Tahir Butt appointed new Air Chief

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Tahir Butt appointed new Air Chief

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President Zardari has appointed Air Marshal Tahir Rafiq Butt new Chief of Pakistan Air Force.

07 March,2012 05:16 pm

President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has appointed Air Marshal Tahir Rafiq Butt new Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force on Wednesday.Earlier, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani advised President Asif Ali Zardari to appoint Air Marshal Tahir Rafiq Butt as the new air chief.Air Marshal Tahir will take oath of his office in the next few days, as Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman will leave the post on March 17.There was also some speculation in the media about extension being given to Air Chief Suleman, but he himself quashed them by telling the media that he had no desire to seek another term and would step down on the set date. Air Marshal Tahir was commissioned in General Duties (Pilot) Branch of PAF on March 6, 1977.