RAWALPINDI: Major General Asif Ghafoor on Sunday assumed charge as Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).
“Allah be praised. Assumed office of DG ISPR,” Major Gen. Ghafoor tweeted which was also shared by ISPR’s official Facebook account.
The new DG ISPR, in his tweet, lauded services of his predecessor Lt-Gen. Asim Salim Bajwa.
“Thanks Lt Gen Asim Bajwa for contributions,” he tweeted.
“Pakistan Armed Forces Zindabad, Pakistan Paindabad,” Maj. Gen. Ghafoor added.
Gen. Ghafoor is from Pakistan Military Academy’s 78th Long Course and was commissioned in service in 1988. He was promoted as a major general in January this year.
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) December 25, 2016
Major reshuffle (transfers and postings) was made in Pakistan Army after Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa assumed charge on November 29.
Former military spokesman, DG ISPR Lt-Gen Asim Salim Bajwa was transferred as Inspector General Arms (IG Arms).
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