RAWALPINDI: The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced on Tuesday that 12 major generals of the Pakistan Army had been promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.
In a statement, the military’s media wing said those promoted included Major General Inam Haider Malik, Major General Fayyaz Hussain Shah, Major General Nauman Zakria, Major General Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Major General Ayman Bilal Safdar, Major General Ahsan Gulrez, Major General Syed Aamer Raza, Major General Shahid Imtiaz, Major General Muhammad Munir Afsar, Major General Babar Iftikhar, Major General Yousaf Jamal, and Major General Kashif Nazir.
Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar, who is among those promoted, is presently serving as the ISPR director general. He was appointed to the post in January 2020.
Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed was appointed the corps commander for Bahawalpur in August after Lt Gen Sardar Hassan Azhar Hayat took over as the new corps commander for Peshawar.
Lt Gen Sarfraz Ali, who was killed in a helicopter crash, was replaced as the Commander of the XII Corps (Quetta) by Lt Gen Asif Ghafoor. The previous leader of the ISPR was Lt Gen Ghafoor.
