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COAS General Asim Munir Attends The Funeral Prayers Of Former Vice CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF (VOAS) General Sawar Khan (Retd) At ARMY Graveyard Rawalpindi:
COAS General Asim Munir attends the Funeral Prayers of the Former Vice CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF (VOAS) General Sawar Khan (Retired) at ARMY Graveyard Rawalpindi on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, PAKISTAN ARMY Media Wing Head DG ISPR Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said in an Official Statement.
According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Funeral Prayers of Former Vice CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF (VOAS) General Sawar Khan (Retired) offered at ARMY Graveyard Rawalpindi.
CHIEF OF THE ARMY STAFF (COAS) General Asim Munir attended the Funeral Prayers of the Former Vice CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF (VOAS) General Sawar Khan (Retired) at ARMY Graveyard in Rawalpindi.
Former Vice CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF (VOAS) General Sawar Khan NI(M) HI(M)SBt was a four-star general of the PAKISTAN ARMY, who breathes his last at November 2023 in Rawalpindi.
Brief Details of Former Vice CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF (VCOAS) General Sawar Khan (Retired):
Sawar Khan was born in Rawalpindi District, British Raj on 1 December 1924. He was commissioned before the independence of Sacred Country PAKISTAN in 1947 into the indian army’s Corps of Artillery.
He later opted for PAKISTAN ARMY in 1947. As a captain, Sawar became the Instructor Gunnery (IG) at the Artillery School of PAKISTAN ARMY.
Sawar Khan was promoted to Lt. General on 24 March 1976 by General Zia-ul-Haq after he became the Chief of Army Staff superseding five other generals. Sawar Khan who at the time was serving as Adjutant General (AG) at the GHQ was sent as the Commander XI Corps, Peshawar, where he replaced the recently superseded Lt. Gen. Majeed Malik.
He continued to serve in Peshawar until January 1978 when he was replaced by Lt. Gen. Fazle Haq.
In 1978, Lt. Gen. Sawar Khan moved to Lahore to take over IV Corps as its Corps Commander. He took over Charge from Lt. Gen. Iqbal Khan who proceeded as the Vice CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF (VOAS), a newly created post in the PAKISTAN ARMY.
PAK ARMY CHIEF (COAS) General Asim Munir and a large number of civil and military officials, including senior retired Army officers and relatives of deceased also attended the Funeral Prayers of the Former Vice CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF (VCOAS) General Sawar Khan (Retired) at ARMY Graveyard in Rawalpindi.
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