Rashid Qureshi, () is a retired two-star generalRashid Qureshi posted as DG National Guards Dawn (newspaper), Published 12 May 2003, Retrieved 27 March 2019 of the Pakistan Army who served as Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations.
Military career Qureshi was commissioned in the Pakistan Army on 17 April 1971 in the 44th PMA Long Course. DailyTimes, Published 18 April 2011, Retrieved 27 March 2019 During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, he was stationed at the Lahore Sector. After the war, Qureshi's company was stationed at the Rawalpindi sector where he became a staff officer at the General Headquarters (GHQ). In 1987, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and was made general officer commanding of the 10th Battalion. In 1991, he became a colonel in the Army, and was made military secretary to General Pervez Musharraf at the Joint Chief of Staff Committee Secretariat.
Inter-services public relations In 1998, Qureshi joined the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).He was made director-general of the ISPR.
He was also a principal military spokesperson of General Pervez Musharraf.Pakistan Says India Tensions Peaking Again After Soldier's Death Agence France Presse, Published 23 June 2002, Retrieved 27 March 2019
He retired from the Pakistan Army in 2005 and currently resides in Islamabad, Pakistan.
2007 helicopter crash On 9 October 2007, in a helicopter crash which killed four people, and injured five, Qureshi was amongst those who were injured. The helicopter was one of three escorting Pervez Musharraf to Azad Kashmir.
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