ISLAMABAD: The army’s top brass gathered on Wednesday for the monthly corps commanders meeting.

“Matters of professional interest were discussed during the 175th corps commanders’ conference held at General Headquarters and presided over by the Chief of Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif,” a military spokesman said.

The agenda of the meeting mostly related to the ongoing Zarb-i-Azb operation in North Waziristan.

“General Sharif expressed satisfaction on the progress of the operation and lauded the successes made so far,” the spokesman said.

It was the last meeting for four corps commanders, who are retiring this month. They include Lt Gen Khalid Rabbani and Lt Gen Tariq Khan (retiring on Oct 2), Lt Gen Saleem Nawaz (Oct 20) and Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani (Oct 25).

The meeting may also be the last for the Director General of the Inter Services Intelligence, Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam, who will retire on Nov 7.

Gen Sharif paid tribute to the retiring officials and praised their services.

The duration of the conference was reduced because two of the participants had proceeded for Haj.

Published in Dawn, October 2nd, 2014