Asim Munir Ahmed is the 11th Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan. He is a four-star general.
In the Pakistan Army, he was a Quartermaster General.
From June 17, 2019, to October 6, 2021, he was in charge of the XXX Corps (Pakistan) in Gujranwala.
He was also the 23rd Director-General of the ISI until Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed took his place on June 16, 2019.
The Sword of Honour is also in his possession.
Asim Munir is from the Officers Training School’s 17th course in Mangla. He was put in charge of the Frontier Force Regiment’s 23rd Battalion. In 1986, he went into the military.
In September 2018, he was given the rank of Lieutenant General and then given the job of DG ISI.
He was Director General of Military Intelligence in the past. In March 2018, he was given the Hilal-i-Imtiaz award.
He had been in charge of the troops in the Northern Areas of Pakistan in the past.
Lt. General Asim Munir has won a number of awards and medals.
- Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) – 2018
- Tamgha-e-Diffa (General Service Medal) – Siachen Glacier Clasp
- Tamgha-e-Baqa (Nuclear Test Medal) – 1998
- Tamgha-e-Istaqlal
Pakistan (Medal for Escalation with India)—2002 - Medal of Conviction (Tamgha-e-Azm) – 2018 Service Medals (10 Years, 20 Years, 30 Years, and 35 Years)
- “Democracy Medal” (Jamhuriat Tamgha): 1988
- Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha (Resolution Day Golden Jubilee Medal) – 1990
- Tamgha-e-Salgirah Pakistan (Independence Day Golden Jubilee Medal) – 1997
- Command & Staff College Quetta (Instructors’ Medal)
The army chief-designate went to Fuji School in Japan, Command and Staff College in Quetta, Malaysian Armed Forces College in Kuala Lumpur, and National Defence University in Islamabad.
He also has an MPhil from the National Defense University in Public Policy and Strategic Security Management.
The quartermaster general was also a directing staff member at the Command and Staff College in Quetta, a brigade major of a deployed infantry brigade in Kel, a general staff officer, Grade 2, at the CGS Secretariat, and the chief of staff of the Mangla Corps.
Lt. Gen. Munir has been in charge of the 23rd Frontier Force Regiment, the Infantry Brigade, and the 30th Corps in Gujranwala. He has also been a force commander in Northern Areas and Gilgit.
The next head of the army has also been in charge of military intelligence (MI). Lt Gen Munir was named the director-general of Inter-Services Intelligence in 2018. (ISI). After that, he was put in charge of the corps in Gujranwala for two years. After being in charge of the Gujranwala corps, he was sent to his current job at GHQ.
Lt. Gen. Munir is the first army chief who has also been in charge of both the MI and the ISI.
He will also get the Sword of Honour for being the first army chief to get it.
The man who will be the next army chief likes to play sports, read, and travel. He is also a Hafiz-e-Quran, like Lt. Gen. Munir.