RAWALPINDI: The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General Raheel Sharif, has promoted 28 brigadiers to the rank of major general on Wednesday. Seven doctors from the Army Medical Corps are among those who were promoted as major generals. According to an ISPR press release, a meeting of the Promotion Board was held in the GHQ which was presided over by COAS General Raheel Sharif. The meeting approved the promotion of 28 brigadiers to the rank of major general. Commanding Brigadier of Infantry Brigade of Sialkot Saira Shamshad Mirza was also promoted as a major general. The brigadiers, who were promoted to major general rank by the COAS are: Nadeem Zaki, Shaheen Mazhar, Muhammad Amir, Shahid Pervaiz, Nadir Khan, Manzoor Ahmed, Arshad Mehmood, Muhammad Amir, Hafeezur Rehman, Waseem Ashraf, Muhammad Kalim, Sardar Tariq, Tahir Masood, Azhar Abbas, Charagh Haider, Anis Akbar, Muhammad Kalim, Basit Raza, Muhammad Adnan, Waseem Ashraf, Nauman Masood, Faiz Hamid, Zahid Hamid, Naeem Naqi and Zafar Iqbal.
