Rashid Qureshi
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PakistanRashid Qureshi | |
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| راشد قریشی | |
| Director General of the ISPR | |
| In office November 1998 – May 2003 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Alma mater | Pakistan Military Academy |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Pakistan |
| Branch/service |  Pakistan Army |
| Years of service | 1971–2005 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands | Comd 2AK Bde As A Brig.1996-97 |
| Battles/wars | |
Rashid Qureshi, (Urdu: راشد قریشی) is a retired two-star general[1] of the Pakistan Army who served as Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations.
Qureshi was commissioned in the Pakistan Army on 17 April 1971 in the 44th PMA Long Course.[2] 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.[3]
