Bilal Akbar
Bilal Akbar is a three-star rank Lieutenant-General of the Pakistan Army. He is currently serving as Chairman POF Wah Cantt.Biography
Akbar hails from the Punjabi-speaking family of Gujjars from Sialkot District, Punjab, Pakistan. After his matriculation, he 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. He gained commissioned in the army as 2nd-Lt in the Artillery Corps. 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.
In 2013–14, Maj-Gen. Akbar served as the GOC of the 11th Division stationed in Lahore, and was appointed as the Director-General of the Pakistan Rangers's Sindh on 18 September 2014.
On 11 December 2016, Maj-Gen. Akbar was promoted to the three-star rank and appointed as the Chief of General Staff at the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi. On 24 August 2018, Lt-Gen. Akbar was then posted as the field commander of the X Corps stationed in Rawalpindi as a result of a major command reshuffle.
On 28 December 2018, Akbar was appointed as Colonel commandant of the Mujahid Force Regiment stationed in Bhimber.
On 12 September 2019 Lt Gen Bilal Akbar has been appointed as Chairman POF.
