{"id":296797,"date":"2022-11-23T07:39:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T02:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=296797"},"modified":"2022-11-23T07:39:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T02:39:56","slug":"decision-on-next-army-chief-expected-within-48-hours-asif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/decision-on-next-army-chief-expected-within-48-hours-asif\/","title":{"rendered":"Decision on next army chief expected within 48 hours: Asif"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nFederal Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Tuesday that a decision on who will be the next chief of army staff would be made public over the next 48 hours.<br \/>\nWhile talking to a private television channel today, Asif was asked about the status of the appointment process, to which he said that there would not be any undue delay in the process. \u201cI am asking for another 48 hours,\u201d he said. \u201cYesterday, we sent the letter [from the ministry to the military command]. Now, if we get the dossiers today or tomorrow, it is a matter of routine.\u201d<br \/>\nHe added that once they get the summary, then it is a formal move because then it has to go to the cabinet (for endorsement). \u201cThen the advice will go to the President, then hopefully the same day or the next day that will be sorted out,\u201d he explained.<br \/>\n\u201cThe names [of the new army chief and the chairman joint chiefs of staff] will be public tomorrow or the day after,\u201d he said. Asif expressed confidence that a \u201csmooth transaction\u201d would take place in appointing the new chief.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has summoned a special meeting of the federal cabinet for Thursday, November 24. It is expected that he will take all cabinet members into confidence over who his pick for the next army chief is before he departs on an official tour to Turkiye.<br \/>\nOther political and economic developments are also expected to be reviewed in the cabinet meeting. The agenda of the cabinet meeting is not expected to be disclosed until late on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD Federal Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Tuesday that a decision on who will be the next chief of army staff would be made public over the next 48 hours. 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