Pakistani PM names Lt Gen Asim Munir as new Army Chief, Lt Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza as CJCSC

Islamabad, The Gulf Observer: Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has decided to appoint the country’s former ISI chief Lt. Gen. Syed Asim Munir as Army Chief, the information minister said Thursday.

Maryam Aurangzeb tweeted Sharif’s decision to name Lt. Gen. Syed Asim Munir as the new army chief, shortly after the premier presided over a crucial Cabinet meeting in the capital, Islamabad. Munir would replace retiring army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa.

The information minister said Sharif has also decided to appoint Lt. Gen. Sahir Shamshad Mirza as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.

The latest development comes a week before Bajwa is to retire after completing his six-year extended term.