Athar Abbas is a former Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) and former Ambassador of Pakistan to Ukraine from 2015 to 2018.

[2] After 35 years of active military service, Athar Abbas retired in June 2012.

[1] He is a participant of the Executive Course at Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies, Hawaii, US.

After he was appointed as the DG ISPR, Major General Mohammad Farooq replaced him at his previous position.

[3] Athar Abbas is married with three children, two daughters and a son.