After the appointment of the new army chief, Lt. Gen. Azhar Abbas’ decision to retire prematurely, Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed is also considering retirement, both officers were to retire in April next year, in the summary of the appointment of the army chief, Names of senior military officers were included. According to the reports of private TV channels Express News and Geo News, the senior officer of the Pakistan Army, Lt. Gen. Azhar Abbas, appointed General Asim Munir as the Army Chief and General Sahir Shamshad Mirza as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee prematurely. Have you decided to retire?
Lt Gen Azhar Abbas was the third senior most general in the summary sent to the Prime Minister for the appointment of Army Chief.
Lt. Gen. Azhar Abbas belongs to PMA Long Course, he was supposed to retire on April 27 next year, but now he has decided to take early retirement this year. While according to the report of Express News, Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed is also being considered for retirement.
Lt Gen Faiz Hameed was the fifth senior most general in the summary sent to the Prime Minister for the appointment of Army Chief. Lt Gen Faiz Hameed also belongs to PMA Long Course, he has been the ISI Chief in the past, while he currently holds the post of Corps Commander Bahawalpur. It should be noted that on November 22, GHQ sent a summary of 6 names to the Ministry of Defense for the appointment of the new Army Chief and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.
The names of Lt. Gen. Asim Munir, Lt. Gen. Sahir Shamshad, Lt. Gen. Azhar Abbas, Lt. Gen. Nauman Mehmood, Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed and Lt. Gen. Mohammad Amir were included in the summary. Lt. Gen. Asim Munir was supposed to retire on November 27, but the federal government decided to postpone his retirement for a year and appoint him as the new Army Chief and Lt. Gen. Sahir Shamshad Mizra as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. went. In this regard, the Prime Minister sent a summary of the new appointments of the Pakistan Army to the President yesterday, which was signed and approved by Arif Alvi.
