Staff Reporter
Rawalpindi
The Army on Wednesday announced the top-level promotions of six major generals to the rank of lieutenant general, said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director-General Babar Iftikhar.
In a tweet, the military’s media wing said those promoted included Maj-Gen Akhtar Nawaz, Maj-Gen Sardar Hassan Azhar Hayat, Maj-Gen Asif Ghafoor, Maj-Gen Salman Fayyaz Ghani, Maj-Gen Sarfraz Ali and Maj-Gen Muhammad Ali.
According to the ISPR, newly appointed Lt-Gen Ghafoor has been posted as the Communication and Information Technology Inspector General while Lt-Gen Hayat has been appointed as the Military Secretary.
Lt-Gen Sarfraz Ali and Lt-Gen Muhammad Ali have been appointed as the Commander Southern Command and the Commander ASFC, respectively.
Further, Lt-Gen Muhammad Abdul Aziz has been posted as the Corps Commander Lahore, Lt-Gen Muhammad Waseem Ashraf as the Corps Commander Multan, Lt-Gen Nadeem Ahmed Anjum as the Corps Commander Karachi and Lt-Gen Khalid Zia Corps Commander Bahawalpur. Lt-Gen Majid Ehsan has been posted as Inspector General Arms while Lt-Gen Syed Muhammad Adnan has been appointed the Inspector General Training and Evaluation. Gen Asif Ghafoor, who is among those promoted, has previously served as the ISPR director general. He was appointed to the post in December 2016, replacing Lt-Gen Asim Bajwa. Earlier this year, Maj-Gen Babar Iftikhar replaced Ghafoor as the new head of the military’s media affairs wing.
