Lt general haroon aslam biography of martin

          Aslam is the most senior military officer after Kayani, and thus his natural heir.

        1. Aslam is the most senior military officer after Kayani, and thus his natural heir.
        2. Only academic to have written a biography of.
        3. Aslam took part in army operations against the Taliban in Swat in and served as chief of the paramilitary Rangers in Punjab.
        4. He is a Masters in English, and has also earned a diploma in English language from Defence Language.
        5. Operation Searchlight was a military operation carried out by the Pakistan Army in an effort to curb the Bengali nationalist movement in former East Pakistan.

          6. Aslam took part in army operations against the Taliban in Swat in and served as chief of the paramilitary Rangers in Punjab.!

          In the past couple of weeks, speculation has been rife over the appointment of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) and rumours say that this time around the decision-making will be extremely judicious for which the screening process is already underway.

          Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has a daunting task ahead of him to appoint successors to Pakistan’s coveted military offices CJCSC and the COAS after Gen Khalid Shameem Wynne and Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani retire on October 6 and November 29 respectively.

          With these critical decisions to be made by Prime Minister Sharif who is in office for a record third time, observers have drawn parallels to an earlier period in Pakistan’s political history where the premier faced a similar kind of dilemma.

          In , General Pervez Musharraf was appointed as the army chief out of turn who later ousted Sharif’s government in a bloodless coup d'état. The outcome from the appointment also explains why the p