ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif confirmed early Wednesday that the Prime Minister Office has received the summary sent by the army’s general headquarters with nominations for the top two slots of the military.
The minister’s confirmation comes almost an hour after the military’s media wing said it had moved the summary for the top two slots. He tweeted that the PM Office has received the GHQ’s summary dispatched by the ministry of defence.
“GHQ has forwarded the summary for selection of CJCSC and COAS, containing names of six senior most lieutenant general gens to Ministry of Defence,” tweeted director general of the military’s media wing Lieutenant General Babar Iftikhar.
Earlier, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif categorically rejected the rumours claiming that the Prime Minister’s Office has received the much-anticipated summary for the appointment of the new chief of army staff.
Taking to Twitter, Khawaja Asif said that the PM’s Office has not yet received the summary. The PMO will receive the summary at the confirmed time.”