Asim Munir takes charge as 17th army chief of Pakistan

Posted 2022-11-29, Xinhua Headlines

Photo: AP / W.K. Yousufzai

ISLAMABAD, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- General Asim Munir on Tuesday took charge as the 17th army chief of Pakistan in a ceremony held in the military's general headquarters in Rawalpindi in the country's eastern Punjab province. The outgoing army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa handed over the baton of command to Munir in the... read full story

Photo: Pakistan army Lt. Gen. Syed Asim Munir attends a ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan, Nov. 1, 2022. Munir, a former spymaster, takes charge as Pakistan's new military chief amid a government standoff with former prime minister Imran Khan and the end of a monthslong cease-fire between the government and the Pakistani Taliban.


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