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In a major reshuffle, military command has changed the portfolios of several general ranking officers giving them important command and staff positions, including that of a corps commander, two general officers commanding (GOCs) and a deputy director general at Inter-Services Intelligence.
According to military sources, Lieutenant-General Naweed Zaman has been appointed Commander IV Corps (Corps Commander Lahore), Major-General Ahmad Mahmood Hayat has been assigned the duties of Deputy DG (Analysis) at ISI headquarters, Major-General Javed Bukhari has been made new GOC 17 Infantry Division Swat, while Major-General Abid Ejaz Kahloon has been tasked with heading 40 Infantry Division as its GOC Dera Ismail Khan. The two staff appointments involve the placements of newly-promoted Lieutenant-General Mazhar Jamil as Military Secretary at General Headquarters and Lieutenant-General Khalid Asghar as Inspector General Communication and Information Technology (C&IT). Before his promotion Asghar had already been serving as IG C&IT as a two-star general. The slot of corps commander Lahore was lying vacant since last month following the appointment of Lieutenant-General Maqsood Ahmad as Military Advisor to United Nations secretary general. New Corps Commander Naweed Zaman was the MS at GHQ before being replaced by Mazhar Jamil.
Ahmad Mahmood Hayat, whose two brothers, Zubair Mahmood Hayat and Omar Mahmood Hayat, are also the serving generals, has replaced Major-General Sahibzada Isfandiyar Pataudi at ISI. Hayat was previously the GOC 40 Infantry Division DI Khan. The new GOC DI Khan, Abid Khloon, was awaiting appointment for six months since his promotion as two-star general in March this year. Pataudi has not been assigned a new posting immediately. He may be appointed as GOC 8 Infantry Division Sialkot where no immediate appointment has reportedly been made. This slot has been lying vacant after appointment of Javed Bukhari as GOC 17 Infantry Division Swat. This position had recently fallen vacant following the killing of Major-General Sanaullah Khan Niazi at the hands of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in Upper Dir area. GOC 19 Infantry Division Swat Major-General Ghulam Qamar had the additional charge of 17 Infantry Division.
Furthermore, last week’s promotions of Mazhar Jamil and Khalid Asghar have brought a reported end to this year’s promotional cycle for the two-star generals, with 10 major-generals promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general in ongoing 2013. Four of the promoted generals belonged to Infantry, two each to Artillery and Engineers, and one each to Armoured Corps and Air Defence. This January, four maj-gens, Maqsood Ahmad, Zubair Mehmood Hayat, Wajid Hussain and Najeebullah Khan, were promoted while two senior most maj-gens Raza Muhammad and Khawar Hanif were superseded.
In August, four more maj-gens Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad, Zamir-ul-Hassan Shah, Qamar Javed Bajwa and Javed Iqbal were elevated to the next level. With the exception of Ishfaq Nadeem, all the other nine lt-gens promoted this year have been assigned postings. Maqsood Ahmad, Ishfaq Nadeem, Qamar Bajwa and Javed Iqbal are from Infantry, Zubair Hayat and Mazhar Jamil from Artillery, Najeebullah and Khalid Asghar from Engineers and Wajid Hussain and Zamir Shah are, respectively, from Armoured Corps and Air Defence. Lt-Gen Zubair is Corps Commander Bhawalpur; Lt-Gen Wajid is Chairman Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT); Lt-Gen Najeeb is Engineer-in-Chief; Lt-Gen Zamir is Commander Air Defence Command (ADC); Lt-Gen Qamar is Corps Commander Rawalpindi and Lt-Gen Javed is president of National Defence University Islamabad. Earlier in March, 29 brigadiers were promoted as maj-gens.
Apart from operational requirements, the retirements of three-star and four-star generals have created a room for the promotions of two-star generals. This January, Chief of General Staff Lt-Gen Waheed Arshad had retired. In August, Corps Commander Rawalpindi Lt-Gen Khalid Nawaz reached the age of superannuation. His retirement was followed by that of Corps Commander Quetta Lt-Gen Alam Khattak who has been replaced this month by President NDU Lt-Gen Nasir Janjua as Corps Commander Quetta. Next month, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen Khalid Shameem Wynne would be retiring to be followed by the retirement of COAS General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani in November.

Generals reshuffled
 
Gen Bukhari to succeed slain GOC


Baqir Sajjad Syed



Gen Bukhari’s first task in his new posting would be to raise the morale of his troops after the assassination of Gen Sanaullah (above L) in an improvised explosive device attack in which a colonel and a sepoy were also killed.

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2013-09-24 06:34:54

ISLAMABAD: Maj Gen Javed Mahmood Bukhari, currently commander of the 8th Division in Sialkot, has been appointed the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 17th Infantry Division, which is operating in Swat, in place of Maj Gen Sanaullah Khan Niazi who was killed in a terrorist attack on Sept 15.

Gen Bukhari, from the Corps of Engineers, had earlier served as the director general of the Frontier Works Organisation.

The appointment came as part of a major reshuffle announced by the army on Monday.

Addressing officers during his visit to the Division Headquarters in Swat over the weekend to pay his respects to the slain commander Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani had said that the army would remain in the valley to preserve security gains made during a counter-militancy operation.

Gen Bukhari’s first task in his new posting would be to raise the morale of his troops after the assassination of Gen Sanaullah in an improvised explosive device attack in which a colonel and a sepoy were also killed.

He would also be expected to work for fulfilment of Gen Kayani’s pledge of “bringing the perpetrators of the cowardly act of terrorism to justice”.

D.I. KHAN: In another important move, 40th Division (Dera Ismail Khan) GOC Maj Gen Ahmad Hayat was transferred to the Inter-Services Intelligence agency as head of the analysis wing.

Gen Hayat replaces Maj Gen Sahibzada Isfandiyar Pataudi, who was superseded in promotions announced last week and is awaiting his next posting.

Gen Hayat was the GOC in D.I. Khan when Taliban attacked the fortified jail in the town on July 29 and freed about 250 inmates despite intelligence alerts about the attack.

The army came in for intense criticism after the jailbreak for not having aided the civilian law-enforcement agencies during the attack.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak had complained to the army top brass that despite having jointly planned a response to the anticipated attack with the civilian agencies, the troops deployed in D.I. Khan did not respond in a timely manner when the terrorists struck.

PTI chief Imran Khan had also raised questions as to how the attackers had managed to get hundreds of their accomplices freed despite deployment of an army division in and around D.I. Khan.

The new GOC in D.I. Khan is Maj Gen Abid Ejaz Kahloon, from the Infantry, who was promoted in March.

LAHORE CORPS: Lt Gen Naweed Zaman was named the new commander of the IV Corps, Lahore.

He will replace Lt Gen Maqsood Ahmed, who was last month appointed by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as military adviser to the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

Gen Zaman is currently military secretary at the General Headquarters.

Lt Gen Mazhar Jamil, promoted last week, has been appointed as the military secretary. His last assignment was vice-chief of general staff.

Lt Gen Khalid Asghar will continue to function as Inspector General (C&IT) at the GHQ, a position he held before his elevation last week.
 
I wish him best of luck in handling messy situation there..
 
Gen Bukhari from the Corps of Engineers just got a very tough task here, I don't know how this can be a good move or why he is been appointed in trouble region. Don't know what our Generals thought.
 
I am no mil person,but could new General be also involved for lot of civilian construction work like Shaheed Gen Ammanullah did so much work for civilian needs?
 
Key postings made in Pak Army

RAWALPINDI: Several key postings were made in the Pakistan Army on Monday, including three lieutenant generals and three major generals.

According to sources here, Lt Gen Naweed Zaman has been posted as General Officer Commanding of IV Corps, Lahore, Lt Gen Khalid Asghar posted as IG C&IT, GHQ, Lt Gen Mazhar Jameel posted as Military Secretary GHQ, Maj Gen Ahmad Hayat as Director General ISI, Maj Gen Abid Ejaz Kahloon Divisional Commander of 40 Div and Maj General Javed Bukhari as GOC 17 Division.

Key postings made in Pak Army - thenews.com.pk
 
He's a general, not a cricketer ;)

What do u think abt Maj Gen Ahmad Hayat being transferred to ISI's analysis wing. Remembering that he was GOC in DI Khan and is equally responsible for july 29 saga despite intel. alerts?

Sefarish?
 
What do u think abt Maj Gen Ahmad Hayat being transferred to ISI's analysis wing. Remembering that he was GOC in DI Khan and is equally responsible for july 29 saga despite intel. alerts?

Sefarish?


Fun fact, Other two brothers of Ahmad Hayat, One is LT.GEN and one is MAJ.GEN. Hayaat family is one of most powerful families in Pakistan ;)

Lt Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat, HI(M), Arty — Commander, XXXI Corps, Bahawalpur. Due to retire on 13 January 2017.

Maj Gen Omar Mahmood Hayat, Ord — DG Procurement (Army) at DG DP, Rawalpindi

Maj Gen Ahmad Mahmood Hayat, AC — GOC 40th Infantry Division, Dera Ismail Khan. (Now DDG ISI)
 
Bad Bad move.... if not all but a lot of us had the experience dealing with FWO... I don't want to detail further.... but, posting is a clear disaster.

Seems like, this has been a forced appointment only waiting for the key position to get vacated!!!!!!

Sounds... way too fishy.... considering, US and Indian wishes, to infiltrate war on TTP.
 
He's a general, not a cricketer ;)

So are the nurses and doctors... of medical core!

Shall we hand them the most key position in army.. i.e. running war against US & Indian terrorists?
 
wel all will be fine when the great ganja appoints general krishnan gopalaswamy as COAS after Gen Ashfaq.....
 

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