According to the ISPR, Lt Gen Ghafoor has been appointed to replace his predecessor, Lt Gen Sarfraz Alim who — along with five other Pakistan Army personnel — embraced martyrdom on Tuesday after an aviation helicopter of the army had crashed in Balochistan.
The military chopper had gone missing as it was en route from Quetta to Karachi at around 5:30 pm Tuesday evening. The personnel in the chopper were overseeing the flood relief efforts in the southwest of the country.