Sarfraz Sattar

Lieutenant-General Sarfraz Sattar
سرفراز ستار
Director General Strategic Plans Division Force
In office September 2017 – November 2019
Commander II Corps, Multan
In office December 2016 – September 2017
General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 8th Infantry Division
In office 2015–2016
Director-General of Military Intelligence
In office 2013–2015
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1984 – 2019
Rank	Lieutenant-General

Sarfraz Sattar (Urdu: سرفراز ستار) HI(M) is a retired three star Pakistan Army general who had the post of Director General Strategic Plans Division (Strategic Plans Division Force).[1] He also commanded II Corps, Multan. Before that he was General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 8th Infantry Division, Sialkot. He belongs to the armoured corps and 70th Pakistan Military Academy Long Course. He was promoted to Lieutenant General on 30 September 2016.[2] COAS Qamar Bajwa installed Lt General Sarfraz Sattar as Colonel Commandant Armoured Corps on 15 November 2019.[3][4] Sattar also served as the Director General of Military Intelligence and military attaché to India.

During General Raheel Sharif’s stint as the COAS, the most junior lieutenant general was Sarfraz Sattar. It would not be out of place to mention here that General (retd) Raheel Sharif, before his retirement, suggested his name as one of the options for the military command in 2019, as the future successor to the General Qamar Bajwa, for continuation of his policies.[5]

alleged house arrested

It was alleged by the various Indian news outlets that General Sarfraz Sattar was arrested and kept under house arrest for his opposition against extension of tenure of Pakistan's then army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa in November 2019. It was claimed that General Sattar was unhappy with Bajwa's extension as Sattar wanted to become chief himself.[6][7]

References

1. "Lt Gen Sarfraz Sattar appointed SPD DG".
2. "Maj-Gen Sarfraz Sattar promoted to rank of Lieutenant General". The Nation. 30 September 2016.
3. "COAS installs Lt Gen Sarfraz Sattar as colonel commandant Armoured Corps". Daily Times. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
4. Tribune.com.pk (25 November 2019). "Army announces top-level postings". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
5. "Prominent generals for top posts in 2019".
6. Philip, Snehesh Alex (13 January 2020). "Top Pakistan general & Bajwa's successor 'forced to resign after weeks in house arrest'". ThePrint. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
7. Takht ki Jang | DGISI vs COAS | Something Big At Play | Colonel Akbar Hussain Ft Major Adil Raja, retrieved 5 December 2023