Brig Agha Masood Akram, former assistant military secretary to then prime minister Benazir Bhutto, and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Tariq Majid’s Military Secretary Brig Muhammad Imran Zafar, were prominent amongst the promoted military officers to the rank of majors general.

Similarly, Pakistan’s Defence Attache to China Brig Naveed Ahmed and Deputy Inspector General Frontier Corps Brig Nadir Zeb also got promotions as 2-star generals. A meeting of the Army Selection Board for promotion of brigadiers to the rank of majors general was held at the General Headquarters (GHQ).

Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani presided over the board meeting. In all, 29 officers have been recommended for promotion to the rank of major general by the selection board.

The officers recommended for promotion to the rank of majors general are: Brig Nadir Zeb (Armoured Corps), Brig Allah Ditta Khan (Artillery), Brig Obaid Ullah Khan (Artillery), Brig Naveed Ahmed (Artillery), Brig Mian M Hilal Hussain (Artillery), Brig Muhammad Zahid Latif Mirza (Air Defence), Brig Muhammad Imran Zafar (Engineers), Brig Shahzad Sikander (Engineers), Brig Asghar Nawaz (Engineers), Brig Sohail Abbas Zaidi (Signals), Brig Abid Hasan (Infantry), Brig Ikram Ul Haq (Infantry), Brig Nasrullah Tahir Dogar (Infantry), Brig Agha Masood Akram (Infantry), Brig Inam Ul Haq (Infantry), Brig Sohail Ahmed Khan (Infantry), Brig Naushad Ahmed Kayani (Infantry), Brig Rizwan Akhtar (Infantry), Brig Tariq Javed (Infantry), Brig Ghayur Mahmood (Infantry), Brig Sajid Iqbal (Army Services Corps), Brig Imtiaz Hussain Sherazi (Army Services Corps), Brig Faiz Muhammad Khan Bangash (Ordnance), Brig Tariq Jawaid (Electrical and Mechanical Engineers), Brig Syed Jamal Shahid (Electrical and Mechanical Engineers), Brig Adil Khan (Army Medical Corps), Brig Amjad Fahim (Army Medical Corps), Brig Hamid Shafique (Army Medical Corps) and Brig Abdul Khaliq Naveed (Army Medical Corps).