Shaukat Sultan Major General Shaukat Sultan Khan , HI ( M ) , afwc , psc , was the Director General of the Inter - Services Public Relations of the Pakistani Armed Forces from 2003 to 2007 . He took over the post from Major General Rashid Qureshi in June 2003 . He was the public face of the Pakistan Army and spokesperson of Pakistan ' s military efforts against armed resistance in the Balochistan region , military operations in Waziristan and the war against Al - Qaeda near Pakistan - Afghanistan border . He was replaced by Major General Waheed Arshad as the DG ISPR on March 1 , 2007 , and was posted as General Officer Commanding , 10th Infantry Division Lahore . Later , he was superseded and sent as DG Foreign Military Cooperation ( FMC ) at the Joint Staff Headquarters in Chaklala . Personal background . Major General Shaukat Sultan Khan was commissioned in Pakistan Army in the Sindh Regiment in August 1972 in the 3rd Special War Course . He is a graduate of United States Army Infantry School , Fort Benning , GA , Command and Staff College , Quetta , and National Defence College , Islamabad . He holds a Masters Degree in War Studies from Quaid - i - Azam University , Islamabad . Military career . His command assignments include command of his parent battalion , a Brigade on the Line of Control , and a Brigade in the Strike Corps . His Staff assignments include Brigade Major and Director Military Operations . He has been on the faculty of Pakistan Military Academy , School of Infantry and Tactics , Command and Staff College and National Defence College , Islamabad . He has also served as UN Military Observer in the UN Mission in Bosnia in 1995 - 96 . He was promoted Major General in June 2003 and was appointed as Director General Inter Services Public Relations . He was given the additional responsibility of Press Secretary to the President of Pakistan in June 2004 . Major General Shaukat Sultan was then appointed General Officer Commanding of 10th Infantry Division at Lahore in March 2007 after completing his tenure as Director General of ISPR . Criticism . The Pakistani government ' s suggestion that Osama bin Laden , the world ' s most wanted terrorist , could be its untroubled guest came in the course of an interview to " ABC News " by its spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan . If he is in Pakistan , bin Laden " would not be taken into custody , " Major General Shaukat Sultan told ABC News in the interview , " as long as one is being like a peaceful citizen . " Sultan ' s comments came in the context of questions in the US about the withdrawal of Pakistani military from Waziristan under a deal with pro - Taliban militants , a development that was greeted in the US media with headlines such as " Pakistan surrenders to Taliban . " Analysts attribute this blunder more to General Sultan ’ s lack of understanding of diplomatic norms and to the language barrier . “ While it would be unjust to accuse General Shaukat Sultan of lying , the fact of the matter is that he was not clear what he is uttering ” says Richard Nicole – who heads South Asia desk among the American think tank . “ Let ' s hope he misunderstood the original question ” , concludes " The Indepundit " . “ My point being that Gen . Sultan is not announcing Pakistan ' s policy in the matter . He ' s telling people what the practical reality is based on the operations of the actual authority in the region ” , noted the Hindu site . Relations with parliamentarian Marvi Memon . During his tenure as Director - General of ISPR , he worked closely with Parliamentarian Marvi Memon , an aspirant to replace Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan politics . She therefore joined Pakistan Muslim League ( Q ) ( PML - Q ) , a party headed by Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain who harbour personal enmity with the Bhutto family . Parliamentarian Marvi was assured by Major General Shaukat Sultan that in a future prime ministerial candidate for Pervez Musharraf , she would definitely supported by the military establishment . In contravention to prevalent practice and rules , Parliamentarian Marvi was made Director of ISPR that forced two serving Brigadier Generals of Pakistan Army to tender resignations . Sultan was later superseded for several other reasons , despite being a blue - eyed boy of Musharraf .