37 Brigadiers of Pak Army promoted to Major-General rank

COAS presides over meeting of Army Selection Board held at GHQ, says DG ISPR

Thirty seven brigadiers of Pakistan Army were promoted to the rank of major-general on Thursday.

According to DG Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, the approval was given at the meeting of Army Selection Board presided over by Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

Army Selection Board held at GHQ. COAS presided. 37 Brigs including 9 from Medical Corps approved for promotion to the rank of Maj Gen. pic.twitter.com/IRvWJiFvrI

— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) February 9, 2017

Those promoted include Brigadier Nauman Zakria, Brigadier Kanwar Adnan Ahmed Khan, Brigadier Syed Aamir Raza, Brigadier Tariq Zameer, Brigadier Tahir Gulzar Malik, Brigadier Shahid Mahmood, Brigadier Muhammad Asghar, Brigadier Khalid Saeed, Brigadier Ayman Bilal Saida, Brigadier Sarfraz Muhammad, Brigadier Rafiq Ur Rehman, Brigadier Inam Haider Malik, Brigadier Salman Fayyaz Ghani, Brigadier Sarfraz Ali, Brigadier Muhammad Aniqur Rehman Malik, Brigadier Muhammad Asim Malik, Brigadier Fayyaz Hussain Shah, Brigadier Shahid Nazir, Brigadier Ziaur Rehman, Brigadier Zahid Mahmood, Brigadier Azhar lqbal Abbasi, Brigadier Tariq Mahmood, Brigadier Ahsan Gulrez, Brigadier Shahid Imtiaz, Brigadier Rizwan Afzal, Brigadier Usman Haq, Brigadier Syed Shahab Shahid and Brigadier Nauman Ahmed Hashmi.

Those approved for promotion from the Army Medical Corps include Brigadier Tahir Sardar, Brigadier Mrs Nigar Johar, Brigadier Irian Ai Sheikh, Brigadier Liaquat Ali, Brigadier Iftikhar Ahmed, Brigadier Imran Fazal, Brigadier Tahir lqbal, Brigadier Tariq Mahmood Satti and Brigadier Tahir Khadim.