Military pronounces postings of high commanders  

He was beforehand serving because the Peshawar corps commander after being appointed to the workplace in October 2021, when Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmed Anjum changed him because the director-general of the Inter-Providers Intelligence (ISI).

Lt Gen Hameed was given the DG ISI’s function on June 16, 2019, in a shock army shake-up. He had beforehand served within the ISI as the pinnacle of inside safety and comes from the military’s Baloch Regiment.

His appointment had come at a really essential time when each exterior and inside safety challenges gave the impression to be rising.

Lt Gen Hameed’s title first caught the general public eye over his function in ending the Faizabad dharna by the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan in November 2017 by means of an settlement. The group had then staged a sit-in towards amendments to the Elections Act 2017.

In its press launch at present, the Inter Providers Public Relations (ISPR) named Lt Gen Sardar Hassan Azhar Hayat as the brand new Peshawar corps commander. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant normal and appointed because the army secretary in 2020.

In the meantime, the ISPR added that Lt Gen Khalid Zia had been appointed because the army secretary for the Pakistan Military.

Final week, Lt Gen Asif Ghafoor was appointed because the Commander XII Corps (Quetta), changing Lt Gen Sarfraz Ali, who was martyred in a helicopter crash. Lt Gen Ghafoor had beforehand served because the ISPR head.