• On PM’s advice, president okays Field Marshal Munir’s appointment as country’s first chief of defence forces
• New role consolidates operational, administrative, strategic authority in single office
• ‘CDF-cum-COAS’ five-year term to run until 2030, with possibility of extension
• Defence ministry finalising organogram for new position, says law minister
ISLAMABAD: Field Marshal Asim Munir was named the country’s first chief of defence forces (CDF) on Thursday, in the most sweeping restructuring of the military command since the 1970s.
The announcement came after the president approved the appointment, on the advice of PM Shehbaz Sharif.
“President Asif Ali Zardari approved the appointment of Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir as COAS concurrently as CDF for five years,” the Presidency said in a statement, formally ending days of speculation over the delay in notifica
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