RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Army Promotion Board on Friday ended promoting 75 officers to the rank of brigadier and 170 officers to that of colonel, defence sources have said. The decision to promote the officers was made at the end of the three-day 63rd Formation Commanders Conference at the General Headquarters (GHQ), which was chaired by Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani. Sources said names of more than 1,000 officers were considered for promotion, and the board decided to elevate the best ones after analysing each candidate. No formal statement was issued by the ISPR at the end of the meeting that approved the promotions. Sources said the names of the promoted officers would be made public at the time of their posting.
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