Nigar Johar

Lieutenant-General (R)
Nigar Johar Khan
HI(M) TI(M)
Lieutenant-General (R) Nigar Johar Khan HI(M) TI(M)
نگار جوہر
Personal details
Born	Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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;
Awards	Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military); Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)

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

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.