29 brigadiers promoted to major generals

Pakistan’s defence attachés in India, China and South Africa got promotion to the rank of major general besides 26 other brigadiers on Friday.
Chairing the meeting of the Army Promotion Board, the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, approved the promotion of 29 brigadiers out of the total 190 officers who were considered in this transparent and merit-based army promotion system.
Pakistan’s defence attachés to India (Brigadier Sarfraz Sattar), China (Brigadier Faheemul Aziz, also a former commandant of III-Brigade) and South Africa (Brigadier Muhammad Hamayun Saleem) have been promoted as two-star generals in this phase of promotion.
Director Military Intelligence (DMI) Brigadier Hamayun Aziz and Pakistan’s Liaison Officer Brigadier Bilal Akbar were also amongst the promoted military officers. Commandant CMH Rawalpindi Brigadier Salahuddin Qasim (Kohatian) and Chief of Staff (Mangla Corps) Brigadier Nadeem Raza also got promoted.
The following brigadiers were promoted to major generals against the vacancies being created due to the retirement of lieutenant generals/major generals during the year 2012/2013: Brig Sarfraz Sattar, Brig M Naeem Ashraf, Brig Hamayun Aziz, Brig Qazi Muhammad Ikram Ahmad, Brig Syed Shafqat Asghar, Brig Muhammad Hamayun Saleem, Brig Bilal Akbar, Brig Farhat Abbas Sani, Brig Muhammad Ajmal Iqbal, Brig Anwarul Haq Chaudhry, Brig Muhammad Afzal, Brig Faheemul Aziz, Brig Nadeem Raza, Brig Muhammad Tayyab Azam, Brig Aftab Khan, Brig Sher Afghun, Brig Ameer Aslam Khan, Brig Abid Ejaz Khaloon, Brig Anjum Enayat, Brig Iftikhar Aamir, Brig Mushtaq Ahmad Faisal, Brig Qaiser Anees Khurram, Brig Mohammad Muazzam Ali, Brig Salahuddin Qasim, Brig Jawad Khaliq Ansari, Brig Sohail Hafeez, Brig Amjed Iqbal, Brig Mazhar Ishaq and Brig Muhammad Ashfaq.