Athar Abbas

Athar Abbas
Athar Abbas
	Major General Athar Abbas
Ambassador of Pakistan to Ukraine
	In office; 2015–2018
Director General of the Inter Services Public Relations
	In office; 2008–2012
Preceded by	Waheed Arshad
Succeeded by	Asim Saleem Bajwa
Personal details
Born	23 June 1955; Lahore
Education	Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies, National Defence University, Quaid-i-Azam University
Awards	Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1976 – 2012
Rank	Major General
Unit	Army Armored Corps
Commands	6th Armoured Division, Kharian; DG Quartering and Lands; DG Inter-Services Public Relations;
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1999; War in North-West Pakistan Operation Sherdil; Operation Black Thunderstorm; Operation Rah e Raast; Khyber Pass offensive; Operation Rah-e-Nijat; Orakzai and Kurram offensive; ;

Major General Athar Abbas is a former Director General of the ISPR and former Ambassador of Pakistan to Ukraine from 2015 to 2018. He retired from active military service after 35 years in June 2012.

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