RAWALPINDI: Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa will assume the charge of Director General Inter Services Public Relations (DG-ISPR) on June 4 2012.
ISPR issued a statement on Sunday, officially announcing Bajwa’s appointment.
Earlier in April, a military official had confirmed that Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani had named Bajwa to replace the incumbent DG ISPR Major General Athar Abbas, who retires in June this year.
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Bajwa was commissioned in Punjab Regiment from Pakistan Military Academy Kakul in March 1984 in 34 Punjab Regiment.
He has held various Command, staff and instructional appointments that include Command of an Anti Tank Battalion, an Infantry Brigade Group and a strike Infantry Division.
Bajwa has also been Brigade Major of an Infantry Brigade and Chief of Staff of a strike Corps.
He has been on the faculty of PMA Kakul and Command and Staff College Quetta and has served as deputy Military Secretary to the President of Pakistan.
A Graduate of Command and Staff College Quetta, National Defence University and Staff College Camberley (UK), he also holds a Master degree in Defence Studies from Kings College London (UK) and MSc War Studies from NDU, Islamabad.
Bajwa is a Tamgha-i-Basalat recipient. He is married with three children.
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Congratulations Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa.... Major General Athar Abbas has a good tenure, handled every issue calmly .. he is great..
@Mirza: Really? In these "tough" economic times, you only see his job as some kind of loss to economy?
What about billions of rupees being looted by government?. Mega corruption fest has been going since 2008 and you seem to have no concern about that but have problem men earning honest payslips.
Ch Allah Dad! Saleem's was typo error, but yours is not. Khurram already corrected you. Congratulation Bajwa! Wish you good luck and the sagacity to acquit yourself well of the new responsibility.
Why would a real combat soldier want to degrade himself and become a salesmen? Nobody believes a word that dept has to say and it's unlikely that changing the spokesperson is going to change the content.
@Yes: Early retirement with all the perks and another high paying job has been the norm in Pakistan. I am surprised that you are surprised. Regards, Mirza
Congratulations General Bajwa; all the best at the new job. @Saleem Ahmad Sherazi: I am sure you actually meant to say " a corps commander "
I wonder why Athat Abbas retiring too early ! He is too young to be retired
Best of luck to him Pakistan Zindabad Pakistan Army zindabad
Maj General Athar Abbas maintained good relations with the Journalists.
I hope that Major General Asim Sallem Bajwa will also extend the same sort cooperation as Major General Athar Abbas did maintained during his tenure with the journalists.
It is important that ISPR should maintain a close relationship with the journalists working in the print and electronic media to have a better cooperation and coverage of the news which should go for publication in the press along with the same lines with ISPR, without any contradiction by any foreign news agency.
Basic question is in this tight budget times why does the army need a Director General Inter Services Public Relations (DG-ISPR)? Why should a whole big department be dedicated for image in public and feed them lot of BS? Most of the news from ISPR has been wrong or misleading including half truths. Hope this new person does not continue the old policy. How many third world countries have such huge dept for army?
This should be a brigadier level job.
Army is too top heavy.
@ Saleem, Perhaps its your typing mistake, the words are corp commander, not core commander. Secondly for corp commander, he needs to be Lt. General first, which is one more step upwards. Anyway, General Bajwa is a very qualified officer. Wish him good luck.
May Almighty Allah guides him to the best path, Ameen.
Excellent choice!
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major general athar abbas was no doubt one of the superb and talented personal in PAK ARMY he used to convey and handled the people with very delightfull manner he never seemed to be in a mood of anger very calm minded and soft nature person very sad on his retirement may ALLAH help him in further future .................days of his life ameen
Congrutlations.
This is my personal comment. Excellent characteristics professional he is not fit for DG-ISPR. He should be a core commander.
Good luck