{"id":15042,"date":"2025-12-06T07:46:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T07:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/12\/06\/welcoming-asim-munir-chief-defence-forces\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T07:46:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T07:46:32","slug":"welcoming-asim-munir-chief-defence-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2025\/12\/06\/welcoming-asim-munir-chief-defence-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming Asim Munir as Chief of Defence Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atif Akram Sheikh, president of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), congratulated Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir on his appointment as Chief of Defence Forces and highlighted widespread support from the business community across Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Business leaders described the appointment of Asim Munir as a welcome development for national security, saying it reflects a timely and constructive step by the federal government as it considers future challenges and strategic priorities.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh noted that Asim Munir&#8217;s selection is also good news for the defence sector, underlining that his courageous leadership in Ma&#8217;raka-e-Haq and strong decision-making have enhanced Pakistan&#8217;s stature internationally.<\/p>\n<p>Emphasising the wider implications, FPCCI urged coordinated political and military decision-making and long-term policy planning to sustain stability and economic confidence, and suggested that the new Chief of Defence Forces can play a central role in that process.<\/p>\n<p>With the business community watching closely, stakeholders hope Asim Munir&#8217;s tenure will contribute to a more secure environment that supports economic growth and reinforces Pakistan&#8217;s position on the global stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asim Munir appointment praised by FPCCI and business leaders as a positive step for Pakistan&#8217;s security and long-term policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}