ISLAMABAD: President and supreme commander of armed forces General Pervez Musharraf has promoted Lt Gen Ishfaq Pervez Kiani and Lt Gen Tariq Majeed to the rank of general and general Ishfaq Pervez Kiani has been appointed new army chief who will continue to perform the duties of vice chief of army staff till general Pervez Musharraf relinquishes post of army chief.General Ishfaq Pervez Kiani will formally assume the responsibilities of vice army chief on October, 8 and will take over the command of army when president general Pervez Musharraf quits as army chief.
General Tariq Majeed has been appointed as chairman joint chiefs of staff committee and he will assume charge of his new appointment on October, 8 because the incumbent chairman joint chiefs of staff committee general Ehsan ul Haq and vice chief of army staff general Ahsan Saleem Hayat will retire from their posts on completion of their service tenure.
Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) has released details with respect to these appointments.
Military sources told Online general Ishfaq Pervez Kiani and general Tariq Majeed are considered the most trusted and close aides of president general Pervez Musharraf and both were senior officers by virtue of their seniority. No general will stand superseded due to these appointments.
Sources further told general Ishfaq Pervez Kiani had conducted investigation into life attempts on president Musharraf and had succeeded in reaching mastermind of these assassination attempts due to his competence. He is also viewed as competent and active general among western circles. He had served as chief of ISI earlier. General Tariq Majeed is also ranked among the close and trusted aides of general Musharraf and he had remained corps commander of Rawalpindi.
