Rawalpindi: Director General (DG) Inter Services Public Relation (ISPR) Major General Athar Abbas is due to retire in June 2012 after full filling the time of his designated duty. Athar Abbas was appointed as DG ISPR in 2008 after replacing Major General Waheed Arshad.
Athar Abbas has long service for the Army he joined the Army in 1976. He served the Army in the war of 1999 against India and lead the Army in many operation.
Athar Abbas would be replaced by his army fellow Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa who would take the charge after his retirement.