A high-level promotion board on Tuesday approved promotions to the rank of Lieutenant-General of four Major-Generals, including Director-General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major-General Asim Bajwa. The board headed by Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif also promoted Major-General Amir Riaz, Major-General Sadiq Ali and Major-General Umar Farooq Durrani.
Major-General Sadiq Ali has been serving as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) Bahawalpur, while Amir Riaz has been serving as the Director-General Military Operations (DGMO).
Major-General Umar Farooq Durrani has been serving as the Vice Chief of General Staff.
Prior to his appointment as DG ISPR in 2012 by the then COAS General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, Bajwa was posted in Dera Ismail Khan as a general officer commanding.
Under Bajwa's leadership, the army conducted military operations in the South Waziristan tribal region to eliminate militancy and restore peace.Prior to that, Bajwa had served as the deputy military secretary under Pervez Musharraf and headed the 111 brigade.
Major-General Amir Riaz was appointed the Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) back in 2013.
After the promotion of four Generals, Pakistan army has made new posting orders.
According to ISPR, Lieutenant-General Ikramul Haq has been posted as Corps Commander, Gujranwala; Lieutenant-General Hilal Hussain posted as Commander Army Strategic Force Command; Lieutenant-General Malik Zafar Iqbal, posted Corps Commander Rawalpindi; Lieutenant-General Asim Saleem Bajwa will continue as DG ISPR; Lieutenant-General Umar Farooq Durrani has been given the command of Mangla Corps and Lieutenant-General Amir Riaz, posted as Commander of Southern Command.