Pakistan New Army Chief: The name of the new army chief of Pakistan has been announced. In place of General Qamar Javed Bajwa, General Asim Munir will now be the new Army Chief of Pakistan. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced his name.
Let’s read who is General Asim Munir…
General Munir’s term was to be completed in September 2022, after which he was about to retire but his term was extended till 27 November. At the same time, after the announcement of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif today, he will remain on the post of army chief for the next three years.
Munir is favorite of General Bajwa
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General Munir is considered a favorite of General Qamar Javed. In the year 2017, General Bajwa made him the Director General ie Chief of Military Intelligence, after which he also became the Chief of ISIA a year later. However, he was removed from this post after only 8 months. General Munir is the only person who Imran Khan Talked about the corruption related to Bushra Bibi, the wife of After these allegations of the general, Imran had removed him from the post.
Joined the army through open training service.
General Munir is the senior most at present and his name was at the top of the list to be sent to Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif. Prior to the announcement of his name by the PM, he was posted as Quarter Master General in General Headquarters, Rawalpindi. General Munir joined the army through Pakistan’s Open Training Service (OTS).
The name came in the conspiracy of Pulwama…
Tilak Devsher, who has written two books on Pakistan, claimed that it was a well-planned attack which could only be carried out through planning and training and there was no question that the ISI chief had a role in the incident. Through this attack, Munir earned a lot of fame in the eyes of his boss. Munir was the commander of the Northern Area, due to which he had good news about every aspect of Kashmir and this was the reason that he was successful in carrying out the Pulwama attack.
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