ISLAMABAD Names of as many as 23 Brigadiers of the Pakistan Army have been approved for promotion to the rank of Major General. The approval was given during the meeting of the Promotion Board of Pakistan Army held at GHQ on Monday. Chief of the Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani chaired the meeting. According to the informed sources, these were routine promotions as several three-star generals of Pakistan Army are retiring from their service next year. Among the officers who have been approved for promotion include Iftikhar Wyne, Naveed Mukhtar, Sadiq Ali, Ijaz Shahid, Maqsood Abbasi, Farhan Ahmed, Javed Bokhari, Amir Azim Bajwa, M. Iqbal Assi, Tariq Ghafoor, Abid Nazir, Hadiat ur Rehman Arif Warriach, Zafar Iqbal, Anwar Ali Haider, Sajjad Rasool, Shahid Baig Mirza, Asim Bajwa, M. Tauqir Ahmed, Waqar Ahmed, Akhttar Waheed, Salman Ali, and Muhammad Ahmed.