Lt Gen Azhar Abbas made army chief of general staff

ISLAMABAD: Lt Gen Azhar Abbas got on Tuesday called as military’s next Principal of General Team (CGS).

Gen Abbas would certainly be the 35th CGS of the army. He changes Lt Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza, that was uploaded out as commander of Rawalpindi-based 10 Corps– a blog post formerly held by Gen Abbas.

The blog post of CGS is thought about one of the most significant position within the army afterwards of the military chief. The CGS is appointed functional as well as intelligence issues at the General Headquarters with directorates of Military Procedures and Armed force Intelligence dropping under his purview.

Lt Gen Chiragh Haider
Gen Abbas is from the Baloch Regiment.

He has in the past worked as commander of the Infantry Institution, Quetta, and stayed personal secretary [PS( C)] to the then-army chief, Gen Raheel Sharif.

Lt Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza
Moreover, he has commanded a division in Murree and also worked in Operations Directorate as a brigadier.

Gen Mirza is, meanwhile, from the Sindh Regiment. He had before his CGS publishing worked as adjutant general. His other earlier visits consisted of Vice Principal of General Personnel (A), Supervisor General Armed Force Procedures and also General Officer Commanding Dera Ismail Khan. On The Other Hand, Lt Gen Waseem Ashraf has been moved and also posted as Supervisor General of the Joint Staff Head Office. Lt Gen Waseem Ashraf Gen Ashraf was commander of Corps-II Multan and also the Southern command. Lt Gen Chiragh Haider would certainly, on the other hand, step from DG Joint Staff Head office to replace Gen Ashraf at Multan Corps. Both Gen Ashraf and also Gen Haider come from the Frontier Force Program.