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4 Maj Gens promoted to Lt Gen rank


Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani on Wednesday promoted four Major Generals to the rank of Lieutenant General.


According to the military sources, Chief of the Army Staff General Kayani has promoted four major generals which include Major General Ahsan Iqbal, Major General Javed Iqbal, Major General Asif Sajjad and Major General Abid respectively to the ranks of Lt Generals. All the promoted major generals would get new postings.

Sources said that some of the corps commanders would also be changed. Bahawalpur Corps Commander is also likely to be changed. Former DG ISI Lt General Taj would also retire at the end of the month.

According to sources, new President for NDU would be appointed.
 
4 Maj Gens promoted to Lt Gen rank


Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani on Wednesday promoted four Major Generals to the rank of Lieutenant General.


According to the military sources, Chief of the Army Staff General Kayani has promoted four major generals which include Major General Ahsan Iqbal, Major General Javed Iqbal, Major General Asif Sajjad and Major General Abid respectively to the ranks of Lt Generals. All the promoted major generals would get new postings.

Sources said that some of the corps commanders would also be changed. Bahawalpur Corps Commander is also likely to be changed. Former DG ISI Lt General Taj would also retire at the end of the month.

According to sources, new President for NDU would be appointed.

someone had posted a 'retirement' schedule of Lt/Gen's in 2011 - i think about 6-8 guys are retiring this year.
 
Gen Nadeem named new DG military operations

Published: April 16, 2011

As part of a major reshuffle, Kayani assigned five Lt Generals and one Major General to new assignments.

ISLAMABAD:
Major General Ishfaq Nadeem has been appointed Director-General Military Operations – a key office of the Pakistan Army that looks after all the operations of military. As part of a major reshuffle and promotions exercise, Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Friday assigned five Lt Generals and one Major General to new assignments, military sources said.

In his previous assignment, Major General Ishfaq Nadeem had successfully conducted the military operation in Swat. Lt Gen Javed Iqbal has been appointed as the Adjutant General in GHQ, while Lt General Muhammad Asif has been appointed as DG Joint Services headquarters.

Lt Gen Abid Pervez will retain his post as DG Logistics. Lt Gen Ahsen Mehmood has been assigned the post of Engineer-in-Chief of Pakistan Army while, Lt General Sardar Mehmood Ali has been made deputy chairman ERRA.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 16th, 2011.
 
The army selection board at a meeting presided over by Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Wednesday approved elevation of 19 brigadiers to the major-general rank.

The promoted officers included those who were commissioned in the Pakistan Army during 1983-84. Two of them are from armoured corps, two from artillery, eight from infantry, three from medical corps, and one each from corps of military intelligence, army supply corps, air defence and engineering corps.

The selection board was assisted at the meeting by GHQ Military Secretary Lt-Gen Mohsin Kamal.

The promoted brigadiers are: Umar Farooq Durrani (Armoured Corps), Ahmed Mahmood Hayat (Armoured Corps), Tariq Masood Malik (Artillery), Tahir Javed (Artillery), Nazir Ahmed Butt (Frontier Force), Mazhar Saleem Khan (Punjab Regiment), Mohammad Jaffar (Frontier Force), Najamul Hasan Shah (Sindh Regiment – currently posted as Chief of Staff at 10 Corps), Ghulam Qamar (Frontier Force), Ali Abbas Haider (Baloch Regiment), Amir Riaz (Frontier Force – at present posted at Brigade Commander 111 Brigade), Abid Rafeeq (Punjab Regiment), Asif Khatak (CMI), Jameel Rehmat Vance (ASC), Saleem Raza (AD), Malik Muhammad Abbas (AMC), Syed Badshah Hussain Zaidi (AMC), Shahab Naqvi (AMC) and Muhammad Junaid (EME).

The number of serving major-generals in the army is about 150.

Four lieutenant-generals are set to retire next month. Their retirement will be preceded by promotions of major-generals to fill vacancies. The retirements and promotions will lead to a reshuffle in the command.

The retiring officers are: Lt-Gen Javed Zia, Commander Southern Command, Quetta; Lt-Gen Shujaat Zamir Dar, Chairman of Pakistan Ordnance Factories, Wah; Lt-Gen Mohsin Kamal, Military Secretary of GHQ; and Lt-Gen Jamil Haider, Commander of Army Strategic Forces Command.
 
CAn someone please tell me about the salaries of the PA personals

like how much pay a captain get and how much a major.

thanks in advance
 
4 Maj General Promoted: Maj Gen Naseer Janjua, Maj Gen Tariq Nadeem Gilani, Maj Gen Naweed Zaman & Maj Gen Ijaz Chaudry source: Dunya News & Geo News
 
In the Pak Army, there are many cases where officers are not promoted to higher ranks due to favoritism and politics. The senior command may find it very easy to sign a decision over their files but it severely affects the lifestyles and future of a family and its generations to come. This is no new topic, there have been countless such incidents where Merit was overtaken by personal relation and liking for a senior promotion. Why doesn't the senior command have a transparent criteria set for a promotion from Brigadier to Maj-Gen level? What special analytical skills are required to decide the fate of a handful of selected people? If a person has met all the criteria, but was unfortunate enough for not being able to play golf with a corp commander, or his children were not best friends with the commander's children. Only recently I jut came across such a case, where the officer was a fellow deserving a 2 star promotion but was superseded by his junior who was famous in the corp for manipulation and politics. Why wasn't merit truly considered here?
 
In the Pak Army, there are many cases where officers are not promoted to higher ranks due to favoritism and politics. The senior command may find it very easy to sign a decision over their files but it severely affects the lifestyles and future of a family and its generations to come. This is no new topic, there have been countless such incidents where Merit was overtaken by personal relation and liking for a senior promotion. Why doesn't the senior command have a transparent criteria set for a promotion from Brigadier to Maj-Gen level? What special analytical skills are required to decide the fate of a handful of selected people? If a person has met all the criteria, but was unfortunate enough for not being able to play golf with a corp commander, or his children were not best friends with the commander's children. Only recently I just came across such a case, where the officer was a fellow well deserving a 2 star promotion but was superseded by his junior who was famous in the corp for manipulation and politics. The gentleman's life is in a complete tail spin now, where he has been relocated to a post inferior in the status, the senior command is not supporting him in any. Why wasn't merit truly considered here?
 

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