| Surveyor General of Pakistan | |
|---|---|
| Survey of Pakistan | |
| Nominator | Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan) |
| Appointer | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| Term length | 3 Years |
| Inaugural holder | G.F. Heaney |
| Formation | 1947 |
| Website | surveyofpakistan |
Surveyor General of Pakistan (Urdu: ناظمِ عمومیِ مساحتِ پاکستان) is the Head of Survey of Pakistan, a National Mapping Organisation working under the Ministry of Defense of the Government of Pakistan. The Surveyor Generals of Pakistan had been coming from civil as well as military setups. According to parliament approval, at present Surveyor General of Pakistan is a serving Major General coming from Army Corps of Engineers. Major General Rafiq Ur Rehman, HI(M) is the current Surveyor General of Pakistan.[1]
| Surveyor General | Start of Term | End of Term |
|---|---|---|
| Brigadier G.F. Heaney | 1946 | 1947 |
| Brigadier R.C.N. Jenney | 1947 | 1950 |
| Colonel C.A.K. Innes Wilson | 1950 | 1954 |
| M.N.A. Hashmie | 1954 | 1961 |
| A.R. Quraishi | 1962 | 1963 |
| A. Ahad | 1963 | 1966 |
| G.H. Khan | 1966 | 1969 |
| M. Alauddin Piracha | 1969 | 1970 |
| S.Q. Hassan | 1970 | 1974 |
| Mian Mohammed Sharif | 1974 | 1980 |
| Major General Anis Ali Syed | 1981 | 1990 |
| Major General Muhammad Arshad Malik | 1991 | 1992 |
| Major General Nazir Hussain | 1992 | 1995 |
| Major General (Later Lt Gen) Jehangir Nasrullah | 1995 | 1996 |
| Major General Mahboob Ul Muzaffar | 1996 | 2001 |
| Major General Sabih Udin Bukhari | 2001 | 2002 |
| Major General Tariq Javed | 2002 | 2003 |
| Major General Jamil Ur Rahman | 2003 | 2007 |
| Major General Asif Ali | 2007 | 2009 |
| Major General Munawar Ahmad Solehria | 2009 | 2013 |
| Major General Zahir Shah | 2013 | 2014 |
| Major General Imran Zafar | 2014 | 2017 |
| Major General Akhtar Jamil Rao | 2017 | 2019 |
| Major General Shahid Pervaiz | 2019 | 2022 |
| Major General Saeed Akhtar | 2022 | 2023 |
| Major General Rafiq Ur Rehman | 2023 | present |
