Pakistan PM names Lt Gen Asim Munir as new army chief of Pakistan

Pakistan PM names Lt Gen Asim Munir as new army chief of Pakistan

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Category : International Published on: November 26 2022

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  • Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has named Lieutenant General Asim Munir as the new army chief.
  • Pakistan’s military has directly ruled the country of 220 million people for nearly half of its 75-year history.
  • Munir will replace General Qamar Javed Bajwa who will end his six-year tenure as army chief on November 29.
  • Munir is currently posted at the army headquarters in Rawalpindi. He has served briefly as chief of the country’s premier intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
  • Lt Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza has been appointed as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC).
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