New Pakistan army chief Lt Gen Asim Munir: After the retirement of Qamar Javed Bajwa, many names were involved in the race for the new army chief, but the command of the army was handed over to Asim Munir. Lieutenant General Asim Munir is the most senior officer of the Pakistan Army.
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Lieutenant General Asim Munir will be the new Army Chief of Pakistan. PM Shahbaz Sharif has announced his name. After the retirement of Qamar Javed Bajwa, many names were involved in the race for the new Army Chief, but the command of the army was handed over to Aseem Munir. Lieutenant General Asim Munir is the most senior officer of the Pakistan Army. His posting was at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. After holding the post of DG Military Intelligence in 2017, Munir was the ISI chief for 8 months in the year 2018.In 2018, Munir was a two star rank general.
According to Pakistani media DAWN, his four-year term as lieutenant general is ending on 27 November. By the end of this term, it has been announced to make him the army chief.
He was out of ISI because of Imran.
Aseem Munir remained ISI chief for only 8 months, the reason for this was the then Prime Minister Imran Khan. He was shown the way out of ISI only at the behest of Imran. This was disclosed by senior Pakistani journalist Najam Sethi. He had told that then General Munir was DG ISI, so at that time he had told Imran that the situation in Punjab province was not good. If there is no change in the leadership there, new problems may arise. In a conversation with Imran, Munir had clearly said that the image of the army is getting tarnished due to the situation prevailing in the Punjab province.
Imran Khan did not respond to Munir’s talk, but asked the then Army Chief General Bajwa to remove him. Only after this Munir was sent to Gunjawala.
Munir had revealed the corruption of Imran’s wife
The corruption done by Begum Bushra Bibi of former Prime Minister Imran Khan was also revealed directly by General Munir in front of Imran. Imran did not like this thing either. This was also said to be a major reason behind Munir’s departure from ISI. After this, he remained the Gujranwala Corps Commander for two years and was later posted at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.
The challenge of strengthening the army by removing disputes
Munir was a close associate of General Bajwa Will have the challenge of strengthening the army and dealing with disputes related to the army. There was an atmosphere of uncertainty for a long time regarding the appointment of the new army chief of Pakistan. The names of several senior generals were sent to the Pakistani government to replace General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
Apart from Munir, the names of Lieutenant General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Lieutenant General Azhar Abbas, Lieutenant General Nouman Mehmood, former Director General of ISI, Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed and Lieutenant General Muhammad Aamir were included in the race to become Pak Army Chief.
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