Lieutenant General Asim Munir will be the new Army Chief of Pakistan. Asim has been such an army officer who never got along with the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan. Know, what is the story behind this…
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Lieutenant General Asim Munir will be the new Army Chief of Pakistan. Munir, former chief of ISI, has been the most senior officer of the Pakistani Army. Asim has been such an army officer who never got along with the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan. It cost Munir dearly to cite Imran’s revelations related to Begum Bushra Bibi and the deteriorating image of the army.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has decided to appoint General Asim Munir as the new chief of the Pakistan Army on the basis of seniority and has sent a letter to President Arif Alvi for approval. However, Imran Khan does not like him and this was revealed after the leaked audio of former PTI leader Abdul Aleem Khan.
What was revealed in the audio leak?
Senior journalist Hamza Azhar Salam wrote in his post on Twitter, “In the alleged leaked call, Aleem Khan can be clearly heard saying that when General Asim Munir told Imran Khan that your wife had bought a diamond from a businessman. Have taken the necklace as a gift. The then Prime Minister Imran Khan also mentioned the removal of General Asim Munir from the post of DGI.
In the purported audio, Aleem Khan said, “Ask about the bribe taken by Farah Bibi in Panja, what her Begum got, General Asim was fired because he told Imran Khan that you are crossing the line, You can ask them, Tosha Khana’s watches were sold, the money for which was given to Imran Khan’s wife, if they are so honest then why don’t they tell their stories, where did the money collected by Buzdar go?”
Pakistani journalist Hamza Azhar’s tweet
In a leaked call, Aleem Khan can be heard saying that Gen Asim Munir was removed as DGI by Imran Khan after he told Khan that his wife had accepted a diamond necklace as a bribe from Malik Riaz. Aleem Khan also mentions the infamous Toshakhana watches and Farah’s corruption. pic.twitter.com/BH4Rxae8Go
– Hamza Azhar Salam (@HamzaAzhrSalam) November 24, 2022
There has been an important hand in tension with India
Asim Munir was awarded the “Tamga Bakka” in 1998 for his services in safeguarding Pakistan’s nuclear program and in 2002. He was also awarded the “Freedom Medal”. This medal was given for his excellent service in Siachen when Pakistan had tension with India.
Lt Gen Asim Munir is the first army chief who will be an OTS commissioned officer and not from the Pakistan Military Academy Long Course. General Asim Munir passed out from the Officers Training School at Mangla and was commissioned into the Frontier Force. The Army discontinued the OTS program in the Regimental Army after 1989 and upgraded the Officer Training School to a Junior Cadet Academy in 1990.
General Asim Munir commanded the army in the northern areas as a brigadier under General Bajwa when General Qamar Javed Bajwa was the commander of 10 Corps (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.
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