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By:   Arshad Sharif , Uploaded: 2nd July 2013 ISLAMABAD: In the first hundred days of his third stint as the Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif has to take an important decision of making three new four star appointments, including  those of the Army Chief, Naval Chief and Chairman Joints Chief of staff Committee. Holding the additional portfolio of defence minister, PM Nawaz Sharif will also be considering approving a major reshuffle in army top brass in the first week of October as CJCSC, General Khalid Shamim Wyne, and two Corp Commanders, Lt General Khalid Nawaz Khan and Lt General Muhammad Alam Khattak prepare to call farewell to arms. This will set in a major reshuffle in the top military brass and lead to promotions for the posts of CJCSC and atleast five Corps Commanders before the retirement of General Kayani. In a couple of detailed background meetings with journalists, General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has ruled out taking any more extensions when his six year te...

Sunday, July 05, 2009 By Ansar Abbasi, The News, Pakistani Newspaper ISLAMABAD: While the two top civil service groups — the District Management Group (DMG) and Foreign Service of Pakistan (FSP) — continue to be at each other's throat over Jehanzeb Khan's appointment as the country's ambassador to Paris, a former chairman of the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has thrown his weight behind the DMG's Khan. In an e-mail to this correspondent, Arif Saeed, son of former chairman PIA Ahmed Saeed and nephew of Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar, wrote: "Apropos your coverage of the appointment of a DMG officer, Jehanzeb Khan, as the Pakistani ambassador to France. I would like to recount my experiences with this gentleman to clear the air and hopefully the debate on whether merit has been compromised in this matter. "My first interface with him took place when I was chairman of the leading textile association in Pakistan. Jehanzeb Khan, a fluent French spe...