Noel Israel Khokhar | |
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Director General ISSRA | |
In office 27 November 2013 –25 July 2016 | |
Director General ISSRA | |
In office 16 June 2011 –16 October 2011 | |
General Officer Commanding 23rd Infantry Division Jhelum | |
In office January 2010 [1] –June 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Lahore,Pakistan | 24 October 1960
Education | |
Awards | Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) |
Military service | |
Years of service | 1976–2016 |
Rank | Major General |
Unit | 9th Medium Regiment Artillery Corps |
Commands |
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Noel Israel Khokhar is a Pakistani diplomat and retired Major General of the Pakistani Army. He was one of the highest-ranking Christian serving officers in the Pakistan Army. As of 2020,he is currently serving as an Ambassador of Pakistan to Ukraine. [3]
He was born in Lahore and attended the St. Anthony's High School in Lahore and Forman Christian College. Khokhar joined the Pakistan Army and passed out from the 62nd PMA Long Course in 1976 and was commissioned in the 9th Medium Regiment of the Pakistan Army Artillery on 24 October 1980. [4]
He served in a variety of command and staff positions as well as with the United Nations. He has also been an instructor in Pakistan Military Academy,Pakistan Command and Staff College,and the National Defence University. [5] He is also a graduate from the Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defence and Royal College of Defence Studies in the United Kingdom. He also holds a master's degree from Quaid-i-Azam University and King's College London and a PhD in International Relations.[ citation needed ]
On 9 May 2009,the Army Promotion Board in Rawalpindi promoted Brigadier Khokhar to the rank of major general. [6]
Khokhar was General Officer Commanding in 2010. [7]
In 2011,Major General Khokhar commanded the 23rd Division. Khokhar had also been Chief Instructor of the A-Division at the National Defence University,Islamabad.[ citation needed ] In 2011,the President of Pakistan,Asif Ali Zardari awarded Khokhar the Hilal-i-Imtiaz (M). He had also been serving as DG ISSRA,a think tank at the NDU.[ citation needed ]
In 2011,he was also on the editorial board of the National Defence University Journal,Islamabad. He is one of the only Christian officers who have made it to the rank of major general. [8]
He retired in August 2016 after serving for 36 years. [4]
He is currently serving as the Ambassador of Pakistan to Ukraine.
Insignia | Rank | Date |
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Major General | 9 May 2009 | |
Brigadier | ||
Colonel | ||
Lieutenant Colonel | ||
Major | ||
Captain | ||
Lieutenant | ||
Second Lieutenant |
Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence) | ||||
Tamgha-e-Baqa 1998 | Tamgha-e-Istaqlal Pakistan 2002 | 10 Years Service Medal | ||
20 Years Service Medal | 30 Years Service Medal | 35 Years Service Medal | ||
Tamgha-e-Sad Saala Jashan-e- (100th Birth Anniversary of 1976 | Hijri Tamgha (Hijri Medal) 1979 | Jamhuriat Tamgha (Democracy Medal) 1988 | Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha (Resolution Day Golden Jubilee Medal) 1990 | Tamgha-e-Salgirah Pakistan (Independence Day Golden Jubilee Medal) |
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