Lt Gen Asif Ghafoor appointed Quetta Corps Commander

Rawalpindi: Lieutenant General Asif Ghafoor has been appointed as the Commander 12 Corps Quetta.

According to the statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Lt Gen Asif Ghafoor has been appointed in place of martyred Lieutenant General Sarfraz Ali.

General Sarfraz along with other five army personnel embraced martyrdom in an army aviation helicopter accident during the relief operation in the flood affected areas in Balochistan on Tuesday.

The military chopper had gone missing as it was en route from Quetta to Karachi at around 5:30pm Tuesday evening. The personnel in the chopper were overseeing the flood relief efforts in the southwest of the country.