RAWALPINDI: In an unprecedented move, Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif dismissed 12 army officers, including a three-star general, from service over alleged corruption on Thursday.
A major general, lieutenant colonel, five brigadiers and a major are among those dismissed from service, said an intelligence official speaking to DawnNews on condition of anonymity
Sources say the following officers are among those dismissed:
Sources say the following officers are among those dismissed:
Lt Gen Obaidullah, Inspector General Arms and Weapons at General Headquarters
Maj Gen Ejaz Shahid
Brigadier Rasheed
Brigadier Asad Shahzada
Brigadier Saifullah
Brigadier Amir
Brigadier Haider
Lt Col Haider, Commandant Chaman Scouts
Maj Najeeb
The eight officers named above served with the Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan and have been charged for corruption during their service with the paramilitary force. The others dismissed were junior commission officers who worked with those named above, said the intelligence official.
Following the investigation conducted by Adjutant Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat on the orders of the army chief, the charged officers were asked to return all earnings accumulated through corruption, the official said, adding that all perks and privileges had been withdrawn from the officers except their pensions.
Lt Gen Obaidullah also served as IG FC from 2010-2013, after which Maj Gen Ejaz Shahid was appointed IG FC, intelligence sources said.
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