The new Army Chief General Asim Munir also turned out to be a fast bowler, old villagers said that he used to bowl very fast. General Asim Munir hailing from Dheri Hassanabad area of ​​Rawalpindi is one of the officers of the Pakistan Army who became an army officer through the Officer Training School (OTS). He belongs to 17th OTS course of Mangala. General Asim Munir’s teacher says that General Asim Munir was a worthy student and when he came to my father’s seminary in 1974 to memorize the Quran, he proved his intelligence by memorizing the Quran within two years.

Syed Sarwar Munir, father of General Asim Munir, was the principal of a school in Lal Karti area of ​​Rawalpindi. He built a mosque in his neighborhood where Hafiz Khalil used to go to teach the Quran. According to Ahl-e-Muhalla, the family of General Asim Munir was famous as ‘Hafaz ka family’. His two brothers Qasim Munir and Hashim Munir are also Hafiz-e-Qur’an. Hafiz Tahir Khalil says, “My father and General Asim’s father were close friends and both of them decided to make their children memorize the Qur’an before sending them to school.” Is. This is the reason why General Asim got admission in the school after completing Quran. General Asim Munir was commissioned in the 23rd Battalion of the Frontier Force Regiment.

He was a three-star general posted at GHQ as Quartermaster General before his promotion and current posting. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in September 2018 However, he took charge as the head of Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI on 27 November 2018. His stint as ISI chief is considered the shortest in history and after just nine months, he was suddenly posted as Corps Commander Gujranwala in 2019. Earlier he also served as DG Military Intelligence and Force Commander Northern Areas. Apart from this, he has also served in Saudi Arabia as a Lieutenant Colonel.