Chief of Army Staff & Chief of Defence Forces

Asim Munir HI(M)HJ (Urdu: عاصم منیر احمد) is a Pakistani five-star rank general and current Chief of Army Staff, prior to his incumbent to Army chief office he was commanding in GHQ as a Quartermaster general. He commanded the XXX Corps (Pakistan) in Gujranwala from 17 June 2019 to 6 October 2021. He served as the 23rd Director-General of the ISI until he was replaced with Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed on 16 June 2019. He is also a holder of the Sword of Honour. Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif appointed him as 17th Chief of Army staff on 24 November 2022 for the term of 3 years.

Asim Munir is from the 17th course of the Officers Training School in Mangla. He was commissioned in the 23rd Battalion of the Frontier Force Regiment. He started his military career in 1986. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in September 2018 and was subsequently appointed as DG ISI. He previously served as Director General of Military Intelligence. He was awarded the Hilal-i-Imtiaz in March 2018. He had earlier served as the commander of the Troops deployed in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. In June 2019, Munir was replaced by Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed as the new DG ISI. Munir was transferred and appointed as Corps Commander of XXX Corps in Gujranwala.