General Raheel Sharif as chief of army staff (COAS), the country's de facto military chief, and Lt. General Rashad Mahmud as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJSC), SIA reports citing Anadolu Agency.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday named Lt. General Raheel Sharif as chief of army staff (COAS), the country's de facto military chief, and Lt. General Rashad Mahmud as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJSC).
Sharif had ranked third on the Pakistani army's seniority list, serving as inspector-general of training and evaluation.
He replaces outgoing army chief, General Ashfaq Pervez Kyani, who had held the country's most coveted military post for six years.
Sharif is the younger brother of Major Shabbir Sharif, one of 11 recipients of the Nishan-e-Haider Star, Pakistan's top military honor.
Shabbir Sharif was killed during the war against India in 1971.
Mahmud, the new CJSC chief, meanwhile, had been serving as the chief of general staff – the second most important post after army chief.
He has previously served as head of the counter-terrorism unit at the ISI, Pakistan's intelligence service – a qualification that bears upon the ongoing "war on terror" and military operations against the Taliban.
The CJSC post is of largely ceremonial importance.
Under Pakistan's constitution, the appointment of a new army chief is the prerogative of the prime minister.
According to protocol, the Ministry of Defense sends a shortlist to the prime minister containing the names of the three most senior army generals.
It is the prime minister's prerogative, however, to either choose from the shortlist or appoint a junior general to the post.
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