27 Brigadiers of Pak Army promoted to Major General rank  

RAWALPINDI: Twenty-seven Brigadiers including eight from Army Medical Corps have been promoted to the rank of Major General.

According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement here Thursday, a meeting of promotion board from Brigadiers to Major General was held at General Headquarters today. Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Raheel Sharif presided the board meeting. 

Those promoted to Major General rank include Brigadier Muhammad Arif; Brigadier Muhammad Zafar Iqbal; Brigadier Ali Amir Awan; Brigadier Asif Ghafoor; Brigadier Muhammad Ali; Brigadier Azhar Rashid; Brigadier Saeed Akhter; Brigadier Nadeem Ahmed Anjum; Brigadier Khalid Javed; Brigadier Khalid Zia; Brigadier Amjed Ali Khan; Brigadier Abid Latif Khan; Brigadier Muhammad Saeed; Brigadier Akhtar Nawaz; Brigadier Sardar Hassan Azhar Hayat; Brigadier Muhammad Raza Jalil; Brigadier Saqib Mahmood Malik; Brigadier Muhammad Imtiaz Khan and Brigadier Amer Nadeem.

Those promoted from Army Medical Corps include Brigadier Tariq Hussain; Brigadier Khawar Rehman; Brigadier Ammar Raza; Brigadier Safdar Abbass; Brigadier Sohail Aziz; Brigadier Aslam Khan; Brigadier Saleem Ahmed Khan and Brigadier Waseem Ahmed.