Canada Global (Web News) Lieutenant General Asim Munir has been named as the new head of the armed forces by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The appointment was made official on Thursday by Marriyum Aurangzeb, the information minister, ending weeks of rumours about what some have called the most important job in the South Asian nation.
For nearly half of its 75-year history, the 220 million-person nation of Pakistan has been directly administered by the military.
According to Aurangzeb’s tweet, Lieutenant General Sahir Shamshad would assume leadership of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.
On November 29, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, the current army head, will complete a six-year term.
Asim Munir was chosen from a list of six candidates for the highest military position during a meeting of the cabinet that PM Sharif presided over earlier on Thursday.
