COAS appoints new spokesman

Author: By Our Special Correspondent

ISLAMABAD: The army on Thursday appointed Major General Asif Ghafoor as its new spokesperson and chief of its media wing – the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) – as part of a major reshuffle drive initiated by new army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

Major General Ghafoor is presently commanding a division in Swat, and will replace Lieutenant General Asim Saleem Bajwa as the new ISPR DG soon. The army said that General Bajwa also approved appointments of Major General Abdullah Dogar as Commandant Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) Kakul, Major General Syed Adnan as Lahore general officer commanding (GOC), present Lahore GOC Major General Fida Malik as logistics DG at GHQ, Major General Zafarullah Khan as Panu Aqil GOC, Major General Nadir Khan as Personnel Services and Provost Marshal (PS&PM) DG at GHQ and Major General Zafar Iqbal as GOC (armour division) in Gujranwala.

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