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Bilal Akbar (بلال اکبر ) is a three-star rank Lieutenant-General of the Pakistan Army.He is currently serving as Corps Commander X Corps.
Biography
Akbar hails from the Punjabi-speaking family of Gujjars from Sialkot District, Punjab, Pakistan. After his matriculation, he was admitted at the Pakistan Military Academy in 1984, and passed out from the academy with a class of 73rd PMA Long Course on 13 March 1986. He gained commissioned in the army as 2nd-Lt in the Artillery Corps. He is a graduate of the Command and Staff College in Quetta, the National Defense University in Islamabad, and the Turkish Staff College in Istanbul.
In 2013–14, Maj-Gen. Akbar served as the GOC of the 11th Division stationed in Lahore, and was appointed as the Director-General of the Pakistan Rangers's Sindhon 18 September 2014.
On 11 December 2016, Maj-Gen. Akbar was promoted to the three-star rank and appointed as the Chief of General Staff at the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi. On 24 August 2018, Lt-Gen. Akbar was then posted as the field commander of the X Corps stationed in Rawalpindi as a result of a major command reshuffle.
On 28 December 2018, Akbar was appointed as Colonel commandant of the Mujahid Force Regiment stationed in Bhimber.