BREAKING NEWS - Chief of Army Staff/New Corps Commanders

[Interceptor]

General Kiyani after the appointment of Prime Minister Gillani has sacked Core Commanders and appointed new Core Commanders. Kiyani has sacked ex-General Musharrafs cousins who were appointed during his tenure.

 

[blain2]

Lets not over sensationalize the news please.


No /2008-ISPR

Dated 24-3-08

Rawalpindi, March 24: Lieutenant General Shafaat Ullah Shah, Corps Commander Lahore, has been posted as Chief of Logistic Staff (CLS) at the General Headquarters, whereas, Lieutenant General Ijaz Ahmed Bakhshi has been posted as Corps Commander, Lahore. Corps Commander Mangla, Lieutenant General Sajjad Akram has been posted as Deputy Chairman ERRA, whereas, Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmed has been posted as Corps Commander, Mangla. Lieutenant General Shujaat Zamir Dar has been adjusted in General Headquarters. Major General Mukhtar Ahmed, DG NAB has been posted as Director General in General Headquarters.

 

[batmannow]

IS that is all normall ? all these actions were planed before?

 

[fatman17]

the CoAS has the perogative to make these changes - he will put in place Lt-Gens who are like-minded and support his agenda. age and the date of retirement also plays a role as the CoAS would like continuity in key posts like Corps Cmdrs.

 

[blain2]

Absolutely. Its the right of every CoAS to bring in his own team (one would hope his team would include individuals selected on performance and merit) to see his agenda through. Every single CoAS has made changes as he felt necessary.

 

[fatman17]

Absolutely. Its the right of every CoAS to bring in his own team (one would hope his team would include individuals selected on performance and merit) to see his agenda through. Every single CoAS has made changes as he felt necessary.

thx blain2 and suggest this thread moved to land forces section!

 

[Awesome]

This news has taken a whole new twist. It seems like these changes have been done at the behest of Musharraf not as an anti-Musharraf move.

If this is true, questions arise...

Is he still the unofficial CoAS?
Why is he still in the Army house and not the Presidential House?
Why did Kayani feel the need to go out of the way to clarify that the Army is not distancing itself from Musharraf
How come the President calls upon Kayani for routine debriefing and updates?

Just chorrhing a new shosha . I'm sure others have had this thought as well.

 

[MOSABJA]

Can any body tell me that the Core commanders replaced were cousins of Musharraf????????

 

[BATMAN]

Is he still the unofficial CoAS?
Why is he still in the Army house and not the Presidential House?
Why did Kayani feel the need to go out of the way to clarify that the Army is not distancing itself from Musharraf
How come the President calls upon Kayani for routine debriefing and updates?

Just chorrhing a new shosha . I'm sure others have had this thought as well.

I believe there is no harm in consultation with predessor after all he is and will remain an asset for the country and army.
Musharraf is known for his leadership and kiyani's respect for his predessor is not dubious.
I assume he is residing in Army house because of security reasons. Who knows pro-terrorist regime try to kidnap or assasinate him.

 

[Interceptor]

Can any body tell me that the Core commanders replaced were cousins of Musharraf????????

I can tell you they were you can check this up, Musharraf did this to keep supremacy in the Army while holding power in the Awan (Parliament) Kayani has suddenly replaced them and it shows how lonely Musharraf, Kayani doesn't want confrontation with Awan and plus he want to be selected as Chief of Army again although this power to do so was redirected to President, however, the new Parliament will un-do all that was done to the constitution with in matter of days.

 

[BATMAN]

the new Parliament will un-do all that was done to the constitution with in matter of days.

Does this include Un-doing NRO?

 

[moha199]

I can tell you they were you can check this up, Musharraf did this to keep supremacy in the Army while holding power in the Awan (Parliament) Kayani has suddenly replaced them and it shows how lonely Musharraf, Kayani doesn't want confrontation with Awan and plus he want to be selected as Chief of Army again although this power to do so was redirected to President, however, the new Parliament will un-do all that was done to the constitution with in matter of days.

They say "Once Bitten Twice Shy" and over here we are now being bitten the 5th time (by the same leaders cum bandits/murderers) and we are asked to be optimistic and expect these people to play miracle...what a joke....

 

[fatman17]

This news has taken a whole new twist. It seems like these changes have been done at the behest of Musharraf not as an anti-Musharraf move.

If this is true, questions arise...

Is he still the unofficial CoAS?
NO
Why is he still in the Army house and not the Presidential House?
Kiyani has offered it to him-all sensitive C3 equipment has been removed.
Why did Kayani feel the need to go out of the way to clarify that the Army is not distancing itself from Musharraf
because people / media was creating this so-called rift
How come the President calls upon Kayani for routine debriefing and updates?
routine-nothing wrong in it

Just chorrhing a new shosha . I'm sure others have had this thought as well.

pls see my reply in italics

 

[fatman17]

Major reshuffle in Pakistan army

24 Mar 2008

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan army on Monday shuffled commanders of some key formations and appointed a new chief for its medical services following the assassination of the previous incumbent in a suicide attack last month.

Lt Gen Ijaz Ahmed Bakhshi was posted as the Commander of the Lahore Corps while Lt Gen Nadeem Ahmed was appointed as Commander of the Mangla Corps.

Lt Gen Shafaat Ullah Shah, the former chief of the Lahore Corps, was posted as Chief of Logistic Staff at the army's General Headquarters, said a release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations.

Lt Gen Sajjad Akram, the former Commander of the Mangla Corps, was posted as Deputy Chairman of the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority. Lt Gen Shujaat Zamir Dar was posted as Director-General (Weapons and Equipment) at the General Headquarters.

Maj Gen Mukhtar Ahmed, the Director-General of the National Accountability Bureau, was posted in the same capacity in the General Headquarters.

Meanwhile, Maj Gen Muhammad Rehan Burney was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General and appointed Surgeon General of the Pakistan Army and Director-General of the Inter-Services Medical Services.

Burney will succeed Lt Gen Mushtaq Ahmed Baig, who was killed in a suicide attack in Rawalpindi on February 25.

 

[baqai]

honestly all i see is moving people from one position to another or moving them up in GHQ, Maybe interceptor can shed some light on the subject of humiliation of mushy's cousins by hands of COAS