Rawalpindi: After disregard by the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and promoted two military men at the top army slots who were next to him in the seniority list, Lieutenant General Haroon Aslam has forwarded his resignation to ministry of defense on Thursday (today).
Haroon Aslam was performing duties at the General Headquarters (GHQ) as chief of logistics staff.
Aslam, the senior-most officer in Pakistan Army’s top command after Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, was superseded after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday respectively appointed Lt-Gen Rashad Mahmood and Lt-Gen Raheel Sharif as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) and COAS.
The two officers are entitled to hold these offices for a three-year official term starting tomorrow (Friday) and completing on November 28, 2016.
The practice of proceeding on LPR in case of supersession is traditionally followed in Pakistan Army at the three-star general-level. In October 1998, Lt-Gen Ali Kuli Khan Khattak and Lt-Gen Khalid Nawaz had proceeded on LPR when they were superseded, with the appointment of General Pervez Musharraf as COAS by the then PM Nawaz Sharif.
In case of two-star generals, the officers concerned usually stay in the offices till their retirement. Some prominent two-star generals who were superseded in the ongoing year but are still serving in the military include Major General Isfandiyar Pataudi, Maj-Gen Raza Muhammad, Maj-Gen Khawar Hanif and Maj-Gen Noel Israel Khokhar.
Raheel Sharif, the newly appointed COAS, is to take charge tomorrow (Friday) at Farewell to Arms ceremony outside GHQ. Like Gen Kayani, Gen Sharif also belongs to Infantry, the foremost fighting arm of Pakistan’s largest armed force.
It is to be mentioned here that General Haroon had played a key role as Director of Military Operations on October 12, 1999 alongwith the-then DGMO Major General Shahid Aziz to oust Nawaz Sharif from power. Then, Brigadier Haroon led the team to arrest all the cabinet members, including the then Nawaz.
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