Army Chief General Syed Asim Munir is on his first visit to America as the Chief of Army Staff. According to the statement issued by the Public Relations Department of the Pakistan Army, ISPR, Army Chief General Asim Munir will meet with top officials during his visit to America. This is General Asim Munir’s first visit to America as Army Chief. It should be noted that earlier in the end of last month, Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir visited Kuwait and met Crown Prince Sheikh Meshaal Al-Jaber Al-Sabah during his official visit to the Gulf state. During this important visit, the army chief was accompanied by a delegation comprising caretaker law minister Ahmed Irfan Aslam, Pakistani ambassador to Kuwait Malik Muhammad Farooq and other officials. Prior to this visit, the Chief of Army Staff visited the United Arab Emirates along with Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Qatar, where memorandums of understanding regarding investment cooperation were signed, paving the way for multi-billion dollar funding from the Gulf states. will do Earlier in April, Army Chief General Asim Munir had paid a 4-day official visit to China with the aim of promoting bilateral military relations with the neighboring country. The army chief’s visit was the fourth foreign visit after assuming the post of the Chinese army chief. Earlier this year, he made a week-long official visit to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia and held meetings with the top leadership of the Gulf states. During the visit, the officials reviewed Pakistan’s bilateral relations with the two countries and ways to strengthen the relations were discussed. Later in February, the Army Chief visited the UK for meetings on defense related issues. He also attended a conference at Wilton Park, an executive agency set up by the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office to promote open dialogue between governments. It may be recalled that General Asim Munir passed out from Officer Training School in Mangala, after which he was commissioned in the Frontier Force Regiment in the army. Earlier, only one officer from this institution became a four-star general and that was General Arif who passed out from OTS during the tenure of General Zia-ul-Haq. The OTS program was discontinued after 1989 and the Officer Training School was upgraded to Junior Cadet Academy in 1990. Further, Army Chief General Asim Munir’s promotion from three star to four was notified on 24 November. Which was applied immediately, while the application of appointment as Army Chief started from 29 November 2022. General Asim Munir’s retirement as a three-star general was on November 27, 2022, but he was promoted to four-star general on November 24 to avoid legal complications. General Asim Munir Army Chief has qualities that no Pakistani Army Chief has had before. After General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Asim Munir is the most senior general to be elected Army Chief and he is also the recipient of the Sword of Honour. No Army Chief has passed before who has received the Sword of Honor. This is the honor that General Asim Munir has.Sword of Honor is the honorary sword that is given to the first position among the passing out cadets. Achieving this honor is the dream of every cadet and there is a tough competition among them to get it. This sword is awarded on the basis of outstanding performance in various fields.
General Asim Munir passed out from officer training school in Mangala after which he was commissioned in the Frontier Force Regiment in the army. are General Asim Munir was appointed DG Military Intelligence in early 2017 and made ISI chief in October the following year. His tenure as the top intelligence officer was short-lived
General Asim Munir was the chief of ISI from 25 October 2018 to 16 June 2019. Apart from this, he has also served as the Chief of Military Intelligence (MI). General Asim Munir was posted as Corps Commander Gujranwala, where after spending two years he was appointed as Quartermaster General at GHQ. General Asim Munir is the first Army Chief to hold the post of Quartermaster. In military terms, quartermaster is a post which is responsible for providing various types of equipment to the soldiers. This equipment includes arms, ammunition, military vehicles, uniforms, etc. General Asim Munir has served as Brigadier in Force Command Northern Areas. General Asim Munir is the first Army Chief of Pakistan who is a Hafiz Quran reciter. General Asim’s father was also a Hafiz Quran memorizer, the Army Chief memorized the Holy Quran from Madrasa Darul-Tajwaid Hafz Al-Qur’an in Rawalpindi. It should be remembered that the Pakistan Army is always ready and committed for the defense of the country. known because of which are the backbone of Pakistan Army. The main objective of the Pakistan Army is to defend the land borders of the country. Pakistan Army was established in 1947 after the independence of Pakistan.
It is a volunteer professional fighting force. Army knows how to defend Pakistan. Since independence in 1947, Pakistan Army has performed the duty of defending the country in 4 wars with India and numerous border skirmishes. Army Chief General Asim Munir’s visit is also being considered important. Earlier in his foreign visits, he played an important role from the diplomatic front to economic recovery, due to which Pakistan was saved from defaulting while for economic recovery. His role is being appreciated at all levels and analysts around the world are giving great importance to this visit before the general elections of Pakistan, while the recent role of the United States in the Gaza conflict cannot be ignored. Pakistan wants the Palestinian people. According to the aspirations of peace be established and a ceasefire as soon as possible. It should be remembered that on December 15, 2022, Commander United States Central Command (CENTCOM) General Michael Eric Korella met Army Chief General Syed Asim Munir at GHQ. In this meeting, issues of mutual interest, regional stability, security situation, defense and They discussed security cooperation, especially bilateral military relations. During the visit, the CENTCOM Commander General appreciated the achievements of Pakistan in the war against terrorism, he acknowledged the cooperation efforts for regional peace.
