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Lt. Gen Syed Asim Munir, Former ISI head is new COAS
Pakistan

Lt. Gen Syed Asim Munir, Former ISI head is new COAS

On Thursday 24 November, 2022, President Arif Alvi appointed Lieutenant Gen Syed Asim Munir as the new chief of army staff of Pakistan. He has been appointed in replacement of Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa who is going to retire on November 29. Lt Gen Asim Munir will take oath on the same day as he retires. Lt Gen Syed Asim Munir has held the positions of chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Military Intelligence (MI). His tenure at the ISI was the shortest ever because, in 2019, on the insistence of the then-Prime Minister Imran Khan, he was replaced by Lt Gen Faiz Hamid after eight months. President Arif Alvi came to meet PTI leader Imran Khan in Lahore for the consultation of the appointment of Chief of Army Staff. Lt Gen Munir met PM Shehbaz after he has been ap...
Lt. Gen. Syed Asim Munir appointed as New COAS
Pakistan

Lt. Gen. Syed Asim Munir appointed as New COAS

President Dr. Arif Alvi on Thursday approved the summary sent by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to appoint Lt. Gen. Syed Asim Munir as the next Army Chief ( COAS ) and Lt. Gen. Sahir Shamshad Mirza as the new Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC). In an official statement issued by the Secretariat of the President of the State, it is said that the President of the State, Dr. Arif Alvi, has immediately promoted Lieutenant General Sahir Shamshad Mirza to the rank of General and appointed him as the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff from November 27, 2022. A staff committee has been appointed. Said. The statement said that the promotions and appointments are made under Article 243 (4) (a) and (b) and 48 (1) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan read with Sectio...