Lt. Generals promoted as four star Generals and their postings
1.Lt.Gen.Ehsanul Haq, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. He replaces Gen.Mohammad Aziz Khan, who retires on October 7,2004.He was the DG of theISI, till his promotion.
2.Lt-Gen Ahsan Saleem Hayat, Vice-Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS).He replaces Gen.Muhammad Yusuf Khan, who also retires on October 7,2004. He was the Corps Commander, Karachi, till his promotion and had survived an assassination attempt by the International Islamic Front(IIF) on June 10,2004.
Existing Lt Generals reshuffled
1.Lt.Gen.Ashfaq Kiani. Replaces Ehsanul Haq as DG,ISI. He was Corps Commander, Rawalpindi.
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2. Lt.Gen.Shahid Hameed, Corps Commander, Quetta, posted as Commandant, National Defence College, on retirement following supersession of Lt-Gen Tariq Wasim Ghazi.
Major Generals promoted as Lt Generals and their new postings
1.Lt.Gen.Syed Ather Ali,Corps Commander, Karachi.
2.Lt.Gen.Mohammad Afzal Muzaffar,Corps Commander, 2nd Strike Corps, Multan.
3.Lt.Gen.Hamid Rabnawaz, Corps Commander, Quetta.
4.Lt.Gen.Salahuddin Satti, Corps Commander, Rawalpindi.
5.Lt.Gen.Mohammad Sabir, Corps Commander, Gujranwala.
6.Lt.Gen. Imtiaz Hussain will continue as Director-General, Weapons and Equipment, on his promotion asLt.Gen.
7. Lt-Gen Wasim Ashraf appointed as Adjutant-General to succeed Lt-Gen Faiz Gillani, who retires this month.
Lt Generals who retire on being superseded
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1.Lt-Gen Mohammad Akram. He was Corps Commander, 2nd strike Corps, Multan.
2.Lt-Gen Javed Hasan. He was Corps Commander, Gujranwala. During the Kargil conflict with India of 1999, he was in charge of the operations as Commander FCNA (Force Command Northern Areas). He has been superseded reportedly because of his poor performance, which led to the death of hundreds of Pakistani soldiers at the hands of the Indian Army.
3.Lt.Gen Munir Hafeiz, Chairman, National Accountability Bureau. He is to retire from the Army on October 30, 2004, on reaching the age ofsuperannuation, but will continue as Chairman, NAB, in a civilian capacity till October 2005 when his tenure in that post expires.
Lt. General who has been superseded but will continue in his present post
1.Lt-Gen Hamid Javed, currently Chief of Staff with General Musharraf. He is already under extension for a year after reaching the age ofsuperannuation. He has never held an independent charge of a Corps and, hence, was not eligible for consideration for promotion.
The position of Lt.Gen.S.P.Shahid, Corps Commander, Bhawalpur, who has also been superseded is not clear. Since no one has been appointed in his place, it is possible that, despite hissupersession, he has chosen to continue in the post till his date of superannuation on April 30, 2005.
