27 Brigadiers promoted to the rank of Major General

E-Paper | April 30, 2026

RALWAPINDI: The selection board of Pakistan Army has approved promotion of 27 brigadiers to the rank of major general.

A meeting of the board was held here at the GHQ on Thursday with Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif in the chair.

According to a list issued by the ISPR, the officers recommended for promotion to the rank of major general are 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 Amjad 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, Brigadier Amer Nadeem.

Read: 30 brigadiers promoted

Eight of the officers promoted to major general are part of the Army Medical Corps, these 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.

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Dr Ahmad - Melbourne

Jan 07, 2016 05:06pm

Excellent news. Next generation of fine Pakistani soldiers. Nation is so proud of you all.

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M.Saeed

Jan 07, 2016 05:12pm

Pakistan boasts world's largest population of serving Generals in its army..

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Saeed Masood

Jan 07, 2016 05:14pm

We love you and salute you Pakistan Army...You protect Pakistan...God protect you...Ameen

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Arshad

Jan 07, 2016 05:15pm

I wish our leaders could also learn from this meritorious promotional process...

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faryal

Jan 07, 2016 05:16pm

growing more brigadiers will help Pakistan growing!

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Pakistan Zindabad

Jan 07, 2016 05:28pm

Next Generation of Heads of any Government Institutions, Airlines, Mills, Industries etc etc on the way.

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Farooq anwar

Jan 07, 2016 06:39pm

No one knows what's the criteria of these promotion

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Tahir A

Jan 07, 2016 07:16pm

More baggages and bigger packages of benefits from the national budget and treasury. Of course other sections of the social sectors (like education) will suffer. God bless our distorted priorities.

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ASI

Jan 07, 2016 07:27pm

Watch out and keep respecting.. One of them could be the future President of Pakistan....

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Sab Se Pehle Pakistan

Jan 07, 2016 10:13pm

Excellent and well deserved. Long live Pakistan Army. Genral Raheel Shareef a great and honest leader. Genral Sahab the current corrupt to the core and incompetent setup is distroying state institutions. Inflation is on a record high. The country is sinking in debts. The country is being run as a personal business. Please rescue us and Pakistan before its too late.

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Azhar jamil

Jan 07, 2016 10:31pm

Congrtulations! However nation need more strong defenders not generals. A poor country can not afford expensive badges and protocols etc.

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Cyrus

Jan 08, 2016 01:15am

Pakistan must have a very large army. Where is it?

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Jan 08, 2016 02:44am

Why do we need so many Generals for a fighting force of about 700,000 men?

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Muhammad

Jan 08, 2016 11:23am

@AW Pak army has 27 divisions that are commanded by a MAj General in addition The AMC, NLC , Rangers, FWO, Frontier Corps, SSG etc are also commanded by a MAj General.These promotions are made to fill the gap that will be left after the previous Generals retire.Promotions in army are not made on charity basis, so please don't defame Pak army if you are not familiar with its structure.

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