RAWALPINDI: Commander of the National Strategic Command (CNSC) General Aamer Raza met Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir at General Headquarters (GHQ) here on Monday.
‘The field marshal congratulated the officer on assumption of the command,’ says a press statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
General Raza was promoted totherank ofafour-stargeneral and appointed to the position of Commander of the National Strategic Command (CNSC), according to an announcement by Prime Minister ShehbazSharif on Friday.
The premier congratulated the newly promoted general and wished him the best for ‘undertaking important responsibility’.
ISPR said Gen Raza was presented with a guard of honour upon his arrival at GHQ.
US congressmen meet CDF Meanwhile, the visiting delegates of US House of Representatives, Ryan Keith Zinke and Michael James, met CDF Munir in Rawalpindi, said an ISPR statement.
‘Discussions focused on matters of mutual interest, regional se curity, bilater al defence cooperation and avenues for enhancing economic collaboration and prosperity,’ ISPR said.
They acknowledged Pakistan’s critical role in regional stability.