Former DG ISI Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar takes premature retirement
ISLAMABAD, OCT 08 (DNA) – Former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief and president of the National Defence University (NDU) Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar has requested a premature retirement from the Pakistan Army.
It has been learnt that Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar, who was due to retire in October next year, made the request owing to some “pressing personal commitments.”
Sources have informed that the three-star general is set to be released on Monday (tomorrow) from the armed forces after his service of around 35 years. He expressed “sincere gratitude and appreciation for all my seniors, comrades, and staff, my family, to have provided required guidance and support through my journey in the army.”
“I want everyone knowing me to respect my decision and not succumb or resort to speculation in any domain.”
Lt Gen Akhtar said it is an honor for him to have worked in a great army of the world. He was commissioned in the Frontier Force Regiment in September 1982 and served at various key posts throughout his career.
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