ISLAMABAD  -  Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has ac­corded one-year extension to Air Chief Marshall Zaheer Ahmed Babar Sidhu with effect from today. The summary for the ex­tension was moved a week ago by Defence Min­istry to the Prime Minis­ter Office. Air Chief Mar­shall Zaheer Ahmed Babar Sidhu’s three-year tenure was expiring on March 18, 2024. Air Chief Marshall Zaheer Ahmed Babar Sid­hu was appointed CAS on 18th March 2021 by the federal government. He would be the second chief in Pakistan Air Force his­tory who would be get­ting extension. Earlier, Air Chief Marshall Anwar Shamim Khan had got full term extension during the military government of Gen Ziaul Haq in 1981. After getting extension, late CAS Anwar Shamim served the longest term as air chief of Pakistan Air Force. His tenure as air chief was from 1978 to 1985. A formal notifica­tion of the one-year exten­sion to Air Chief Marshall Zaheer Ahmed Babar Sid­hu would be issued by the Defence Ministry after ap­proval from President Asif Ali Zardari today.