Javed Iqbal

Javed Iqbal is a retired Pakistani general who served as Director General Military Operations, Adjutant-General at the General Headquarters, and commander of XXXI Corps in Bahawalpur. In May 2019, he was convicted by a Field General Court Martial on charges described by the military as “espionage/leakage of sensitive information to foreign agencies prejudicial to the national security” and was sentenced to 14 years' rigorous imprisonment. His sentence was later reduced, and he was released from prison in December 2022 while continuing to challenge the conviction in court.

Military career Iqbal served as Director General Military Operations until April 2011. On 15 April 2011, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and assigned to take over as Adjutant-General at the GHQ after the retirement of Nadeem Taj on 29 April. On 30 May 2019, the military announced that Chief of Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa had endorsed the punishment awarded by separate Field General Courts Martial to three convicts, including Javed Iqbal, who was sentenced to 14 years' rigorous imprisonment.

In January 2023, he released from Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail on 29 December 2022 after the military leadership reviewed his case and completed the remainder of his sentence. He still continued to pursue an appeal in the Lahore High Court seeking to have his conviction set aside.