ISLAMABAD: Three top army officers, including former director general (DG) of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lt-Gen Asim Bajwa, have been be reshuffled, according to a handout released by the army’s media wing on Thursday.
Lt-Gen Asim Bajwa has been posted as corps commander southern command (Quetta), replacing Lt Gen Aamer Riaz, the ISPR said. Lt-Gen Aamer Riaz has been appointed Corps Commander Lahore, while Lt-Gen Sadiq Ali, who currently holds the position, has been posted as inspector general of Arms Branch at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, the ISPR said. Lt-Gen Ali will replace Lt-Gen Asim Bajwa, who was posted as the inspector general of Arms Branch by Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa after taking charge as COAS. Lt-Gen Asim Bajwa remained the public face of the military for nearly four-and-a-half years and was the first three-star general to hold the position. He was succeeded as DG ISPR by Maj-Gen Asif Ghafoor, the current ISPR chief, in Dec 2016.
Published in Daily Times, September 29th 2017.
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