RAWALPINDI: General Asim Munir will take charge as the new chief of army staff at the change of command ceremony being held at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi, ARY News reported on Tuesday.
Gen Bajwa is all set to retire today (November 29) after completing his six-year stint as the COAS.
According to ISPR, the outgoing Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa will hand over the baton of command to the newly appointed 17th Army Chief General Asim Munir.
The ceremony is being attended by the former military leadership, federal ministers, foreign dignitaries and others.
Before the ceremony, Gen Bajwa visited the Yadgar-e-Shuhda for the last time as chief of army staff. Gen Munir had accompanied him during the visit.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had named the then Lt. Gen Asim Munir on November 24, to take charge of the world’s sixth-largest army, with a formal handover from General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
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General Asim Munir- who headed both the Military Intelligence (MI) and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)- joined Pakistan Army from the Mangala Officers Training School programme and became a commissioned officer in the Frontier Force Regiment.
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Asim Munir Shah commanded the Northern Areas Force as a brigadier and was appointed the director-general of Military Intelligence in the year 2017.
In the year 2018, he was appointed as Director-General (DG) of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). He was succeeded by Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed.
He was then posted as Corps Commander Gujranwala. When he was picked for, he is serving as the Quarter Master at the General Headquarters (GHQ).
The new COAS is a Hafiz-e-Quran and is the first army chief who has headed both the MI and ISI in the past.
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