37 promoted to major general

RAWALPINDI: The promotion board presided over by Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa which met here on Thursday approved promotion of 37 brigadiers as major generals including nine from the Medical Corps.

The promotion board from brigadiers to major general which was held at General Headquarters considered 987 officers for promotion. Those promoted include Brigadier Babar Iftikhar, Brigadier Muhammad Ahmed Malik, Brigadier Irfan Arshad, Brigadier Muhammad Shahbaz Khan, Brigadier Tahir Hameed Shah, Brigadier Irfan Ahmed Malik, Brigadier Raza Ali Khan, Brigadier Zafar Iqbal, Brigadier Zahid Sarwar Malik, Brigadier Kashif Nazir, Brigadier Adnan Asif Jah Shad, Brigadier Muhammad Zahid Khan, Brigadier Ghulam Jaffar, Brigadier Muhammad Munir Afsar, Brigadier Yousaf Jamal, Brigadier Ehsan Mehmood Khan, Brigadier Muhammad Yousaf Majoka, Brigadier Asad Nawaz Janjua, Brigadier Rahat Naseem Ahmed Khan, Brigadier Mumtaz Hussain, Brigadier Khurram Sarfraz Khan, Brigadier Nayyar Naseer, Brigadier Amer Ahsan Nawaz, Brigadier Najeeb Ahmed, Brigadier Kamran Khurshid, Brigadier Muhammad Asim Iqbal, Brigadier Muhammad Ayub Ahsan Bhatti, and Brigadier Hassan Akhtar Kayani.

Those approved for promotion from Army Medical Corps include Brigadier Malik Muhammad Masud, Brigadier Salman Ashraf, Brigadier Chaudhry Muhammad Qamarul Haq Noor, Brigadier Syed Raza Jafar, Brigadier Khursheed Muhammad Uttra, Brigadier Mrs Shehla Baqai, Brigadier Wasim Alamgir, Brigadier Muhammad Asad Qureshi, and Brigadier Rasikh Maqsood.