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8 Pakistan Army Generals to retire in one year

Posted By: News Deskon: December 01, 2016

RAWALPINDI: 8 Top most Army Lieutenant Generals would be retiring in 2017.

The names include;

Heavy Industries Chairman Lt Gen Syed Wajid Hussain,

Joint Staff HQ DG Lt Gen Najibullah Khan,

Multan Corps Commander Lt Gen Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad

Bahawalpur Corps Commander Lt Gen Javed Iqbal Ramday, HI(M).

Engineer-in-Chief Lt Gen Khalid Asghar (due to retire on 20 September),

Strategic Plans Division DG Lt Gen Mazhar Jamil ((due to retire on 20 September),

Army Air Defence Command chief Lt Gen Muhammad Zahid Latif Mirza, (due to retire on December 20)

Gujranwala Corps Commander Lt Gen Ikram Ul Haq (due to retire on December 20).

Therefore, eight major generals would be promoted next year.

 

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General Zhao Zongqi Commander People Liberation Army, Western Theatre, People Republic of China visited GHQ today and called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff. General Zhao Zongqi congratulated Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on assumption of command of Pakistan Army. During the meeting matters related to regional security and professional interest were discussed. Visiting General lauded Pakistan Army’s achievements in fight against terrorism and continued efforts for regional peace and stability.
Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, COAS reaffirmed Pakistan Army’s unwavering support for CPEC security. Earlier on arrival at GHQ a smartly turned out contingent of Pakistan Army presented guard of honour to the visiting dignitary. To pay homage to the martyrs of Pakistan Army Chinese General laid a floral wreath at Yadgar-e-Shuhada.

 

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Military Capabilities

Chinese general is first foreign military commander to meet with Pakistan's new army chief

Farhan Bokhari, Islamabad - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly

06 December 2016

The Pakistan Army's new chief of staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, reaffirmed the service's support for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) during a meeting with General Zhao Zongqi of China's People's Liberation Army, Western Theatre Command, on 5 December.

Gen Zhao, who was the first foreign military commander to meet with Pakistan's recently appointed army chief, is said to have underlined the close military ties between Beijing and Islamabad during the meeting.

Pakistan has increasingly turned towards China for military supplies, including a batch of eight new submarines, which are expected to be delivered between 2022 and 2028.

 

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1.Lt Gen Shahid Baig Mirza posted as Corps Commander Karachi. Presently he is Military Secratery at GHQ.

2. Lt Gen Ghayur Mehmood, posted as Military Secretary . He is presently Chief of Logistic Staff at GHQ.

 

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Philippines mulls defense asset imports from Pakistan

By Prinz Magtulis (philstar.com) | Updated December 7, 2016

Earlier, President Rodrigo Duterte, upset of criticism from the United States on his war on drugs, threatened to cut ties with the country's oldest ally that has been providing military support, especially in Mindanao. File

MANILA, Philippines — After Russia and China, the Philippines is now also looking at importing weapons and armory from Pakistan, further diversifying the country's sources from the US, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said.



"I spoke with the (Pakistani) Minister of Defense and my understanding is that the defense industry in Pakistan is very advanced, and that maybe we should look at purchasing military equipment from them...," the Finance chief said.



"I spoke right away with (Defense Secretary Delfin) Lorenzana. He says the equipment in the Pakistan Defense Ministry is very good," he added.



Dominguez mentioned this during his meeting with Pakistani Ambassador Safdar Hayat recently. A statement about the meeting was issued on Wednesday.



Pakistan is located in the Middle East and has been battling terrorist groups such as the Al-Qaeda on its borders for years after the attack in the US in September 2011.



Earlier, President Rodrigo Duterte, upset of criticism from the United States on his war on drugs, threatened to cut ties with the country's oldest ally that has been providing military support, especially in Mindanao.



He then said he could turn to Russia and China for weapons, before backtracking and said training between US and Philippine forces in the south will continue together with armament acquisitions.



There were also reports that the US Senate canceled a gun deal with the Philippines because of the drug war's alleged human rights violations, but these were not verified.



Aside from military equipment, Dominguez said Manila is also keen on importing rice from Islamabad once import restrictions expire next year.



The government said it will not renew the quantitative restrictions on rice that had protected local farmers from cheaper rice shipments for the past decade.



"My efforts from the very beginning have been to concentrate on enhancing trade between the two countries," Hayat was quoted as telling Dominguez.



For his part, the Finance chief said he is looking forward to the first meeting of the Pakistan-Philippines Joint Economic Commission in April next year.



"We'll certainly participate. That will be a good start," he said.



Established in 2009, the commission aims to boost trade and investments between the two countries.



According to Department of Finance data, bilateral trade between the two nations "remained at a narrow base," amounting to $61.3 million in imports and $55.7 million in exports in 2014.



Among others, the country ships corn, vehicles and vehicle parts, cigarette paper, processed fruits and nuts to Pakistan.



In turn, the Philippines receive mostly packaged medicaments, refined petroleum, alcohol, raw tobacco, non-retail pure cotton yarn and textiles from the Middle Eastern nation.



Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established on Sept. 8, 1949, with the Philippines opening a consulate in Karachi.

 

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Infantry Weapons

NORINCO develops new RWS

Christopher F Foss, London - IHS Jane's International Defence Review

09 December 2016

The UW4A ifs fitted with a 30 mm cannon as its main armament. Source: Christopher F Foss

China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO) has expanded its range of remote weapon stations (RWS) with the development of the UW4A, IHS Jane's has learned.

At this stage it has not been confirmed if the UW4A has been developed to meet the operational requirements of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) or the export market.

NORINCO has moved to widen the range of tracked and wheeled armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) that it is now offering for export and some of these are now being marketed with different turrets and RWS to meet end users' specific operational requirements.

The UW4A RWS is armed with an electrically operated 30 mm dual-feed cannon and a 7.62 mm co-axial machine gun (MG), and is fitted with two banks of six 76 mm electrically operated grenade launchers on the lower part of the mount.

The RWS carries 120 rounds of 30 mm ammunition and 200 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition in the ready use position, with additional rounds carried in the hull for manual reloading. Ammunition is fed from the left and once the ready-use rounds have been expended one of the crew members is required to leave the platform in order to reload the weapons.

The weapon station traverses through 360° at a maximum speed of up to 45° per second and elevates from -5° to 55° at a maximum speed of up to 25° per second.

The UW4A's sensor pack in installed externally on the right side and consists of a day sight, a colour CCD camera, an uncooled thermal imager, and a laser rangefinder. The latter not only increases accuracy but makes certain that targets are engaged within the effective range of the armament.

UW4A shown installed on a VP10 armoured personnel carrier. (Christopher F Foss)

Weapons are laid onto the target by the operator using a flat panel display (FPD) inside the vehicle. A computerised fire control system (FCS) is fitted, which is claimed to provide a high first round hit probably under day and night conditions while the platform is stationary or moving.

 

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Major reshuffle in top brass.

By Shakil Shaikh

December 12, 2016

Major reshuffle in top brass
Chief of General Staff, DG ISI, DG ISPR, corps commanders Bahawalpur, Peshawar changed; Lt-Gen Naveed Mukhtar made DG ISI, Bilal Akbar CGS

ISLAMABAD: In a significant command and staff reshuffle in the Pakistan Army, the newly-promoted Lieutenant General Bilal Akbar has been appointed the Chief of General Staff (CGS) while Lt-Gen Naveed Mukhtar has been appointed as Director General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in place of Lt General Rizwan Akhtar.

Meanwhile, Major General Muhammad Saeed, GOC 18 Infantry Division, Hyderabad, has been posted as DG Rangers, Sindh.

Both Lt-Gen Bilal Akbar and Lt-Gen Naveed Mukhtar were serving in Karachi as DG Rangers and Corps Commander, Karachi, respectively and they have been moved to two most powerful positions.

It has been learnt that Lt-Gen Naveed Mukhtar was appointed DG ISI after approval from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa appointed the new CGS, a key position lying vacant since the elevation of General Zubair Hayat as the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.

DG ISI Lt-Gen Rizwan Akhtar has been transferred to the National Defence University (NDU) as its president.

Both Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Army Chief General Bajwa see Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar as a richly experienced top military officer to handle the ISI operations, both overt and covert in a way to serve as the first line of the country’s defence.

Sources said Lt-Gen Naveed Mukhtar is a fine soldier who showed his professional acumen while serving in Karachi as the corps commander. Now, he would be serving as the eyes and ears for the services chiefs as well as the prime minister. In the present scenario, it would be highly important to have an experienced soldier to head the ISI, keeping in view the external and internal threats.

Following the appointment of new corps commanders in Karachi, Multan and Rawalpindi, Chief of Army Staff General Bajwa also appointed Lt-Gen Nazir Butt as Corps Commander, Peshawar, in place of Lt-Gen Hidayatur Rehman, who has been moved to fill in the position of Inspector-General Training and Evaluation (IGT&E) at the General Headquarters.

With both the superseded three-star generals – former Corps Commander Multan Lt-Gen Ishfaq Nadim Ahmed and former Corps Commander Bahawalpur Lt-Gen Javed Ramday – retiring from the Pakistan Army on December 17, Army Chief General Bajwa has brought in his team which is almost visible now.

Military spokesman, DG ISPR Lt-Gen Asim Salim Bajwa has also been transferred as Inspector General Arms (IG Arms), a move which was on the cards. He was posted DG ISPR in June 2012 and promoted to Lt-Gen in September 2015. The army chief, however, has not made new appointment as DG ISPR and it is likely that a major general would be appointed as DG ISPR in the coming week.

In place of retiring Lt-Gen Javed Ramday, the newly-promoted Lt-Gen Sher Afgun has been appointed Corps Commander Bahawalpur.

Lt Gen Bilal made a great success in bringing peace to Karachi where he was highly effective in dealing with lawbreakers, militant groups and flushed out hardcore criminals operating in the garb of political outfits.

DG ISI Rizwan Akhtar has been transferred to the NDU.

Lt-Gen Nazir Butt, who had been the MS to a former prime minister and Defence Attache in the United States, was the ultimate pick as Corps Commander, Peshawar, as he had the experience of conducting operations in that area in the past.

Highly-capable Lt Gen Hidayatur Rehman has been made the IGT&E at the GHQ and he would be there until his retirement, say military sources.

The other postings and transfers announced by the ISPR are that of newly-promoted Lt-Gen Hamayun Aziz who has been appointed Inspector General C&IT at the GHQ; newly promoted Lt-Gen Qazi Ikram who has been appointed Chief of Logistic Staff at the GHQ; newly-promoted Lt-Gen Muhammad Afzal will continue as DG FWO; and newly-promoted Lt-Gen Naeem Ashraf has been appointed Chairman Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT).

 

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New CGS and DGISI

 

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4 LtG and 24 MajG superseded in the recent army promotions of general officers.

 

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http://newslinemagazine.com/magazine/the-bajwa-playbook/

 

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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38278677

 

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