Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah HI(M) ( ur, عاصم منیر احمد ) is a Pakistani four-star rank general and current Chief of Army Staff, prior to become army chief he was posted in GHQ as the Quartermaster general. He commanded the XXX Corps (Pakistan) in

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from 17 June 2019 to 6 October 2021. He served as the 23rd Director-General of the ISI until he was replaced with Lt. Gen.

Faiz Hameed Faiz Hameed ( Punjabi & ur, ) is a retired three-star general in the Pakistani Army. He last served as Commander of the XXXI Corps. He was commissioned in the Baloch Regiment having served as the 24th Director General of the ISI and as GOC ...

on 16 June 2019. He is also a holder of the Sword of Honour.

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Shehbaz Sharif appointed him as 11th Chief of Army staff on 24 November 2022 for the term of 3 years.

Military career

Asim Munir is from the 17th course of the Officers Training School in

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. He was commissioned in the 23rd Battalion of the

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. He started his military career in 1986. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in September 2018 and was subsequently appointed as DG ISI. He previously served as Director General of

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. He was awarded the Hilal-i-Imtiaz in March 2018. He had earlier served as the commander of the Troops deployed in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. In June 2019, Munir was replaced by Lt. Gen.

as the new DG ISI. Munir was transferred and appointed as Corps Commander of XXX Corps in

. On December 8, 2022, Asim Munir received the Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military) award from

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Arif Alvi. At the Aiwan-e-Sadr, the top military officials were given special investitures in front of

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Shehbaz Sharif, diplomats, lawmakers, and federal ministers were present during the ceremony.

Dates of promotion

Awards and decorations

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