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India, too, has had two field marshals - Sam Manekshaw (1973) and K.M. Cariappa (1986).
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, currently jailed, mocked the promotion of Pakistan's Army Chief Gen Asim Munir to Field ...
The decision to anoint Munir as Field Marshal is not a reward for battlefield excellence - as there has been none - but ...
General Asim Munir is now Field Marshal in Pakistan. The move is seen as political amid military setbacks. Imran Khan ...
Asim Munir, was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal on Tuesday, making him the second military official to hold the rank.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif have jointly conferred the baton of Field Marshal upon ...
Imran Khan said Pakistan was facing external threats, "a surge in terrorism, and an economic crisis. We must unite. I have ...
Gen Munir was elevated to the rank of Field Marshal on Tuesday for his role in the recent conflict with India, becoming the ...
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Field Marshal or Failed Marshal
As I was in the car returning home  from a studio  in the evening. A WhatsApp notification popped up from one of my fauji WhatsApp groups: “General Asim Munir promoted to Field Marshal.” I just wrote ...
India-Pakistan War, Flight Lieutenant KC Cariappa's plane was shot down and he was held captive by Pakistani army. His father, General KM Cariappa (later a Field Marshal), turned down an offer from ...
Whereas the present Pakistan army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, being a Hafiz, knows the Quran by heart and, hence, is ...
"MashaAllah, General Asim Munir has been made Field Marshal. Though frankly, it might have been more fitting to give him the ...