Today Gen Asim Munir takes over as the 17th COAS of Pakistan : Who exactly is Gen. Asim Munir?

Today Gen Asim Munir takes over as the 17th COAS of Pakistan.

Outgoing COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa passed the bation of command to General Asim Munir on Tuesday

Today, Gen. Asim Munir assumes the role of 17th COAS.
General Qamar Javed Bajwa, the outgoing COAS, will transfer command to Gen. Asim Munir.


RAWALPINDI: The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the Pakistan Army's change of command ceremony would take place today (Tuesday), observing the time-honoured custom that represents the orderly change of military command.


General Asim Munir, who was picked by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on November 24, will get the "baton of command" from outgoing Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

The troops receive a clear message that military leadership remains uninterrupted when the baton is passed from an outgoing COAS to an incoming one. His appointment's summary was approved by Artif Alvi, President According to Geo News, Gen Asim Munir will be the 17th army chief to take command of the Pakistan Army.

Former military leaders will also be present at the GHQ ceremony. In 1986, Gen Munir was commissioned into the 23rd Frontier Force Regiment. He graduated from the 17th Officers Training Course, Mangla, and received the coveted sword of honour.

He is currently serving as the General Headquarters' quartermaster general. The army chief-designate attended Fuji School in Japan, Quetta Command and Staff College, Malaysian Armed Forces College in Kuala Lumpur, and National Defence University in Islamabad.

He also holds a Master of Philosophy in Public Policy and Strategic Security Management from the National Defence University. The position of quartermaster general was also posted. as a directing staff at the Command and Staff College in Quetta, brigade major of a deployed infantry brigade in Kel, general staff officer, grade 2, 

CGS secretariat, and Mangla corps chief of staff Gen Munir commanded the 23rd Frontier Force Regiment, Infantry Brigade, and served as a force commander in the Northern Areas, Gilgit, and as Corps Commander of the 30 Corps, Gujranwala. The incoming army chief has also served as the Director General of Military Intelligence.

Gen Munir was appointed Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence in 2018. Following that, he was assigned for two years as a corps commander in Gujranwala. After commanding the Gujranwala corps, he was assigned to his current post at the GHQ. Gen Munir will be the first army chief to be in charge of both the MI and the ISI.

Who exactly is Gen. Asim Munir?

Army chief-designate Gen Asim Munir. - ISPR 

Gen Munir is an outstanding officer, but due to the technicalities involved, it was previously thought that he would remain the proverbial dark horse in the race for army chief.

At the time of his nomination for the position, Gen Munir's retirement date was November 27, which posed a technical snag in his ascension to the top spot. To compensate, he was promoted to the rank of four-star general with immediate effect after being named army chief, which was unusual.

Gen Munir was promoted to three-star general in September 2018 but took command two months later. He joined the military through the Officers Training School programme He was commissioned into the Frontier Force Regiment in Mangla.

He has been a close aide to Gen Bajwa since he was a brigadier in the Force Command Northern Areas under the outgoing army chief, who was then Commander X Corps.

Lt Gen Munir was later appointed Military Intelligence Director General in early 2017 and Inter-Services Intelligence Chief in October of the following year.

He was assigned as Gujranwala Corps commander for two years before being transferred to General Headquarters as the quartermaster general.