Jamil Rahmat Vance

Major General Jamil Rahmat Vance is the first person from the town of Islamgarh and possibly the only person from the district of Mirpur, to have been promoted to the rank of a major general. He was born in a Rajput family in a small village of Mara Khai located about a kilometer from the town of Islamgarh in Mirpur Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan.

He attended Kalyal Bainse primary school, Islamgarh high school and later Mirpur City College. He was inspired by his uncle Faizalam a retired Colonel from the Pakistan Army and joined as a commissioning officer.

Major General Jamil Rahmat Vance is the famous son of the Mirpur district.