Corps Commander Bahawalpur Lieutenant General Faiz Hamid has filed an application to seek early retirement from the army, a private TV channel reported Monday, citing sources.
Lt Gen Hamid, who also served as the chief of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), was among the six senior army officers nominated by the General Headquarters (GHQ) for the army chief’s post, for which the appointments were finalised last week.
The Corps Commander Bahawalpur has sent a request to the GHQ in Rawalpindi for his early retirement, the report added while citing sources.
The development comes days after the federal government appointed Gen Asim Munir as the next chief of army staff and Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff committee (CJCSC).
Pakistan Army’s Chief of General Staff (CGS) Lt Gen Azhar Abbas, according to his brother, has sought early retirement as well. He was also among the senior-most officers.
