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Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah [a] (born 1968) [2] is a Pakistani military officer who is currently serving as the 11th chief of the army staff of Pakistan Army since 29 November 2022. [3] Before becoming the army chief, he was posted at the GHQ as Quartermaster general. [4] He commanded the XXX Corps in Gujranwala from 17 June 2019 to 6 October ...
Faiz Hameed HI(M) (Punjabi & Urdu: فیض حمید) is a retired three-star general of the Pakistan Army, awaiting court martial. [2] Faiz was the country's top Spy-master and served as the 29th Director General of the ISI from 2019 to 2022.
Asim Munir Butt (born 24 October 1982) is a former Pakistani cricketer. Munir was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Sialkot, Punjab. [1] Munir made his debut for Gujranwala in a List A match in the 1998/99 Pakistani cricket season against Lahore City. [2]
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan named Lieutenant-General Asim Munir on Thursday as chief of its army, an organisation that plays a hugely influential role in the governance of the nuclear-armed nation.
The designation of the Chief of the Army Staff was created from the previous title Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army in 1972. Since 1972, there have been 10 four-star rank army generals to be appointed as chief of army staff by statute. [8]
[6] It is noteworthy to mention that the rapport between Khan and the present army chief, Gen Asim Munir, is widely perceived as strained following Munir's dismissal as Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence by Khan during the latter's tenure as prime minister in 2019. [10]
Qamar Javed Bajwa NI(M), HI(M) (Urdu: قمر جاوید باجوہ; born 11 November 1960) is a retired Pakistani general who served as the tenth chief of the Army Staff of Pakistan from 29 November 2016 to 29 November 2022.
In 1985, the Army GHQ formed three field corps to improve the internal security in Balochistan and Punjab. [4] Originally, the XXX Corps was headquartered in Sialkot Cantonment, and took over the area of responsibility of strategic areas of Ilegal Indian Occupied territory of Jammu and Kashmir (extending from Jehlum to Narowal) that was previously overlooked by the I Corps. [2]