Nigar Johar

Lieutenant-General (R) Nigar Johar Khan HI(M) TI(M)
نگار جوہر
Personal details
Born	Panjpir, KPK, Pakistan
Spouse	Johar(-2019)
Education	Presentation Convent Girls High School
Alma mater	Army Medical College Armed Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1985 – 2022
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	Pakistan Army Medical Corps
Commands	Colonel commandant of Army Medical Corps, Pakistan Army Surgeon Lieutenant, Pakistan Army Commandant, Military Hospital Rawalpindi Deputy Commandant, Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi Vice Principal, Army Medical College Commandant Combined Military Hospital Jhelum[1]
Awards	Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)  Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Lieutenant General Nigar Johar Khan HI(M) TI(M) (Urdu: نگار جوہر) is a retired three-star general in the Pakistan Army.^[2] Nigar is the first and only woman in the history of Pakistan Army to reach the rank of lieutenant-general,^[3][4] and the third to reach the rank of major-general.^[5] She belongs to the Pakistan Army Medical Corps and served as the surgeon general of Pakistan Army and Colonel commandant of Army Medical Corps.^[6] The other five women major-generals Shahida Badsha, Shahida Malik, Shehla Baqai, Abeera Chaudhry and Shazia Nisar also belong to the Army Medical Corps.^[7]

In 2015, she was featured in an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) video honoring women in the Pakistan Armed Forces. At the time, she was the deputy commandant of the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Rawalpindi.^[8]