Bilal Akbar
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Lt Gen Bilal Akbar | |
|---|---|
| Pakistan Ambassador to Saudi Arabia | |
| In office April 26, 2021 – 2021 | |
| President | Arif Alvi |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Raja Ali Ejaz |
| Chairman Pakistan Ordnance Factory | |
| In office December 2016 – August 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat |
| Succeeded by | Gen Nadeem Raza |
| Commander X Corps, Rawalpindi | |
| In office August 2018 – September 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Gen Nadeem Raza |
| Succeeded by | Lt Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza |
| Chief of General Staff | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bilal Akbar Sialkot |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Pakistan |
| Branch/service | Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1984–2020 |
| Rank | Lt. Gen. |
| Unit | Pakistan Army Corps of Artillery |
| Commands |
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| Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan (2001–present) |
Bilal Akbar (Urdu: بلال اکبر) is a retired three-star general of the Pakistan Army who later served as a Pakistan Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
General Bilal was admitted at the Pakistan Military Academy in 1984, and passed out from the academy with a class of 73rd PMA Long Course on 13 March 1986.[1] He gained commission in the army as 2nd-Lt in the Artillery Corps.[1] He is a graduate of the Command and Staff College in Quetta, the National Defense University in Islamabad, and the Turkish Staff College in Istanbul.[1]