Islamabad (Staff Report/Agencies): Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb says Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decided to appoint Lieutenant General Asim Munir as new Chief of Army Staff (COAS).
“The premier had made the choice while exercising his constitutional powers,” Aurangzeb said in a tweet and added, “She further said that Lt Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza had been picked as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC).”
وزیراعظم پاکستان محمد شہباز شریف نے آئینی اختیار استعمال کرتے ہوئے لیفٹنٹ جنرل ساحر شمشاد مرزا کو چئیرمین جوائنٹ چیفس آف سٹاف اور لیفٹنٹ جنرل سید عاصم منیر کو چیف آف دی آرمی سٹاف مقرر کرنے کا فیصلہ کیا ہے۔ اس بابت سمری صدر پاکستان کو ارسال کر دی گئی ہے۔
— Marriyum Aurangzeb (@Marriyum_A) November 24, 2022
Earlier, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Babar Iftikhar confirmed that the General Headquarters (GHQ) sent a summary regarding the selection of new Joint Chief Of Staff Committee (CJCSC) and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) to the Ministry of Defence.
“GHQ has forwarded the summary for the selection of CJCSC and the COAS, containing names of 6 senior most Lt Gens, to MoD,” Babar Iftikhar said in a tweet.
