27 brigadiers promoted as major generals

RAWALPINDI: As many as 27 brigadiers of the Pakistan Army have been promoted to the rank of major generals, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday.

The promotion board from brigadiers to major general was held at the General Headquarters on Thursday. Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif presided over the meeting that promoted 27 brigadiers, including eight from Army Medical Corps, to the rank of major general.

Those promoted are Brigadier Muhammad Arif, Brigadier Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Brigadier Ali Amir Awan, Brigadier Asif Ghafoor, Brigadier Muhammad Ali, Brigadier Azhar Rashid, Brigadier Saeed Akhter, Brigadier Nadeem Ahmed Anjum, Brigadier Khalid Javed, Brigadier Khalid Zia, Brigadier Amjad Ali Khan, Brigadier Abid Latif Khan, Brigadier Muhammad Saeed, Brigadier Akhtar Nawaz, Brigadier Sardar Hassan Azhar Hayat, Brigadier Muhammad Raza Jalil, Brigadier Saqib Mahmood Malik, Brigadier Muhammad Imtiaz Khan and Brigadier Amer Nadeem.

Those promoted from the Army Medical Corps are: Brigadier Tariq Hussain, Brigadier Khawar Rehman, Brigadier Ammar Raza, Brigadier Safdar Abbass, Brigadier Sohail Aziz, Brigadier Aslam Khan, Brigadier Saleem Ahmed Khan and Brigadier Waseem Ahmed.