Ashraf Rashid

Major General Ashraf Rashid
Birth name	Ashraf Rashid
Born	(1948-05-23)23 May 1948 Lahore, Punjab, Dominion of Pakistan
Died	2 October 2004(2004-10-02) (aged 56) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1964–1999
Rank	Major General
Unit	Special Service Group
Commands held	Col. Com. SSG DG Military Operations (DGMO)
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Siachen conflict Indo-Pakistani War of 1999
Awards	Nishan-e-Imtiaz Hilal-e-Imtiaz

Major General Ashraf Rashid (Punjabi, Urdu: أشرف رشيد) (23 May 1948 – 2 October 2004) was a two-star general in the Pakistan Army and the colonel commandant of the Special Service Group division within the Pakistan Army from October 1995 to September 1999. A career army special forces officer, he was responsible for conducting paramilitary operations and infiltrating Kashmiri militants on the Indian side of the Line of Control, which subsequently led to the Kargil War. He resigned from his post in September 1999 following the intense pressure on Pakistan from international community to withdraw its military forces from Kargil.^[1]