Field Marshal General Asim Munir recieves guard of honour

ISLAMABAD: A special ceremony to decorate Army Chief General Syed Asim Munir with Field Marshal badges will be held today (Wednesday) at Aiwan-e-Sadr.

The event is scheduled for 5:00 pm and will be attended by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, federal ministers, and top civil and military officials.

Earlier today, General Asim Munir received a special guard of honour at the GHQ for his services.

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 Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir laid a floral wreath and offered Fateha at the Martyrs’ Monument.
According to ISPR, he paid tribute to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the country.

General Syed Asim Munir paid rich tribute to the martyrs, saying the brave Pakistani nation and armed forces stood like a steel wall against India’s unprovoked, cowardly, and illegal aggression.

“This honour is especially dedicated to the martyrs who stood firm in the face of hostility against Pakistan,” he added, according to the ISPR.

A day earlier, the government approved his promotion to Field Marshal in recognition of his strategic leadership during Operation Bunyānum Marsoos.

Gen Asim Munir’s promotion, approved by the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, comes just days after Pakistan witnessed its most serious military conflict with India in nearly three decades.

He is the first Pakistani four-star general to be awarded the rank of field marshal by an elected government.

General Munir becomes the second officer in Pakistan’s history to receive the rank, after Field Marshal Ayub Khan in 1959.