Following the martyrdom of Lt Gen Sarfraz Ali in a chopper crash along with five other officers of the Pakistan Army, Lieutenant General Asif Ghafoor has been posted as the Commander 12 Corps Quetta on Wednesday.
His posting came two days after Lt Gen Sarfraz Ali was martyred after military chopper had gone missing as it was en route from Quetta to Karachi at around 5:30pm. The personnel in the chopper were overseeing the flood relief efforts in the southwest of the country.
The wreckage of the helicopter was found in Musa Goth, Windar, Lasbela. The accident occurred due to “bad weather” as per the initial investigation, the ISPR said.
A Pakistan Army Aviation helicopter, which was on flood relief operation in Lasbela, Balochistan, had lost contact with Air Traffic Control wee Monday evening.
According to ISPR, including Commander 12 Corps Lt General Sarfraz Ali, Brig (Approved Maj Gen) Amjad Hanif, Brig Muhammad Khalid, Major Saeed Ahmed, Major M. Talha Manan, Naik Mudassar Fayyaz embraced martyrdom.