Imminent retirements: Five top generals due to retire in Oct-Nov

Outgoing officials include four corps commanders and DG ISI


Our Correspondent August 25, 2014

ISLAMABAD: In the coming months of October and November, there will be high-level changes in the military top brass as four corps commanders, as well as the head of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), will shed their uniforms.

The outgoing officials include Corps Commander Peshawar Lt Gen Khalid Rabbani, Corps Commander Karachi Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani, Corps Commander Mangla Lt Gen Tariq Khan, Corp Commander Gujranwala Lt Gen Saleem Nawaz and the ISI’s Director General Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam.

According to sources, these officers may be replaced with some principal staff officers serving in the General Headquarters as well as newly promoted officers

The sources say that the officials, who may be considered for the position of DG ISI, may include Commander Southern Command Lt Gen Naseer Janjua, Corps Commander Lahore Lt Gen Naveed Zaman, DG Rangers Sindh Maj Gen Rizwan and Maj Gen Hilal.

National Defence University’s (NDU) chief Lt Gen Javed Iqbal, Chief of General Staff and former DGMO Lt Gen Ashfaq Ahmed Nadeem and Maj Gen Nazeer Butt are expected to be considered for the position of corps commander Peshawar.

An official in the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed that some senior officials were due to retire in the coming months. He termed these retirements and promotions as routine events.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 25th, 2014.

COMMENTS (7)

Motiwala | 9 years ago | Reply

@nomi: Looks like you have personal experience, regarding generals. Wonder in which capacity.

Muhibullah | 9 years ago | Reply

The military is in dire need of reform. There is a severe caste system in place between officers and soldiers which might have been suitable to colonial India, when the British needed to "keep the natives down", but it's completely inappropriate for a free, Islamic & democratic Pakistan. The government should fill up these posts with their loyalists & then launch a massive restructuring & reform of the army. At the very least, all military personnel should share the same mess & basic training for soldiers & officers should the same.

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