The Pakistan Army Promotion Board on Wednesday approved the elevation of 19 brigadiers to the rank of major general.
The decision was made at the promotion board meeting held at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. The meeting was headed by Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani and attended by all corps commanders, principal staff officers and senior army officials.
“After the two-day meeting, the names of 19 brigadiers, who will be promoted to the rank of major general, were finally approved,” said a security official.
He said the brigadiers, who were promoted to the slot of major general included Umar Durani, Ahmad Mahmood, Tariq Masood, Tahir Javed, Nazir Butt, Mazhar Saleem, Muhamad Jafar, Najamul Hasan, Ghulam Qamar, Ali Abbas, Aamer Riaz, Abid Rafique, Asif Khatak, Jamil Rehmat Vance, Salim Raza, Malik Abbas, Syed Badshah Husain, Shahab Naqvi and M Junaid.