According to details, senior military officials reaching the age of retirement on October 1, include four corps commanders and the Pakistan’s spy chief. Sources told that the these officials include Corps Commander Mangla Lt. Gen. Tariq Khan, Corps Commander Gujranwala Lt. Gen. Salim Nawaz, Corps Commander Peshawar Lt. Gen. Khalid Rabbani, Corps Commander Karachi Lt. Gen. Sajjad Ghani and the DG Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Lt. Gen. Zaheerul Islam.
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Raheel Sharif will promote five officials to three-star rank, in order to fill these vacancies.
Sources close to the military told ARY News that the names of Maj. Gen. Naveed Ahmed, Maj. Gen. Sohail Abbas, Maj. Gen. Rizwan Akhter, Maj. Gen. Mian Bilal Hussain, Maj. Gen. Ghayyur Muhammad, Maj. Gen. Nadir Zeb, Maj. Gen. Muhammad Iqbal and Maj. Gen.Nazeer Ahmed Butt are under consideration for the key slots within the military.
