The government has frozen the retirement of General Asim Munir
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Web Desk: The federal government has frozen the retirement of Army Chief Lt. Gen. Asim Munir.
According to sources, in the meeting of the federal cabinet, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif read out the summary of the retirement of Lieutenant General Asim Munir, which was unanimously approved by the cabinet.
The Federal Cabinet unanimously approved the decision to retain the nominated Army Chief Asim Munir and become the Army Chief.
According to sources, General Asim Munir applied for retirement permission to the Ministry of Defense, which was rejected by the Ministry of Defense and it was decided to retain him.
The Ministry of Defense made a summary of the retention of Lt. Gen. Asim Munir as a precautionary measure so that Asim Munir will not retire on November 27 if the summary is stopped by the President and this process can be done legally.
There is a law in the Pakistan Army Act that any officer can be retained,