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{{Short description|11th Chief ofPakistan Army Staff (Pakistan)general}}
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}}</ref>'''Syed Asim Munir'''<ref name="COAS Name">{{Cite web |title=Lt General Asim Munir |url=https://ispr.gov.pk/chief-of-army-staff |website=www.ispr.gov.pk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Saad |first=Muhammad |date=2022-11-22 |title=General Asim Munir profile, life and biography - |url=https://timesglo.com/coas-pak-army-asim-munir/ |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=Times Glo-Intellect To Influence! |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI(M)]] ({{lang-ur|سید عاصم منیر احمد شاہ▼
'''Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah'''<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/amp/1015127-general-asim-munir-assumes-command-of-pakistan-army
|title=General Asim Munir assumes command of Pakistan Army
|work=The News International
|date=30 November 2022
|access-date=13 February 2024
▲}}</ref><ref name="COAS Name">{{Cite web |title=Lt General Asim Munir |url=https://ispr.gov.pk/chief-of-army-staff |website=www.ispr.gov.pk |language=en}}</ref> [[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI(M)]] ({{lang-ur|سید عاصم منیر احمد شاہ
}})<ref name="COAS Name">{{Cite web |title=Lt General Asim Munir |url=https://ispr.gov.pk/chief-of-army-staff |website=www.ispr.gov.pk |language=en}}</ref> is a Pakistani army [[general]] and the current [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Army Staff]] since 29 November 2022.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Lt General Asim Munir set to become next army chief, govt announces |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1013235-lt-general-asim-munir-set-to-become-next-army-chief-govt-announces |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}</ref> Prior to becoming the army chief, he was posted at the [[General Headquarters (Pakistan Army)|GHQ]] as [[Quartermaster general]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1705151 | title=Who will be the next army chief? | date=16 August 2022 }}</ref> He commanded the [[XXX Corps (Pakistan)|XXX Corps]] in [[Gujranwala]] from 17 June 2019 to 6 October 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ispr.gov.pk/press-release-detail.php?id=5339|title=Inter Services Public Relations Pakistan|website=www.ispr.gov.pk|access-date=2019-06-16}}</ref> He served as the 23rd [[Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence|Director-General of the ISI]] until he was replaced by [[Lieutenant general (Pakistan)|lieutenant general]] [[Faiz Hameed]] on 16 June 2019.<ref>[https://nation.com.pk/17-Jun-2019/reshuffle-in-army-top-brass Reshuffle in army top brass] 17 June 2019, The Nation.</ref> Munir received the prestigious [[Sword of Honour (Pakistan)|Sword of Honour]] for his performance as a cadet in the Officers Training School, [[Mangla]].<ref name="GeoNews">{{Cite web |date=29 November 2022 |title=A brief look at General Asim Munir's career |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/454445-a-brief-look-at-lt-gen-asim-munirs-career |website=[[Geo News]]}}</ref>
 
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Gen Asim Munir unlikely to be busy on India front for now as Imran Khan, hostile Durand Line pose new challenges|first=Rana|last=Banerji|url=https://www.firstpost.com/opinion-news-expert-views-news-analysis-firstpost-viewpoint/gen-asim-munir-unlikely-to-be-busy-on-india-front-for-now-as-imran-khan-hostile-durand-line-pose-new-challenges-11725771.html/amp|date=30 November 2022|quote=His parents migrated from Jalandhar, east Punjab […] he would be the eighth Punjabi Army Chief […]|website=[[Firstpost]]}}</ref> They moved to [[Toba Tek Singh]] before settling down in [[Rawalpindi]]'s Dheri Hassanabad. His late father, Syed Sarwar Munir, was the principal of the FG Technical High School, [[Lalkurti]], Rawalpindi and the imam of a mosque, Masjid-al-Quraish, situated in a locality of Dheri Hassanabad, where he often delivered the [[Khutbah|Friday Khutbah sermon]]. Munir has two siblings, Syed Qasim Munir and Syed Hashim Munir. One of his brothers is a government school teacher.<ref>{{Cite web |title=From Jalandhar (India) to Rawalpindi: family profile of new Army Chief General Asim Munir |url=https://www.unewstv.com/234977/from-jalandhar-india-to-rawalpindi-family-profile-of-new-army-chief-general-asim-munir |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=UNewsTv |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
Later, Munir graduated from the [[JGSDF Camp Takigahara|Fuji school, Japan]], the [[Command and Staff College, Quetta]], the Malaysian Armed Forces College, [[Kuala Lumpur]] and the [[National Defence University, Islamabad]], where he earned his [[MPhil]] in Public Policy and Strategic Security Management.<ref name="GeoNews" />▼
Munir got his early religious education in a [[Madrasa|traditional Islamic seminary]] in Rawalpindi, the Markazi Madrasah Dar-ul-Tajweed, in his youth also being a local [[Cricket|cricketer]] as a [[Fast bowling|fast bowler]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 November 2022 |title=COAS Asim Munir played cricket in Rawalpindi's Dheri Hassanabad |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/455475-coas-asim-munir-played-cricket-in-rawalpindis-dheri-hassanabad |website=[[Geo News]]}}</ref>
 
▲Later, Munir graduated from the [[JGSDF Camp Takigahara|Fuji school, Japan]], the [[Command and Staff College, Quetta]], the Malaysian Armed Forces College, [[Kuala Lumpur]] and the [[National Defence University, Islamabad]], where he earned his [[MPhil]] in Public Policy and Strategic Security Management.<ref name="GeoNews" />
 
==Military career==
Munir is from the 17th course of the Officers Training School in [[Mangla]]. He was commissioned in the 23rd Battalion of the [[Frontier Force Regiment]]. He started his military career on 25 April 1986.
 
As a [[Lieutenant colonel|Lieutenant Colonel]], Munir served in [[Riyadh]], [[Saudi Arabia|Kingdom of Saudi Arabia]] as part of close defence cooperation between [[Riyadh]] and [[Islamabad]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-24 |title=Who is Lt Gen Asim Munir? |url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/676422-Who-is-Lt-Gen-Asim-Munir |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=Dunya News |language=en}}</ref>, and also served at the [[Siachen Glacier]]. While he was a [[Brigadier]], he served as the Chief of Staff of Pakistan's [[I Corps (Pakistan)|I Strike Corps Mangla]], and commanded an infantry brigade in Northern Areas. He was promoted to the rank of [[Major general|Major-general]] in 2014 served as the commander of the [[Force Command Northern Areas|Troops deployed in the Northern Areas of Pakistan]] in 2014. Munir also served as Director-General of [[Military Intelligence of Pakistan|Military Intelligence]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Indo-Asian News |date=2022-11-25 |title=Gen Asim Munir is first Pak Army chief to have headed both ISI, MI |url=https://www.siasat.com/gen-asim-munir-is-first-pak-army-chief-to-have-headed-both-isi-mi-2465639/ |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=The Siasat Daily |language=en-US}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz]] in March 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=President confers 58 military, 73 civil awards |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/296052-president-confers-58-military-73-civil-awards |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}</ref> Munir was promoted to the rank of [[Lieutenant general|Lieutenant General]] in September 2018 and was subsequently appointed as [[Inter-Services Intelligence|DG ISI]]. In June 2019, Munir was replaced by Lt. Gen. [[Faiz Hameed]] as the new DG ISI. Subsequently, Munir was appointed as Corps Commander of [[XXX Corps (Pakistan)|XXX Corps]] in [[Gujranwala]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1488673 | title=Faiz made ISI chief in military shake-up | date=17 June 2019 }}</ref> From 2021 to November 2022, Lt-General Munir was posted at GHQ as the Quartermaster General of Pakistan Army. In November 2022, Lieutenant General Munir was promoted to the four-star [[General officer|General]] rank and appointed as the [[Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of the Army Staff]] of the [[Pakistan Army]]. At the time of his appointment as COAS, Munir was the senior most [[Lieutenant general (Pakistan)|lieutenant general]] of the Pakistani army. In December 2022, General Munir received the [[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military)]] award from [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Arif Alvi]]. At the [[Aiwan-e-Sadr]], top military officials were given special investitures in front of [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Shehbaz Sharif]], [[diplomat]]s, [[Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan|lawmakers]], and [[Cabinet of Pakistan|federal ministers]] were present during the ceremony.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=President Alvi confers Nishan-i-Imtiaz (military) on COAS, CJCSC |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2390092/president-alvi-confers-nishan-i-imtiaz-on-coas-cjcsc |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref>
 
General Munir is the only recipient of [[Sword of Honour (Pakistan)|Sword of Honour]] who has risen to the position of army chief in the [[military history of Pakistan]]. Additionally, he is the only army chief in the history of Pakistan who has earlier served as chief of both premier military intelligence agencies of Pakistan, namely, [[Inter-Services Intelligence]] and [[Military Intelligence (Pakistan)|Military Intelligence]].<ref name="GeoNews" />
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General Munir is the first Quartermaster General of [[Pakistan Army]] who has been elevated to the post of [[Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Army Staff]].
 
On his appointment as COAS, [[Al Jazeera Media Network|''Al-Jazeera'']] described Munir as an officer with an “impeccable reputation”, while ''[[The Times of India]]|''The Times of India'']] described him as a "tough guy" for his hawkish attitude.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hussain |first=Abid |title=Who is Asim Munir, Pakistan’s new army chief? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/24/who-is-asim-munir-pakistans-new-army-chief |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sharan |first=Sunil |title=Asim Munir: The tough guy who became Pakistani army chief |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/strategic-insights/asim-munir-the-tough-guy-who-became-pakistani-army-chief/ |access-date=2023-09-21 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
 
== Personal life ==
 
Munir is a [[Muslims|Muslim]], andwith heIslam playing a key role in Munir’s life. He is deemeddescribed as a conservative figure“deeply regardingreligious religionman”.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kugelman |first=Michael |date=2024-01-01 |title=Pakistan’s Army Chief Comes to Washington |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/12/13/pakistan-army-chief-visit-washington-asim-munir/ |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=Foreign Policy |language=en-US}}</ref> Despite his affinity to [[Islam]], he has stressed the need for combating against [[Islamic extremism]], providing a safe nation for Pakistan’s [[Religious Minorities in Pakistan|religious minorities]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Army chief meets religious scholars, says no space for extremism against minorities in Pakistan |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/2410641/amp |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=Arab News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shah |first=Rizwan |date=2023-12-25 |title=General Asim Munir Stresses Interfaith Harmony at Christmas Celebration |url=https://bnnbreaking.com/world/pakistan/general-asim-munir-stresses-interfaith-harmony-at-christmas-celebration/ |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=BNN Breaking |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
Munir's family are locally known as a [[Hafiz (Quran)|hafiz]] family, as its many members are known to have memorised the entire Qu’ran by heart, including Munir, who did so during his posting in Saudi Arabia as a Lieutenant-Colonel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johny |first=Stanly |date=27 November 2022-11-24 |title=SyedWho Asimis MunirLt {{!}}gen TheAsim spymaster-turned-Army chiefMunir? |url=https://wwwnewsman.thehindu.compk/news/international/syedwho-is-lt-gen-asim-munir/ |access-thedate=2023-spymaster11-turned-army-chief/article66188878.ece23 |website=[[TheNewsman Hindu]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
Munir is a fitness enthusiast. He likes [[running]], [[Exercise|physical workout]] and [[sport]]s. He is a keen book reader and [[Traveller (role-playing game)|traveller]]. Munir is fluent in [[Arabic]], [[Urdu]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[English language|English]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hussain |first=Abid |title=Who is Asim Munir, Pakistan’s new army chief? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/24/who-is-asim-munir-pakistans-new-army-chief |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref>
 
== Public image ==
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In addition, he has also been criticised for the [[Deportation of undocumented Afghans from Pakistan|deportation of illegal Afghan refugees]], which he condones,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-26 |title=‘Security of every Pakistani important’: Army chief Gen Munir amid imminent deportation of migrants |url=https://www.firstpost.com/world/security-of-every-pakistani-important-army-chief-gen-munir-amid-imminent-deportation-of-migrants-13303202.html/amp |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=Firstpost |language=en}}</ref> despite their tough conditions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-28 |title=Pakistan: Widespread Abuses Force Afghans to Leave {{!}} Human Rights Watch |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/11/28/pakistan-widespread-abuses-force-afghans-leave |access-date=2023-12-02 |language=en}}</ref>
 
== Political views ==
 
=== Foreign policy ===
Munir's foreign policy, or "the Munir doctrine", has been described as trying to shift away from the traditional choice between the [[United States]] and [[China]] as primary geopolitcal partner, and centered around three key points: to have a softer image of Pakistan, to transform it into a regional middle power, especially as a security actor, and to prioritize [[geoeconomics]] over geopolitics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sulehria |first=Naad-e-Ali |date=14 December 2023 |title=Pakistan’s military and foreign policy under Gen. Asim Munir |url=https://www.mei.edu/publications/pakistans-military-and-foreign-policy-under-gen-asim-munir |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125191543/https://www.mei.edu/publications/pakistans-military-and-foreign-policy-under-gen-asim-munir |archive-date=25 January 2024 |access-date= |website=[[Middle East Institute]]}}</ref>
 
He has been critical of Pakistan's neighbors, arguing that Afghanistan did not support Pakistan’s admission to the [[United Nations]] following independence and has historically supported the [[insurgency in Balochistan]]. Regarding India, he stated that "India has not reconciled with the [[Two-nation theory|concept of Pakistan]], then how can we reconcile with them?"<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 January 2024 |title=COAS sets out foreign policy redlines |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2454331/coas-sets-out-foreign-policy-redlines |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125191404/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2454331/coas-sets-out-foreign-policy-redlines |archive-date=25 January 2024 |access-date= |website=[[The Express Tribune]]}}</ref>
 
=== Social conservatism ===
While speaking to a gathering of students from various public and private sector universities of the country, Munir appeared as a [[Social conservatism|social conservative]], warning the youth against [[social media]] and [[Westernization]], eventually asking that "If we want to adopt [[Western culture|Western civilization]], then why did we get rid of [[Hinduism|Hindu civilization]]?".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rana |first=Shahbaz |date=24 January 2024 |title=Elected govt doesn’t get a free pass: COAS |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2454258/coas-munir-warns-youth-against-pitfalls-of-social-media |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125191509/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2454258/coas-munir-warns-youth-against-pitfalls-of-social-media |archive-date=25 January 2024 |access-date= |website=The Express Tribune}}</ref>
 
==Dates of promotion==
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