Chief of Army Staff late Tuesday night moved an overview to the Ministry of Defense for the position of a new head of army staff, containing names of six senior-most lieutenant-generals of the Pakistan Army.
“GHQ has forwarded the summary for selection of CJCSC [Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee] and COAS, containing names of six senior most Lt Gens including Lt-Gen Asim Munir, Lt-Gen Sahir Shamshad, Lt-Gen Azhar Abbas, Lt-Gen Nauman Zakria, Lt-Gen Faiz Hamid and Lt-Gen Amir Raza, to MoD,” the ISPR said in a statement.
The move has broken the stalemate over the appointment of a new army chief and the CJCSC, which had captivated the political landscape of the country for the past few weeks.