu: شاهدہ ملک;), was a senior officer of the Pakistan Army Medical Corps.

She is the first lady officer in the Pakistan Army to have reached to 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 was born in the jhatla village of district chakwal. 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]

Notes and References

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