ISPR gets new DG

[Farah Sohail]

Athar Abbas will be working in SPD now.

But he is retiring.. DG SPD is a retired Lt Gen..... do they plan to replace DG SPD? but there were strong rumors of Gen Pasha, also becoming DG SPD, after his retirement, but didnt happen

 

[Farah Sohail]

Athar Abbas will be working in SPD now.

But he is retiring.. DG SPD is a retired Lt Gen..... do they plan to replace DG SPD? but there were strong rumors of Gen Pasha, also becoming DG SPD, after his retirement, but didnt happen

 

[Farah Sohail]

Athar Abbas will be working in SPD now.

But he is retiring.. DG SPD is a retired Lt Gen..... do they plan to replace DG SPD? but there were strong rumors of Gen Pasha, also becoming DG SPD, after his retirement, but didnt happen

 

[Farah Sohail]

Athar Abbas will be working in SPD now.

But he is retiring.. DG SPD is a retired Lt Gen..... do they plan to replace DG SPD? but there were strong rumors of Gen Pasha, also becoming DG SPD, after his retirement, but didnt happen

 

[fatman17]

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Army gets new mouthpiece


RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani on Friday appointed Major General Asim Bajwa director general (DG) of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). Major General Athar Abbas, the current ISPR DG, is due to retire in June 2012. Bajwa has been serving in Dera Ismail Khan as general officer commanding (GOC) for the past two years. Under Bajwa, the army has conducted military operations in South Waziristan. He has also served as deputy military secretary under former president Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf.

Major General Asif Khattak has been sent to log area, Gujranwala. He has been serving as Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Quetta director.

Special Services Group (SSG) General Officer Commanding (GOC) Major Gen Farrukh Bashir and Frontier Constabulary (FC) Inspector General Major Gen Nasir Zaib have also been replaced.

Others who have been transformed included Major Gen Hidayat, Major Gen Mazhar Jamil and Major Gen Sadiq Ali.

agencies

 

[Irfan Baloch]

my hats off to Maj Gen. A. Abbas for maintaining professionalism and doing a fairly good job as DGISPR...

wishing success and good luck for his successor

I think one of the most known faces and very well composed and approachable for the local and foreign media.

Gen Athar Abbas has my respect

 

[Jango]

Maj Gen Athar Abbas also accompanied the COAS to Gayari yesterday.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

very approachable indeed....he even spent time briefing ISPRs' interns.

cousin of mine was one of those proud interns

 

[Peregrine]

very approachable indeed....he even spent time briefing ISPRs' interns.

cousin of mine was one of those proud interns

Yeah and when he starts talking he doesn't stop before two hours. Don't understand why your cousin is feeling so proud about it.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Yeah and when he starts talking he doesn't stop before two hours.

meaning he is not camera shy and not averse to taking the time to answer questions...

he's the former head of ISPR

Don't understand why your cousin is feeling so proud about it.

because it was her wish to intern with ISPR and she got a lot out of it and felt it was productive.....i dont see what the problem really is or why she shouldnt be proud

 

[Maira Butt]

Major General Ather Abbas was efficient and tactful in dealing with media persons and also in calming down the hyped up situations. his services should have been extended or promoted to Lt Gen, Anyways wish you all the best General Shahab. and Lets hope Maj Gen Asim Bajwa would even be better than Gen Ather.

 

[truthseeker2010]

Maj Gen Asim Bajwa to replace Athar Abbas as DG ISPR
By Web Desk / Our Correspondent
Published: April 27, 2012

ISLAMABAD: Major General Asim Bajwa has been appointed the new director general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) and spokesman for the Pakistan Army.
A military official has confirmed that Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani named Bajwa to replace the incumbent DG ISPR Major General Athar Abbas, who retires in June this year.
The incoming DG ISPR is currently posted in Dera Ismail Khan as general officer commanding.
Bajwa has supervised key military operations to flush out militants from the South Waziristan Agency.
He also served as former dictator General Pervez Musharraf’s deputy military secretary and commanded the important 111 brigade.
Bajwa will take charge of his new responsibilities after Abbas retires in June.
Major General Abbas was commissioned in October 1976 from Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul and belongs to the Armoured Corps.
He has held various command, staff and instructional appointments that include command of an armoured regiment, armoured brigade and armoured division.
A graduate of Command and Staff College, Quetta and Armed Forces Staff College, Malaysia, he has been General Staff Officer (Operations) in various armoured formation.
He is a participant of the Executive Course at Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies, Hawaii, USA. He has attended Armed Forces War Course and National Defence Course at the National Defence College, Islamabad.
A Masters degree holder in War Studies and Strategic Studies from Quaid-e-Azam University, he was also on the faculty of Command and Staff College, Quetta and National Defence College, Islamabad.
He was promoted to Major General in June 2005 and has commanded an armoured division from June 2005 to June 2007.

Maj Gen Asim Bajwa to replace Athar Abbas as DG ISPR – The Express Tribune

Really, so he is now M Gen for a healthy 7 years, isn't that too long, shouldn't he have been promoted or retired?