Pakistan Army promotes several brigadiers, including two women, to major general

The Pakistan Army Friday upgraded the ranks of several brigadiers to major general in a promotion board meeting held at General Headquarters, the military's media wing said.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), in a statement, said Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa presided over the board meeting.

Brigadiers Sheharyar Parvez Butt, Omar Maqbool, Muhammad Asim Khan, Ghulam Muhammad, Muhammad Nadeem Ashraf, Amer Ashfaq Kayani, Muhammad Imtanan Babar, Abdul Sami, Umar Ahmad Shah, and Muhammad Shahid Siddeeq were promoted to the rank of major general.

Moreover, Brigadiers Muhammad Farhan Yousaf, Muneer Ud Din, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Noor Wali Khan, Kamal Anwar Chaudhry, Salman Moin, Naseem Anwer, Malik Amir Muhammad Khan, Adnan Sarwar Malik, Mohammad Qaddafi, Brigadier Muhammad Naeem Akhtar, Muhammad Shahab Aslam, Brigadier Nadeem Yousaf, Brigadier Farrukh Shahzad Rao, and Brigadier Khurram Nisar also received the promotion.

Similarly, from the Army Medical Corps, Brigadiers Iftikhar Ahmed Satti, Syed Adil Hussain, Qamar Un Nisa Choudhry, Irfan Ali Mirza, Muhammad Rafiq Zafar, Muhammad Waseem, Muhammad Suhail Amin, Naseer Ahmad Samore, Shazia Nisar, Eijaz Ghani, Arshad Naseem, and Nadeem Ahmad Rana were promoted to the ranks of major general.