Malik Zafar Iqbal

Malik Zafar Iqbal is a retired three-star general in the Pakistan Army. He served as Corps Commander of X Corps in Rawalpindi. Following his retirement from the military, he served as the Chairman of the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC).^[1]

Lieutenant General (Retd.) Malik Zafar Iqbal
Chairman of the Punjab Public Service Commission
In office February 2021 – February 2024
Preceded by	Lt Gen (Retd.) Asif Nawaz
Succeeded by	Sohail Shahzad
Personal details
Alma mater	Pakistan Military Academy
Awards	Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1980 — 2019
Rank	Lieutenant General
Unit	3 Baloch Regiment
Commands	Director General Anti-Narcotics Force Commander X Corps Rawalpindi

Military career

Malik Zafar Iqbal was commissioned into the Baloch Regiment in 1980.^[2][3]

As a major general, he has served as Director General of Anti-Narcotics Force.^[4] As a lieutenant general, he was appointed as Deputy Chief of Joint Staff and he had led foreign delegation.^[5] One of his key appointments were Corps Commander Rawalpindi, where he had led the Pakistani troops during the 2016 Indian Line of Control strike.^[6][7][8] He had reportedly claimed that the Indian casualties were higher then Pakistan, marking Pakistan Army's professionalism during the clashes.^[9][10][11]

Post military career

Following his retirement, he was appointed Chairman of the Punjab Public Service Commission in February 2021 and served until February 2024.^[12][13] His tenure was noted for introducing transparent reforms in the recruitment process.^[14]