29 Brigadiers promoted as Major Generals

Twenty-nine Brigadiers have been promoted to the rank of Major Generals. The decision to this effect was taken at a meeting held at General Headquarters presided over by the Chief of Army Staff General Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday.
Out of approximately 846 officers granted commission in the Army between 1978 to 1979, only 29 (3.42pc) officers have been recommended for promotion to the rank of Major General by the Selection Board.
Those who were approved for promotion include: Brigadier Abid Pervaiz, Armed Corps, Brigadier Tahir Habib Siddiqui, Armed Corps, Brigadier Tariq Rashid Khan, Artillery, Brigadier Khadim Hussain, Artillery, Brigadier Kaleem Saber Taseer, Artillery, Brigadier Ziauddin Najam, Artillery, Brigadier Akhtar Iqbal, Artillery, Brigadier Sajjad Ghani, Engineers Corps, Brigadier Ausaf Ali, Engineers Corps, Brigadier Muhammad Ahsan Mahmood, Engineers Corps, Brigadier Muzzammil Hussain, Infantry, Brigadier Tahir Ashraf Khan, Infantry, Brigadier Muhammad Asif, Infantry, Brigadier Muhammad Khalid, Infantry, Brigadier Ghulam Dastagir, Infantry, Brigadier Javed Iqbal, Infantry, Brigadier Shahid Ahmed Hashmat, Infantry, Brigadier Naseer Khan Janjua, Infantry, Brigadier Raja Muhammad Arif Nazir, SI (M), Aviation, Brigadier Nasir Mahmood, SI (M), Aviation, Brigadier Sohail Shafkat, SI (M), Army Service Corps, Brigadier Ulfat Hussain, SI (M), Army Service Corps, Brigadier Muhammad Farooq Iqbal, Ordnance, Brigadier Muhammad Ovais Mustafa, SI (M), Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Corps, Brigadier Safvan Majed Janjua, AMC, Brigadier Jehangir Anwar Khan, AMC, Brigadier Farooq Ahmed Khan, AMC, Chaudhry Ahmed Khan, AMC, Brigadier Waqar Ahmed, AMC.