{"id":118960,"date":"2026-07-24T15:47:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T10:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=118960"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T10:47:27","slug":"who-is-newly-appointed-commander-nsc-general-aamer-raza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/who-is-newly-appointed-commander-nsc-general-aamer-raza\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is newly appointed Commander NSC General Aamer Raza?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has promoted Lieutenant General Syed Aamer Raza, Chief of General Staff, to the rank of Four-Star General and appointed him as Commander, National\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pm-calls-national-command-authority-meeting-amid-ongoing-military-operation\/\">Strategic Command<\/a>, on\u00a0Friday.<\/p>\n<h3>Who is General Aamer Raza?<\/h3>\n<p>The promotion of General Aamer Raza to four-star rank is well-deserved and comes after many years of successful service within the Pakistan Army, most recently holding the position of Chief of General Staff in GHQ, an important post that requires foresight and expertise in military matters.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the most important positions in the Pakistan Army and requires a high level of strategic, operational expertise and a deep grasp of military affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Lieutenant General Amir Raza has previously served as Director General Weapons and Equipment and Chairman Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT).<\/p>\n<p>General Amir Raza\u2019s distinguished career in the Armoured Corps, service in various command, staff and training positions and professional expertise are a reflection of his wide-ranging military capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>The promotion has been announced with the assertion that Pakistan Armed Forces have always stressed choosing their officers for top jobs based on professional merit and suitability for the job, security sources informed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe definitely has the necessary experience and capability to hold this important HQ in view of his previous positions,\u201d they concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has promoted Lieutenant General Syed Aamer Raza, Chief of General Staff, to the rank of Four-Star General and appointed him as Commander, National\u00a0Strategic Command, on\u00a0Friday. Who is General Aamer Raza? The promotion of General Aamer Raza to four-star rank is well-deserved and comes after many years of successful service within [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":118961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43937],"class_list":["post-118960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-commander-nsc-general-aamer-raza"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118962,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118960\/revisions\/118962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}