KARACHI: Former deputy chief of army staff Lt Gen (r) Muzaffar Hussain Usmani and Lt Gen (r) Naseer Akhtar passed away on Thursday. Lt Gen (r) Usmani breathed his last in Karachi while Lt Gen (r) Akhtar passed away in Lahore. Lt Gen (r) Usmani had been appointed as the corps commander of Karachi during the martial law imposed in Pakistan in 1999. The family said that the former corps commander was suffering from a medical condition that caused tremors in his body. Lt Gen (r) Akhtar had served as corps commander Karachi from 1992 to 1994.

Source: Pakistan Today October 01, 2020 19:07 UTC