Two women among 37 brigadiers promoted to major-general rank: ISPR
RAWALPINDI: Thirty-seven brigadiers, including two women officers of the Pakistan Army, have been promoted to the rank of major-general on Friday.
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced in a statement said, “Promotion board from Brigadier to Major General was held at General Headquarters today. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa presided [the meeting],” the military’s media wing said.
Those promoted include Brigadier Sheharyar Parvez Butt, Brigadier Omar Maqbool, Brigadier Muhammad Asim Khan, Brigadier Ghulam Muhammad, Brigadier Muhammad Nadeem Ashraf, Brigadier Amer Ashfaq Kayani, Brigadier Muhammad Imtanan Babar, Brigadier Abdul Sami, Brigadier Umar Ahmad Shah, Brigadier Muhammad Shahid Siddeeq.
Brigadier Muhammad Farhan Yousaf, Brigadier Muneer Ud Din, Brigadier Muhammad Irfan Khan, Brigadier Noor Wali Khan, Brigadier Kamal Anwar Chaudhry, Brigadier Salman Moin, Brigadier Naseem Anwer, Brigadier Malik Amir Muhammad Khan, Brigadier Adnan Sarwar Malik, Brigadier Mohammad Qaddafi, Brigadier Muhammad Naeem Akhtar, Brigadier Muhammad Shahab Aslam, Brigadier Nadeem Yousaf, Brigadier Farrukh Shahzad Rao and Brigadier Khurram Nisar among the permoted officers.
Those approved from Army Medical Corps include Brigadier Iftikhar Ahmed Satti, Brigadier Syed Adil Hussain, Brigadier Mrs. Qamar Un Nisa Choudhry, Brigadier Irfan Ali Mirza, Brigadier Muhammad Rafiq Zafar, Brigadier Muhammad Waseem, Brigadier Muhammad Suhail Amin, Brigadier Naseer Ahmad Samore, Brigadier Mrs Shazia Nisar, Brigadier Eijaz Ghani, Brigadier Arshad Naseem and Brigadier Nadeem Ahmad Rana.
On April 4, Major General Saqib Mehmood Malik was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General, ISPR. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) today, Lt Gen Malik had been appointed as the Chief of Logistics Staff, Pakistan Army.
