COAS promotes several brigadiers, including two women to rank of major general

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), in a statement, said Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa presided over the board meeting.

پاک فوج میں بریگیڈیئر سے میجر جنرل کے عہدے پر ترقی کے لیے پروموشن بورڈ کا اجلاس ۔ ۔ ۔
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Brigadiers Sheharyar Parvez Butt, Omar Maqbool, Muhammad Asim Khan, Ghulam Muhammad, Muhammad Nadeem Ashraf, Amer Ashfaq Kayani, Muhammad Imtanan Babar, Abdul Sami, Umar Ahmad Shah, and Muhammad Shahid Siddeeq were promoted to the rank of major general.

Moreover, Brigadiers Muhammad Farhan Yousaf, Muneer Ud Din, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Noor Wali Khan, Kamal Anwar Chaudhry, Salman Moin, Naseem Anwer, Malik Amir Muhammad Khan, Adnan Sarwar Malik, Mohammad Qaddafi, Brigadier Muhammad Naeem Akhtar, Muhammad Shahab Aslam, Brigadier Nadeem Yousaf, Brigadier Farrukh Shahzad Rao, and Brigadier Khurram Nisar also received the promotion.

Similarly, from the Army Medical Corps, Brigadiers Iftikhar Ahmed Satti, Syed Adil Hussain, Qamar Un Nisa Choudhry, Irfan Ali Mirza, Muhammad Rafiq Zafar, Muhammad Waseem, Muhammad Suhail Amin, Naseer Ahmad Samore, Shazia Nisar, Eijaz Ghani, Arshad Naseem, and Nadeem Ahmad Rana were promoted to the ranks of major general.

Earlier the day, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, visited the Armed Forces Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFIRM), Rawalpindi.

The Foreign Minister met the war-wounded soldiers, inquired about their wellbeing and was given a detailed briefing on the role and contributions of AFIRM.

AFIRM is a premier rehabilitating institute for war-wounded soldiers who have sacrificed their limbs during various military operations. This State of the Art facility also provides services to both military and civilians affected by accidents, calamities, any kind of violence and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).

He said that the whole nation takes pride in our Armed Forces and acknowledges their achievements and sacrifices may it be during war, internal security duties or nation-building projects across the length and the breadth of the country.

Foreign Minister appreciated the high morale of soldiers and paid tribute for their contributions to peace and stability in the region.

Surgeon General of Pakistan Army Lieutenant General Nigar Johar was also present on the occasion.