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Rashid Qureshi, ( ur, )

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, is a retired

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.Rashid Qureshi posted as DG National Guards
Dawn (newspaper), Published 12 May 2003, Retrieved 27 March 2019

Military career

Qureshi was commissioned in the Pakistan Army on 17 April 1971 in the 44th PMA Long Course.44th PMA Lahore chapter holds get together
DailyTimes, Published 18 April 2011, Retrieved 27 March 2019 During the

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, 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

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in the Army, and was made

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to General

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at the Joint Chief of Staff Committee Secretariat.

Inter-services public relations

In 1996, Qureshi joined the

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(ISPR). In 1997, he was promoted as

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(brigadier-general) in the Army. In 1998, he was made

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of the ISPR. He was also a Principal Military Spokesperson of General Pervez Musharraf.Pakistan Says India Tensions Peaking Again After Soldier's Death
Agence France Presse, Published 23 June 2002, Retrieved 27 March 2019 He retired from the Pakistan Army in 2005 and currently resides in Islamabad, Pakistan.

2007 helicopter crash

On 9 October 2007, in a helicopter crash which killed four people, and injured five, Qureshi was amongst those who were injured. The helicopter was one of three escorting

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