Major Reshuffle In Pakistan Army; Top Corps Commanders Replaced

Major Reshuffle In Pakistan Army; Top Corps Commanders Replaced

In a major reshuffle in the Pakistan Army, President General Pervez Musharraf has changed the corps commanders of Peshawar, Quetta and Bahawalpur.Deputy Chief of General Staff Lt-Gen Khalid Shamim Wyane has been appointed corps commander of Quetta in place of Lt-Gen Hamid Nawaz, who will take charge as inspector general for training and evaluation, to replace Lt-Gen Masood Aslam. Lt-Gen Masood Aslam has been appointed corps commander of Peshawar in place of Lt-Gen Hamid Khan, who has been made commandant of the National Defence University, Islamabad, in place of Lt-Gen Raza Khan. Lt-Gen Raza Khan has been transferred to Bahawalpur as corps commander.Quetta General Officer Commanding (GOC) Maj-Gen Haroon has been made director general of Rangers, Lahore, in place of Maj-Gen Hussain Mehdi. Maj-Gen Jamil Haider has been ordered to take charge as deputy chief of general staff. GOC Maj-Gen Rashid has been transferred to ISI Headquarters, Islamabad.Brig Javed Sultan Khan, Pakistan’s defence attaché in New Delhi, has been promoted to major general and posted GOC Kohat. Defence Attaché in Libya Brig Khalid has been promoted to the rank of major general and posted director general of military land and revenue.Brig Tariq Rasheed Khan has been promoted to major general and posted GOC of 33 Division, Quetta. Brig Muhammad Khalid, deputy military secretary in MS Branch, GHQ, has been promoted to major general and posted GOC of the 17 Division, Kharian.Brig Kaleem Sabir Taseer, director of military operations, GHQ, has been promoted to major general and posted commandant of the School of Artillery, Naushehra. Brig Muhammad Mansha of the National Defence University has been promoted to major general and posted director general of logistics, GHQ. Brig Ghulam Dastgir of the National Defence University has been promoted to major general and posted chief instructor at the War College, National Defence University, Islamabad. Brig Javed Iqbal, who went for studies to the United States, has been promoted to major general and posted GOC, Karachi.Brig Ziauddin Najam of the Army Strategic Force Command has been promoted to major general and posted GOC of strategic force, chief of staff southern, Sargodha. Mangla Corps Brig Tahir Habib Siddiqui has been promoted to major general and posted GOC Armoured Division, Kharian.Vice Commander of Logistic Secretariat Maj-Gen Waqar Ahmed Kangarwi has been posted GOC of Army Aviation Command, Rawalpindi. GOC of Strategic Force Maj-Gen Iftikhar Raja Chaudhry has been posted as director general of welfare, GHQ. GOC 41 Division Quetta Maj-Gen Muhammad Farooque has been posted director general of depots.Maj-Gen Ulfat Hussain, director general of military land and revenue, has been posted vice commander of logistic secretariat. School of Artillery Commandant Maj-Gen Athar Hussain Shah has been posted GOC of 12 Artillery Division, Gujranwala. Kohat GOC Maj-Gen Gul Muhammad has been posted director general of personnel and administration at GHQ. Commandant of the Military College of Engineering Risalpur Maj-Gen Tariq Mehmood has been transferred to ISI, GOC 6 Armoured Division Kharian Maj-Gen Athar Abbas has been posted director general of quartering and lands. staff report