Corps Commander Bahawalpur *Lieutenant General Faiz Hamid*link—who is one of the top military officers of Pakistan — has filed anapplication to seek early retirement from the army.
Lt Gen Hamid — who also served as the chief of Inter-Services Intelligence(ISI) — was among the six senior army officers nominated by the GeneralHeadquarters (GHQ) for the army chief’s post, for which the appointmentswere finalised last week.
The Corps Commander Bahawalpur has sent a request to the GHQ in Rawalpindifor his early retirement, sources told *Geo News*.
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The development comes days after the federal government *appointed *linkAsim Munir as the next chief of army staff and Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza aschairman of the joint chiefs of staff committee (CJCSC).
