ISLAMABAD: Retirement of four lieutenant generals on the same day in
coming September is likely to prompt at least an equal number of
promotions and top level reshuffle in the Pakistan Army.
Well-placed
sources told Online on Sunday that September 21 was the retirement date
of four senior most army officials presently holding key positions
including the Quetta Corps.
According to the sources, Corps
Commander Quetta Lt General Javed Zia, Chairman Pakistan Ordnance
Factory (POF) Lt General Shujat Zamir Dar, Military Secretary to GHQ
and Col Commandant Northern Light Infantry Regiment Lt General Mohsin
Kamal, and Commander Army Strategic Force Command Lt General Jamil
Haider would complete their service together on September 21.
Since
promotion to the rank of Lt General in Pakistan Army is vacancy based,
these retirements would enable promotions of four Major Generals, the
sources told observing, “Transfers and postings on promotion of four Lt
Generals and an equal number of Major Generals would certainly cause
reasonable reshuffle in the top two-tiers of the army.”
Consequent
creation of vacancies in the ranks of Major Generals would be filled up
through promotion SOPs and that is the Promotion Board that promotes
Brigadiers to the next rank. Online
