Former DG ISPR ASIM SALEEM BAJWA

1. PRESENTED BY: NAQASH JAVED

2. LIEUTENANT GENERAL (RETIRED) ASIM SALEEM BAJWA

3. LIEUTENANT GENERAL (RETIRED) ASIM SALEEM BAJWA
BORN: 5th DECEMBER in SADIQABAD, PUNJAB – PAKISTAN
ALMA MATER: PAKISTAN MILITARY ACADEMY
AWARDS: Tamgha-e-Basalat , Hilal-e-Imtiaz
PERSONAL DETAIL’S:
WORK HISTORY:
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTER SERVICES PUBLIC RELATIONS:
FROM JUNE 2012 – DECEMBER 2016
PRECEDED BY: ATHAR ABBAS
SUCCEEDED BY: ASIF GHAFOOR
INSPECTOR GENERAL ARMS (GENERAL HEADQUARTERS): FROM
DECEMBER 2016 – SEPTEMBER 2017

4. LIEUTENANT GENERAL (RETIRED) ASIM SALEEM BAJWA
COMMANDER SOUTHERN COMMAND & XII CROPS (PAKISTAN): FROM
SEPTEMBER 2017 – SEPTEMBER 2019
WORK HISTORY:
AFTER RETIRING FROM PAKISTAN ARMY IN 2019
CHAIRMAN CHINA – PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR AUTHORITY
CPEC: FROM NOVOMBER 2019 TO TILL NOW
SPECIALASSISTANT TO THE PRIME MINISTER ON INFORMATION
AND BROADCASTING: FROM 28th APRIL 2020 TO TILL NOW
Lt . Gen (r) ASIM SALEEM BAJWA WAS APPOINTED AS:

5. LIEUTENANT GENERAL (RETIRED) ASIM SALEEM BAJWA
MILITARY CAREER:
During his military career, Asim Bajwa has served on multiple instructional and
command-level posts, such as leading an anti-tank battalion, the 111th Infantry
Brigade, and an infantry division. He was a brigade major at an infantry brigade
and served as Chief of Staff at a strike Corps. He instructed courses at PMA
Kakul and the Command and Staff College, Quetta, and was a deputy military
secretary to the President of Pakistan. Bajwa assisted General Pervez
Musharrafin compiling his book In the Line of Fire. In December 2010, he was
promoted to the rank of a major-general. On 4 June 2012, Bajwa was appointed
as the director-general of the ISPR.
On 22 September 2015 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. Lt
Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa, was appointed Inspector General Arms (IG Arms) at
GHQ on 11 December 2016 until 28 September 2017. Then he was appointed
commander, Southern Command of Pakistan Army.

6. LIEUTENANT GENERAL (RETIRED) ASIM SALEEM BAJWA
EDUCATION:
Bajwa was Commissioned in the 34th Punjab Regiment in 1984, at the Pakistan
Military Academy (PMA) in Kakul. He graduated from the Command and Staff
College in Quetta, as well as the National Defence University (NDU) in
Islamabad, followed by the Staff College, Camberley. He hold’s master degree
in War Studies from NDU and defence studies from King’s college London.
POST-RETIREMENT:
In November 2019, the Establishment Division notified Bajwa as Chairman of
the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority for a four-year period.
On 27 April 2020, He has been appointed as special assistant to the prime
minister on information and broadcasting.