Pakistan Army Appoints New DG ISPR, to Replace Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor

[JackTheRipper]

Why?

shayed, uss ki muddat puri ho gaye hai,

 

[Patriot786b2]

The sudden replacement of Army spokesman abruptly shows how crucial is the job position itself? After reading the article watch the video below :

Asif Ghafoor of I.S.I. Army Spokesman & General Bipen Rawat of Indian Army Communication
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Article below : https://tribune.com.pk/story/2138524/1-major-general-babar-iftikhar-posted-new-dg-ispr/?amp=1

The Pakistan Army on Thursday announced the posting of the service’s new spokesperson.



Major-General Babar Iftikhar has been posted as the new director-general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) and replaces incumbent Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor.

Maj Gen Iftikhar was commanding an armour division in Multan. Maj Gen Ghafoor has now been posted as general officer commanding (GOC) Okara.

Army announces top-level postings

Who is Major General Babar Iftikhar

Maj Gen Iftikhar was commissioned in 6 Lancers in March 1990. A graduate of Command and Staff College Quetta, National Defence University Islamabad and the Royal Command and Staff College Jordan, he has significant experience in command, staff and instructional roles with in the Pakistan Army.

He has served as a brigade major in an armoured brigade, brigadier staff in an infantry division in North Waziristan. He also served as a chief of staff in a corps headquarters. The senior officer has also commanded and armoured brigade and an infantry brigade in North Waziristan during Operation Zarb e Azab.

Gen Iftikhar also served on the faculty of Pakistan Military Academy and National Defence University Islamabad.

In November 2019, two major generals — including Ali Amir Awan and Mohammad Saeed — were promoted to the three-star rank.

The newly-promoted Lt General, Ali Amir Awan, was posted as Inspector General Communication and Information Technology while Lt General Muhammad Saeed was appointed as National Defence University (NDU) president.

Lt General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, who was serving as Adjutant General at the GHQ, was appointed as CGS. The CGS heads both the army’s operational and intelligence directorates.

The position was earlier held by CJCSC General Nadeem Raza.

Four major generals promoted to three-star rank

Lt Gen Shaheen Mazhar Mehmood, who was previously commanding Peshawar Corps, was appointed as Commander Mangla Corps, which is one of the strike formations of Pakistan Army.

According to the military’s media wing, Lt Gen Nauman Mahmood was appointed as Commander Peshawar Corps. He was previously serving as Inspector General Communications & Information Technology (IG C&IT) at the GHQ.

 

[HAIDER]

Asif Ghaffor called in more then usual tweets and press briefing. Which is kind of strange. Where few times he pass some political statements, which doesn't suite with this essential pillar of state and which comes under democratically elected ruling party.

 

[Patriot786b2]

Asif Ghaffor called in more then usual tweets and press briefing. Which is kind of strange. Where few times he pass some political statements, which doesn't suite with this essential pillar of state and which comes under democratically elected ruling party.

This is exactly why we made the video.
Specially when the other side of border the daily rhetoric is coming in a very aggresive form, we can only suspect that something had to be done by Pakistan establishement.
Its as if taking a Lion barking compared to another Lion chatting morning wake up calls ( not to insult anyone specially Maj gen Asif Ghafoor) I think he did a outstanding job.

 

[xyx007]

it is a normal process in the Army after completing the tenure and transfer was due for him when the situation gets normalize, he has been given new posting .rest of the story in social media is propaganda.

 

[Windjammer]

 

[StormBreaker]

its not a loss. the guy needs to get command under his belt in order to be promoted. also, army has enough depth in its ranks to produce another good dg ispr... i have heard good things about this incoming dg and he will be a bit different from gen asif ghafoor as he talks less and listens more.

DG ISPR post requires a talking man, not a listening man !!!

 

[iLION12345_1]

There are no conspiracies or problems behind this. This is a normal transfer after completion of tenure.

He did very well as DG ISPR, especially against the Indians. I know many people didn’t like how much he talked, and I see why, it doesn’t seem professional at all, but the thing is, for Indians, this was what was needed. If he didn’t talk, then they would come up with more lies and make everyone believe them, he made sure that didn’t happen. He defeated them in this 5th gen media war and even their generals agree to that, but this change came at a good time, his words were slowly becoming too much. The same trick is only effective so many times.
In short, he did good, and I hope the next one does even better. Stop making conspiracy theories, especially if you don’t know jack shit about how the armed forces work.

 

[Dubious]

Why?

Maj. Gen. Ghafoor was frying too many arses

 

[Dubious]

The sudden

There is nothing sudden about completing tenure!

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

According to Indians, world revolves around them, so they believe every event is because of them.

What do you think of a nation which celebrated a defeated, captured pilot as some sort of hero shooting down enemy planes before falling down? In the end they had to admit the truth.

Not everything is like Bollywood. False bravado and propaganda is not enough to win battles.

 

[HAIDER]

No tweet from ISPR. Seems PA avoid to talk about unrelated issues.

 

[KhanBaba2]

This is boring. When will Iftikhar start tweeting.

 

[blain2]

This is boring. When will Iftikhar start tweeting.

When the comedians in GoI start acting up, the check will come as and when needed

 

[KhanBaba2]

When the comedians in GoI start acting up, the check will come as and when needed

The previous guy did not need comedians. He was ready to tweet on our actresses and your singers.