She# the dauntless

 SHE THE DAUNTLESS: GENERAL NIGAR JOHAR 

Lieutenant General  

Nigar Johar Khan is  

a three-star General  

in the Pakistani  

Army. Nigar is the  

first and only women  

to reach the rank of  

lieutenant -general,  

and the third to reach the rank of  major-general. She belongs to the  Pakistan Army Medical Corps and  

currently serves as the surgeon  General of Pakistan Army. 

Johar was born in the Swabi District of  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to a  Pashtun family. Her father, Qadir was  an army colonel. Her parents along  with her two younger sisters died in a 

car accident in 1989. Her husband,  Johar, an Engineer in the military died  in 2019 due to  

cancer. 

Lt Gen Johar is a  

graduate of the  

Army Medical  

College and holds  

and MCPS degree in family medicine. Her military career is filled with firsts.  Besides being the first female officer  to be promoted to the three-star rank,  she was also the first female officer to  command an army hospital. 

She has been decorated with Tamgha i-Imtiaz (Military) and is also the  recipient of Fatima Jinnah Gold Medal  for meritorious services in Army  Medical Corps from the Prime Minister  of Pakistan.

“Every woman’s  

success should be  

an inspiration for  

another. We are  

strongest when we  

cheer eachother.”  

~A quote by Serene Williams~ The lady of substance, Nigar Johar, is  an influencer and a role model for all  women to determine their talents and  take an initiative for their dreams. A sudden turn of events occurred in  Nigar’s life when she lost her family in  an accident but she remained strong  during her upheavals. Nigar with her  character devotes that every person  must build their success on the  grounds of opportunities. 

Watch Lt Gen Nigar Johar’s biopic  here:

https://youtu.be/6gBwruTw2Ok


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