Aaj TV English News - Pakistan https://english.aaj.tv/ Aaj TV English en-Us Copyright 2026 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:16:39 +0500 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:16:39 +0500 60 Lt Gen Asif Ghafoor appointed as Corps Commander Quetta https://english.aaj.tv/news/30294443/lt-gen-asif-ghafoor-appointed-as-corps-commander-quetta <p><strong>Lieutenant General Asif Ghafoor has been appointed as Commander 12 Corps, Quetta after Lieutenant General Sarfraz Ali embraced martyrdom in a helicopter crash due to bad weather during flood relief operations in Lasbela, Balochistan.</strong></p> <p>The Inter Services Public Relation (ISPR) said that Lt Gen Ghafoor had been appointed in place of <a href="https://www.aaj.tv/news/30294311/tributes-pour-in-for-exemplary-commander-lt-gen-sarfraz-ali">Lt Gen Sarfraz Ali</a> Shaheed, who was martyred after a military chopper had gone missing as it was en route from Quetta to Karachi on August 1, 2022.</p> <p>Lt Gen Ghafoor was appointed as DG ISPR in December 2016 and served for three and a half years, after which he was appointed GC Okara in January 2020.</p> <p>He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in November 2022.</p> <p>He participated in the Kargil War and also commanded a division in the war against terrorism in Swat.</p> Lieutenant General Asif Ghafoor has been appointed as Commander 12 Corps, Quetta after Lieutenant General Sarfraz Ali embraced martyrdom in a helicopter crash due to bad weather during flood relief operations in Lasbela, Balochistan.

The Inter Services Public Relation (ISPR) said that Lt Gen Ghafoor had been appointed in place of Lt Gen Sarfraz Ali Shaheed, who was martyred after a military chopper had gone missing as it was en route from Quetta to Karachi on August 1, 2022.

Lt Gen Ghafoor was appointed as DG ISPR in December 2016 and served for three and a half years, after which he was appointed GC Okara in January 2020.

He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in November 2022.

He participated in the Kargil War and also commanded a division in the war against terrorism in Swat.

]]> Pakistan https://english.aaj.tv/news/30294443 Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:27:58 +0500 none@none.com (Web Desk) Lt Gen Asif Ghafoor addressing a press conference. File photo