Lt. Gen Faiz Hameed requests ‘early retirement’ to GHQ.
According to the details, after the appointment of the new Army Chief, former DGISI and Corps Commander Bahawalpur Faiz Hameed decides to retire prematurely.
According to media report, Lt Gen Faiz Hameed send his request for early retirement to GHQ. His family sources also confirms this.
Corps Commander Bahawalpur’s name included in the summary of the appointment of the new Army Chief. While Lt. Gen. Azhar Abbas also decided to retire prematurely.
It reported that Lt. Gen. Azhar Abbas & Lt. Gen. Faiz, both officers were to retire in April next year.
A few days ago, an Express News report claims that Lt. Gen. Hameed was considering retirement. Faiz Hameed was 5th senior most general in the summary send to the PM for the appointment of Army Chief.
Lt Gen Faiz belongs to the PMA Long Course, he has been the ISI Chief in the past. While he currently holds the post of Corps Commander Bahawalpur.
Appointment of Army Chief
According to the reports of private TV channels after the appointment of General Asim Munir as the Army Chief and General Sahir Shamshad Mirza as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, the senior officer of the Pakistan Army, Lt. Gen. Azhar Abbas, decideds to take retirement.
Lt. Gen. Azhar was 3rd senior most general in the summary send to the PM for appointment of Army Chief.
Lieutenant General Azhar Abbas is also relates to PMA Long Course, he supposed to retire on April 27 next year. However, after the appointment of the new Army Chief, he decided to take early retirement this year.
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It should note that on Nov 22, GHQ send a summary of 6 names to Defense Ministry for the appointment of new Army Chief and CJCSC.
The names of Lt. Gen. Asim Munir, Lt. Gen. Sahir Shamshad, Lt. Gen. Azhar Abbas, Lt. Gen. Nauman Mehmood, Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed and Lt. Gen. Mohammad Amir were included in the summary.
Lt. Gen. Asim Munir was supposed to retire on November 27, but the federal government decided to postpone his retirement for a year and appoint him as the new Army Chief. Lt. Gen. Sahir Shamshad Mizra as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. went.