GHQ sends summary for new COAS, CJCSC selection.

ISLAMABAD -- The Director General of the Inter: Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lt Gen Babar Iftikhar Tuesday confirmed that the General Headquarters (GHQ) has forwarded the summary for selection of new joint chief of staff committee (CJCSC) and chief of army staff (COAS) has been sent to the Ministry of Defence. In a tweet, Lt Gen Babar said that the summary contained names of six senior most lieutenant generals of the Pakistan Army. In a significant development, the Prime Minister's Office late yesterday night received the summary containing names of senior army officers for the appointment of new army chief. The summary sent by the Defence Ministry was received by the PM Office after the ministry received a formal letter from the PM Office. The impasse over the finalization of the name was finally over after a long meeting between former president Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the PM House here.

According to official sources, the summary contains the names of senior most army officers to be considered for army chief position. These names include Lt Gen Asim Munir, Lt Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Lt Gen Azhar Abbas, Lt Gen Nauman Mehmood, Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, and Lt Gen Muhammad Aamir. Earlier in the day, high: level consultations continued at the PM Office with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the chair to decide the final name of next army chief as various names...

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