Bilal Akbar

Lt Gen (R) Bilal Akbar is a retired 3 Star General of the Pakistan Army and retired Pakistan Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

Biography
General Bilal 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 commission 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, Major-General Bilal Akbar served as the GOC of the 11th Division stationed in Lahore. In August 2014, Major General Bilal Akbar was transferred and took charge as the Director-General of the Sindh Rangers. Under his command, the Sindh Rangers decreased the rate of crime in Karachi and apprehended those in charge of organised crime within Karachi. Due to numerous successful operations under his command, Karachi had started its recovery to stability, and becoming a contributing part of Pakistan.

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 Bilal 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, Lt Gen Bilal Akbar was appointed as Colonel commandant of the Mujahid Force Regiment stationed in Bhimber. On 12 September 2019, Lt Gen Akbar was appointed as Chairman Pakistan Ordnance Factory.

In January 2021, Akbar was appointed Pakistan's ambassador to Saudi Arabia after his retirement from the Army in December 2020.