Important military appointments have been decided and Lieutenant General Syed Asim Munir has been appointed as the Chief of the Army Staff.
According to ARY News, Information and Broadcasting Minister Maryam Aurangzeb has said in one of her tweets that Lieutenant General Syed Asim Munir has been appointed as the Chief of the Army Staff while Lieutenant General Sahir Shamshad Mirza has been appointed as the Joint Chief of Staff. .
The Information Minister has said in his tweet that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has taken this decision using his constitutional powers. It should be clear that earlier the meeting of the Federal Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister was held in which Shahbaz Sharif consulted with the ministers in a closed room. of
وزیراعظم پاکستان محمد شہباز شریف نے آئینی اختیار استعمال کرتے ہوئے لیفٹنٹ جنرل ساحر شمشاد مرزا کو چئیرمین جوائنٹ چیفس آف سٹاف اور لیفٹنٹ جنرل سید عاصم منیر کو چیف آف دی آرمی سٹاف مقرر کرنے کا فیصلہ کیا ہے۔ اس بابت سمری صدر پاکستان کو ارسال کر دی گئی ہے۔
— Marriyum Aurangzeb (@Marriyum_A) November 24, 2022
During the meeting, all the officers except the ministers were requested to go out and after they went out, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif consulted with the federal ministers in a closed room.
Zarai said that on this occasion, the federal cabinet has expressed full confidence in Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif.
Defense Minister Khawaja Asif, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Ayaz Sadiq, Bashir Cheema, Malik Ahmad Khan, Shah Zain Bugti, Chaudhry Salik Hussain and others are participating in the meeting.